Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Saw someone the other day saying Labour is the only party that will acknowledge that trade offs exist, but also that they keep picking the side of the trade off guaranteed to annoy their voters, which seemed like a pithy summary of politics.

EDIT: I see we’re once again failing the simple reading comprehension test.

  • flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.ukMEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I think we agree with each other, but are kinda talking past each other. I was just trying to say that income tax is an ineffective way of addressing billionaire wealth in particular. Taxes in general should be higher for everyone, but especially the rich (I’d be a terrible politician). Any successful progressive regime needs to kill the idea we can have Scandinavian services with American taxes.