With both of the main political parties using the tactic of blaming their predecessors in order to justify austerity and wage repression, Britain is trapped in a permanent austerity doom loop.
Wouldn't it be a breath of fresh air if Rachel Reeves actually made a bold move: taxed the very wealthy, ended tax havens and used that money for the good of the whole population?
When I see the economic analysis of people like Gary Stevenson I actually find it hard to understand how the Labour and Conservative parties aren’t going for wealth taxes!
Thatchers dream was of a property/shareholder democracy, what we’re ending up with is a form of neo-feudalism! Force the rich to sell their assets to people like us!
The wealth of the lower and middle classes is decreasing all of the time and it’s hard to be a capitalist if you don’t own and can’t own any capital!
The bankers understand exactly what they are doing...
More of the same is no change at all!.
Or we could vote Green.
MMT Econ basics: https://mrkeconomicsmmtgeorgism.blogspot.com/2023/08/mmt-economics-basics.html?m=1
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As usual you're correct in your summation.
Wouldn't it be a breath of fresh air if Rachel Reeves actually made a bold move: taxed the very wealthy, ended tax havens and used that money for the good of the whole population?
When I see the economic analysis of people like Gary Stevenson I actually find it hard to understand how the Labour and Conservative parties aren’t going for wealth taxes!
Thatchers dream was of a property/shareholder democracy, what we’re ending up with is a form of neo-feudalism! Force the rich to sell their assets to people like us!
The wealth of the lower and middle classes is decreasing all of the time and it’s hard to be a capitalist if you don’t own and can’t own any capital!