The tax system is set up to look more progressive than it is. That's why the moderately rich are punished while the really rich (invisible to the general public but very visible to the political… (View Post)

Indeed. It's not a left vs right issue. It's just stupid to have randomly fluctuating marginal tax rates like that. (View Post)

We know a lot of people in our neighbourhood - it's a remarkably friendly place - and there is a clear divide between those in their 50s/60s (public sector, the arts) and those in their 30s/40s … (View Post)

We might as well all stop commenting now - this post says everything that needs to be said. (View Post)

I'm not making any moral judgement about them, positive or negative. The idea of the deserving or undeserving rich is as absurd as the idea of the deserving or undeserving poor. In a capitalist … (View Post)