Actually, I don't think that's it. Losers complain more than winners cheer. The losers would blame the government. The winners wouldn't thank them. And there would be a lot of losers - either wealthy… (View Post)

It can (and should) also discourage second ownership of homes, and also wealthy foreigners owning homes in the UK they barely use. The value of UK residential property is 9 trillion. Only about 3.5% … (View Post)

Fingers crossed. (View Post)

Or, indeed, if we're looking solely at the *purchasers* of slaves, then why isn't Brazil getting most of the attention? (View Post)

You can, however, spend capital gains. It's relatively easy for people who own businesses to choose whether to allow money to be extracted via share buybacks (capital gains), dividends or salary. All… (View Post)