This whole tax avoidance business....

[BrilloPad]

Jealousy is not a good platform to base policies on.

No. But reducing inequality is.

[BR14]

No. But reducing inequality is.

hear, hear

[hugebrain]

No. But reducing inequality is.

Bizarre thing to say. I suppose if you like polishing your own shoes...

But if you are into that, one of the best ways to do it is to avoid tax. Public sector workers are overpaid compared to private sector ones. By avoiding tax you increase equality and ensure that the deserving get more than the parasites.

One of those win win type situations.

[simondolan]

No. But reducing inequality is.

Why is that a laudable goal in and of itself? Surely the better way to look at it is to consider the quality of life for everyone (in the western world) compared to say 50 years ago? Even the poorest now have untold riches compared to then. The fact that there is a bigger difference between the top 1% and the bottom 1% is entirely irrelevant, other than on the basis of pure jealousy?

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Why is that a laudable goal in and of itself? Surely the better way to look at it is to consider the quality of life for everyone (in the western world) compared to say 50 years ago? Even the poorest now have untold riches compared to then. The fact that there is a bigger difference between the top 1% and the bottom 1% is entirely irrelevant, other than on the basis of pure jealousy?

True up to a point yet I'm always left scratching my head as to why I pass scores of people sleeping in shop doorways when the I walk to the office every morning. You didn't see it on that scale even 20 years ago, let alone 50.

[BrilloPad]

Why is that a laudable goal in and of itself? Surely the better way to look at it is to consider the quality of life for everyone (in the western world) compared to say 50 years ago? Even the poorest now have untold riches compared to then. The fact that there is a bigger difference between the top 1% and the bottom 1% is entirely irrelevant, other than on the basis of pure jealousy?

Because people feel more contented where there is less disparity.

Would most people rather be a king in the middle ages or a factory worker now? The logical answer is factory worker now. The heart would say a king.

[northernladyuk]

Why is that a laudable goal in and of itself? Surely the better way to look at it is to consider the quality of life for everyone (in the western world) compared to say 50 years ago? Even the poorest now have untold riches compared to then. The fact that there is a bigger difference between the top 1% and the bottom 1% is entirely irrelevant, other than on the basis of pure jealousy?

Because power vests in wealth, which undermines democracy. Most media outlets, for example, are controlled by very rich people.

[shaunbhoy]

Because power vests in wealth, which undermines democracy.

Yes, we should strive to be much more like all those successful democracies that shy away from such a model.

[northernladyuk]

Yes, we should strive to be much more like all those successful democracies that shy away from such a model.

Is your lack of imagination how you ended up in the Catering Corps?

[jamesbrown]

pure jealousy?

What first attracted you to millionaire, Simon Dolan?