We need more wealth taxes, increased public spending, and wage increases for the public sector and the lowest paid jobs. And we really need to be putting serious effort into introducing some kind of universal income. That’s how you share wealth.
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Aux@lemmy.world 1 year agoShare what exactly? How do you expect to share a mansion to buy some school uniforms, for example?
charlytune@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Aux@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You can’t tax wealth.
charlytune@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Wut?
I mean I can’t, you’re right, but the government and HMRC can. If the government actually wanted to.
Aux@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Taxing wealth doesn’t work and never did. We have a few thousand years of experience with that.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Mansions don’t fall from the sky, they are built. To build a mansion you have to spend money. If you don’t spend your money on a mansion, you can use it for something else, like school uniforms.
clayj9@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Amazing this is too hard a concept for some to reach by themselves.
Aux@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, but the mansion is already there and the money went to the builders. So, what’s your plan exactly? Take the money from the builders?
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 year ago
When do you think the last mansion was built?
Aux@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How’s that relevant to my question? It’s not. But I’ll give you the answer, as it seems you’re struggling hard - you can split ones wealth. The end.