Fudoshin ️🏳️🌈@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 11 months agoUK state pension age will soon need to rise to 71, say expertswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down10cross-posted to: europe@feddit.deunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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minus-squareTenebris Nox@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoOK as long as we also adopt a limitarian approach to personal wealth in the UK. Tax personal wealth above £10 million at 100%.
minus-squareNickwithaC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWhy 10 million? Make the whole nation middle class.
minus-squareTenebris Nox@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s worth getting a copy of the new book by Ingrid Robeyns extract here. To answer your point directly: surely making everyone “middle class” is a mechanism for dealing with inequality (and poverty).
OK as long as we also adopt a limitarian approach to personal wealth in the UK. Tax personal wealth above £10 million at 100%.
Why 10 million? Make the whole nation middle class.
It’s worth getting a copy of the new book by Ingrid Robeyns extract here. To answer your point directly: surely making everyone “middle class” is a mechanism for dealing with inequality (and poverty).