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Old Mar 6, 2024 | 6:51 am
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Originally Posted by ahmetdouas
Amazing. Do we have a labour government or a conservative government? All I ever hear is tax tax tax. The more they tax people, the less time wealthy people will spend in the UK. The gap between rich and poor has never been bigger, this will continue to get worse.
.... which is the point. The key number is the Gini coefficient which is the gap between the richest and poorest in the country. Whilst one option would be to make the poorer better off, an easier way to improve your Gini score is to persuade some wealthy people to leave.
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