Friday, December 29, 2006

Tax the Rich

I'm thinking of starting a new blog called 'Tax the Rich'. What do people think?

I think the reason I'm thinking of doing it today because I'm so annoyed at being incommunicado and being charged for it!

The phone has cut off again, can't get any reception on Orange. It's like 1864 in this flat. At least I can get myself published without relying on a rich benefactor like Marx, who had to resort to borrowing money off Engels all the time.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Most people would probably agree with the sentiment behind this slogan, but I guess a lot of them wouldn't be quite sure how to define 'the rich'. After all, 'we're all middle class now' is another slogan that's flung around so some people might be a bit reluctant to commit themselves publicly to a policy that might penalise them, their families and their friends. But it would be worth trying to get a discussion going and then trying to influence whichever party gains power at the next election. You could begin with some of the shameful statistics about the increasing inequalities of wealth since the Labour Government came to power. The Liberal Democrats have argued for an increase in taxation (but have abandoned this apparently because of its lack of popularity) How can we persuade voters to adopt new tax the rich policies - it's quite a tricky process.