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Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago by RubberDuck@lemmy.world to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] RubberDuck@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He adds: “The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”

The fact that we have a society with billionaires while millions are living in poverty means simply that the policies of the last 50+ years have failed our society.

Anyone defending billionaires is part of the problem and not looking for real solutions

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago

Yes. He seems to forget that "officially" the top 10% hold around 43-45% of all wealth, while the bottom 50% hold only about 9-10% of total wealth in the UK. And that doesn't account for all the wealth they have hidden away offshore etc.

There is a LOT that can be squeezed out of a not-so-tiny elite. Or, to be better phrased, redistributed justly.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

billionaires

*multi millionaires

Nobody needs to earn more than above £1m and there should be 90% tax above this figure (irrespectively if the earnings are from work or capital gains etc).

[–] maam@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Guy must be worshiping Margaret Thatcher’s neoliberalism.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

probably has a statue of her.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

The head of the Fabian Society ?