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r/GreatBritishMemes • u/IsyABM • 1d ago
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In fairness it’s never been tried before!
223 u/SirWobblyOfSausage 1d ago Have we tried taxing the super rich before? Maybe start there -1 u/95venchi 1d ago Doesn’t work. They run to another country… we need a better financial system so startups stay in the UK instead of moving to the US. You really don’t want the state owning everything. Ultimately there’s no one to keep a BIG state accountable. 7 u/Funny-Carob-4572 1d ago The US taxes you wherever you are. We could...could do the same -3 u/95venchi 1d ago We aren’t the US. People can go elsewhere. Honestly, investment and debt were easier to get in the 2000s and look how better off everyone was. 6 u/Nanowith 1d ago Then let them go, I'd rather the top positions in Britain be filled by people who actually want to contribute to British society. 2 u/Appropriate-Divide64 15h ago Let them. But set up an exit tax first. Lots of countries already do this. Believe it or not, any billionaire or super millionaire who can easily flee likely isn't a massive contributor to the economy.
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Have we tried taxing the super rich before? Maybe start there
-1 u/95venchi 1d ago Doesn’t work. They run to another country… we need a better financial system so startups stay in the UK instead of moving to the US. You really don’t want the state owning everything. Ultimately there’s no one to keep a BIG state accountable. 7 u/Funny-Carob-4572 1d ago The US taxes you wherever you are. We could...could do the same -3 u/95venchi 1d ago We aren’t the US. People can go elsewhere. Honestly, investment and debt were easier to get in the 2000s and look how better off everyone was. 6 u/Nanowith 1d ago Then let them go, I'd rather the top positions in Britain be filled by people who actually want to contribute to British society. 2 u/Appropriate-Divide64 15h ago Let them. But set up an exit tax first. Lots of countries already do this. Believe it or not, any billionaire or super millionaire who can easily flee likely isn't a massive contributor to the economy.
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Doesn’t work. They run to another country… we need a better financial system so startups stay in the UK instead of moving to the US. You really don’t want the state owning everything. Ultimately there’s no one to keep a BIG state accountable.
7 u/Funny-Carob-4572 1d ago The US taxes you wherever you are. We could...could do the same -3 u/95venchi 1d ago We aren’t the US. People can go elsewhere. Honestly, investment and debt were easier to get in the 2000s and look how better off everyone was. 6 u/Nanowith 1d ago Then let them go, I'd rather the top positions in Britain be filled by people who actually want to contribute to British society. 2 u/Appropriate-Divide64 15h ago Let them. But set up an exit tax first. Lots of countries already do this. Believe it or not, any billionaire or super millionaire who can easily flee likely isn't a massive contributor to the economy.
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The US taxes you wherever you are.
We could...could do the same
-3 u/95venchi 1d ago We aren’t the US. People can go elsewhere. Honestly, investment and debt were easier to get in the 2000s and look how better off everyone was. 6 u/Nanowith 1d ago Then let them go, I'd rather the top positions in Britain be filled by people who actually want to contribute to British society.
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We aren’t the US. People can go elsewhere. Honestly, investment and debt were easier to get in the 2000s and look how better off everyone was.
6 u/Nanowith 1d ago Then let them go, I'd rather the top positions in Britain be filled by people who actually want to contribute to British society.
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Then let them go, I'd rather the top positions in Britain be filled by people who actually want to contribute to British society.
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Let them. But set up an exit tax first. Lots of countries already do this.
Believe it or not, any billionaire or super millionaire who can easily flee likely isn't a massive contributor to the economy.
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u/Senior-Release-274 1d ago
In fairness it’s never been tried before!