Public support for broad-based taxation risks eroding when voters learn that the super-rich pay lower tax rates than ordinary citizens, according to new research co-authored by King’s academics.
Isn’t that assuming you’ve already won and skipping straight to the end? Politics and policy are not simply a matter of deciding to do something. You actually need to have the power to do it. The rich have a lot of power, that’s why they pay so little taxes.
The working class have power, but a third of them vote for the rich and a third of them don’t vote at all. The way forward is informing people on policy, winning over hearts and minds.
Isn’t that assuming you’ve already won and skipping straight to the end? Politics and policy are not simply a matter of deciding to do something. You actually need to have the power to do it. The rich have a lot of power, that’s why they pay so little taxes.
The working class have power, but a third of them vote for the rich and a third of them don’t vote at all. The way forward is informing people on policy, winning over hearts and minds.