> the wealthiest 1% are paying 28% of income tax receipts - and this percentage has increased over the last decade
Without any information on how wealth inequality has increased, and the 1% have more income and assets now than they did last decade, this is misleading at best. If the top 1% are paying more taxes but are also making more money, this hardly seems unfair.
If you don't tax them they just amass more and more money without contributing more, if anything their wealth is due to the work of the bottom xx% of society that work for these ultra rich families
I agree that equality is a desireable goal. But, this argument doesn’t persuade people who don’t care about equality.
Better is to focus on the benefits gained bu the wealthy from stable legal systems, public health, education etc. If you are Bezos your money is only possible because these expensive services are paid for. You gin more than most, and so must pay a greater share than most.
Yes, because they are gaining more than rhe average share from the stability that a welfare state and legal system provides. If they want a lower tax rate they should move to a jurisdiction without expensive public services underpinning their success.
Seems fair enough. They earn 14% of the income of the UK, and don't need marginal pounds nearly as much as people at the bottom end of the scale who need marginal pounds just to be fed and housed. They also pay lower percentages of their income on non-income taxes than most other British cohorts
Without any information on how wealth inequality has increased, and the 1% have more income and assets now than they did last decade, this is misleading at best. If the top 1% are paying more taxes but are also making more money, this hardly seems unfair.