▲ 41 ▼ UK state pension age will soon need to rise to 71, say experts (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by Fudoshin@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) OK as long as we also adopt a limitarian approach to personal wealth in the UK. Tax personal wealth above £10 million at 100%. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why 10 million? Make the whole nation middle class. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago It’s worth getting a copy of the new book by Ingrid Robeyns extract here. To answer your point directly: surely making everyone “middle class” is a mechanism for dealing with inequality (and poverty). permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk [S] 0 points 2 years ago If @frankPodmore@slrpnk.net read this he'd have an aneurism. He's a big believer in collecting wealth to the tiny 1%. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why 10 million? Make the whole nation middle class. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago It’s worth getting a copy of the new book by Ingrid Robeyns extract here. To answer your point directly: surely making everyone “middle class” is a mechanism for dealing with inequality (and poverty). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago It’s worth getting a copy of the new book by Ingrid Robeyns extract here. To answer your point directly: surely making everyone “middle class” is a mechanism for dealing with inequality (and poverty). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk [S] 0 points 2 years ago If @frankPodmore@slrpnk.net read this he'd have an aneurism. He's a big believer in collecting wealth to the tiny 1%. permalink fedilink source parent