jellybreadracer@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 year agoEarned income taxed twice as heavily as capital gains for some in UK, study findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down12
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minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down24·1 year agoTaxing capital gains will only dampen the economy. Instead, use this lower tax to improve your financial situation.
minus-squareHelloThere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoWhat is the optimal rate then, Mr Laffer?
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down16·1 year agoI don’t think there should be taxes at all. Not in a current form.
minus-squarenoodle@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoHang on, just getting my Libertarianism bingo card ready… Ok, so are you a free man of the land or one of those who thinks we should be able to buy rocket launchers at Tesco?
minus-squareOrlandoDoom@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoJust don’t ask them about the age of consent
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year agoNeither. Taxes should be nothing more than a subscription or an insurance. Taxes in the UK today are funneled straight into the pockets of Tory friends.
Taxing capital gains will only dampen the economy. Instead, use this lower tax to improve your financial situation.
What is the optimal rate then, Mr Laffer?
I don’t think there should be taxes at all. Not in a current form.
Hang on, just getting my Libertarianism bingo card ready…
Ok, so are you a free man of the land or one of those who thinks we should be able to buy rocket launchers at Tesco?
Just don’t ask them about the age of consent
Neither. Taxes should be nothing more than a subscription or an insurance. Taxes in the UK today are funneled straight into the pockets of Tory friends.