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To think people’s idea of what ‘a rich’ person is, is totally skewed?

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Y0208680333367 · 01/11/2025 22:22

For example:

Who do you think of as rich?

When the government talk about wealthy people who do they mean?

Tax the rich. Who are ‘the rich’? Etc

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Darkmodish · 01/11/2025 22:25

I think the main issue is that the government judges ‘rich’ on earnings when it comes to tax as that’s the easiest approach to take. The wealthy in the UK are those with assets and they’re harder to tax. You’re wealthy if you have over £500k house with no mortgage and a defined benefit pension scheme. Oh but it’s much easier to heavily tax those on £100k who are mortgaged to the hilt and have kids in nursery.

PurpleCyclamen · 01/11/2025 22:24

I would consider anyone who has enough spare money to a send their children to private school is rich.
I am an LSA and I have to think twice before turning on the heating. I don’t consider myself rich.