The Sunak v Starmer debate is appalling (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

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Sunak comes across like the prat he is. “Labor will raise taxes by £2,000 for everybody” regardless of the question. Talking over all the time, not listening to the moderator. Appalling creature. Starmer sympathises a lot with people asking questions without answering them. Skating around or just plainly ignoring questions all the time. I can’t watch this shit a minute longer.

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[-] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

I think Labour has already pledged not to raise taxes, but let's play devil's advocate and pretend that they were going to slap a £2000 on everyone of working age.

Doing some fuzzy maths based on statistics I can find online from 2 years ago, that's roughly 45 million people, or £90 billion a year. Or to put in into the Brexit campaign's favourite terms, £1.7 billion per week going into public coffers.

I'm not suggesting such a flat structure would actually make sense as a policy, but that maybe tax rises as a concept aren't always a universally bad thing.