jrgbfc wrote:The trickle down theory has proved to be a load of rubbish though. The wealthy go out of their way to avoid paying tax and hide their money in dodgy schemes. And then you've got a company like Amazon which makes billions but still pays its workers peanuts and treats its warehouse workers like they're working in some third world sweat shop.
Has it, really has it, basically you're just anti rich and want them to give more. Amazon are like many other companies and it's a global issue, they are basically a US company and use that as to that is where they pay there taxes. That is the fact today very simplistic, Ireland tried to take advantage of companies like Amazon and now the EU have stepped in regarding how this was wrong and wants vast sums of money. I do not believe it's a UK GE issue but yes I would also say people and companies making money in the UK, or any other country where they do not pay taxes should have to, actually getting to do that is something else all together.
Simple concept but if someone earning a salary which is more than another person and spends the same on the same things, saves the same in the same institution means there returns will grow faster. Disposal income is an individual choice, as is going without something to save or invest in something you really want but I believe it's a fact in any capitalist society that the rich will always get richer in the main. The rich tend to take more risks, they build businesses, which provides work for others, yes of course they can afford to take bigger risks, rich is also very relative, not easy to define but maybe you can provide your concept of rich versus poor and where the dividing line is.