Resenting taxes is making Britain a mean place
Clarkson had previously said he would became a landowner so ‘the government doesn’t get any of my money when I die’ against inheritance tax, which according to BBC fact checkers, will affect only around 500 farms with a net worth of £1m. For couples the amount goes up to £3m.
I really don’t get it. Why do Scandinavians and many other European nationals readily accept that high tax revenues spent wisely help to make nations more equal, cohesive and content? Why are the UK and US so very tax-phobic? Big questions, no easy answers. My old friend Jen, a doughty English northerner, is married to a Swedish political aide. They live in Stockholm. His health is deteriorating and he now needs full-time care at home, which he gets from her and “wonderful” state funded professionals who turn up every day.
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