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Adrian May

Time for a Corporate Responsibility Levy?

By Adrian May | Wed 13th May 2020 - 10:27 am

We are witnessing a long-term trend for wealth to be within the control of super-rich individuals and large corporations.

I remember when the Liberal Democrat manifesto was an extra 1% on Income Tax, earmarked for education. It then now 1% on Income Tax, earmarked for the NHS. The problem with such a policy is that it requires the voter to behave in an altruistic way. It may make sense, it may be socially responsible, it can be espoused in a self-righteous way, but when a swing voter steps into the booth to put an X in the box, many factors …

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  • Richard
    Simon R is correct when he writes "if anyone thinks they’ll want a bigger pension then they are free to additionally contribute to an occupational/etc. scheme...
  • expats
    ....................Over here, it seems that only Sir Ed Davey, out of all our party leaders, appears to be sticking to his guns regarding the new regime in Was...
  • Simon R
    Yes, comparing pensions across countries is complicated due to all the different systems. But I don't see it as a bad thing that we rely on occupational/private...
  • Craig Levene
    Globalisation makes that impossible to implement. Persons/Businesses/Finance just up sticks and moves. Need to concentrate on things we can change, & not on...
  • Simon R
    This article mixes up two things: Wealth and power. Preventing people from earning more than a certain amount is an awful, authoritarian, illiberal idea. ...