Of course it's treating the symptom and not the cause.
What else do you expect a political party to suggest?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:07, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

How much would treating the cause cost?
I suggest more than the "haves" are prepared to pay.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:10, Reply)

Any amount is more than the "haves" are prepared to pay
the question is whether any party is willing to face down the threats that "we'll all leave the country" if you actually make people and companies pay the tax they ought to.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:15, Reply)

Most idividuals (employed people) pay their taxes. High net worth not so much. Corporations less so again.
I wouldn't want to pay a lot more to rescue people from their situations if others above me weren't doing their bit. It's a vicious circle.

Most of the population doesn't seem too appalled by people getting a shittier deal in life than themselves.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:20, Reply)

You don't need to pay a lot more, that's the whole point
you really don't contribute as much as you think you do, it's the Starbucks, Amazons and investment banks that provide the bulk of the money.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:25, Reply)

I just hoped the Labour party after so long keeping quiet about all it's "ideas"
would actually have some which weren't totally shit.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 8 Apr 2013, 12:10, Reply)