The case for taxing wealth, argument by argument.
This video explores the growing wealth inequality in the UK since the 2008 financial crisis. It highlights public anger over perceived unfairness, contrasting the struggles of average citizens with the immense profits made by those in finance, and questions the system that incentivizes excessive risk-taking among the wealthy.
Mentions George Osborne
“it's gonna cause their kids and their grandkids to not have homes to live”
“their incentivizers to take a load of risk and they know if it doesn't work out they're already millionaires they're not going to lose out you know they might g”
“they're taxing me on unemployment they're taxing me at every corner i get but you have a man that's a billionaire and all of them are being this and they're not”
“our society is still scarred by too much unfairness and inequality”
“the consequence of economic collapse and the consequence of economic crisis is repeatedly a massive increase in stock and asset prices and who owns stocks and w”