The case for taxing wealth, argument by argument.
This video argues that focusing on whether the UK is technically in a recession is unhelpful and potentially damaging. It contends that a recession, as narrowly defined, masks the real issue of rapidly increasing wealth inequality and falling living standards for most people, which will continue to worsen if not addressed.
Raised as a counter-argument to rebut. “the UK is going to avoid a recession and this was reported in a lot of the media the BBC basically all the major news outlets”
“what are you doing about wealth inequality? what are you doing about the massive increase in wealth inequality in the last 3 years?”
“the 10-15 years since 2009 have seen some of the biggest and fastest falls in living standards for ordinary people in the history of the country in peacetime”