25-10-2022, 02:28 PM
Rishi Sunak is apparently very wealthy, or according to the article, "super rich".
I wonder whether someone living on the streets & constantly in danger of imminent starvation might be said to be "super poor?"
I really can't help thinking that no one who is so very wealthy should be in a position of power over others; how can anyone with such vast wealth have any inkling of the day to day reality for most of those they're supposed to be representing?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/uk/3007200...ng-charles
"Earlier this year, Sunak's wife was at the centre of a tax scandal after it emerged that she had been filing in the United Kingdom as a "non-domiciled" resident, which allowed her to avoid paying British taxes on the substantial income she earned abroad.
I wonder whether someone living on the streets & constantly in danger of imminent starvation might be said to be "super poor?"
I really can't help thinking that no one who is so very wealthy should be in a position of power over others; how can anyone with such vast wealth have any inkling of the day to day reality for most of those they're supposed to be representing?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/uk/3007200...ng-charles
"Earlier this year, Sunak's wife was at the centre of a tax scandal after it emerged that she had been filing in the United Kingdom as a "non-domiciled" resident, which allowed her to avoid paying British taxes on the substantial income she earned abroad.
It also came out around the same time that Sunak had held a US green card while he was chancellor of the Exchequer, or finance minister. He spokesman said he returned it last year. He was also attacked for giving a speech to grass-roots Conservative Party members this summer where he said that, as chancellor, he tried to reverse funding formulas "that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas" so as to help wealthier towns.
He has consistently polled better than any of his contenders in this leadership race on economic competence. In the last race against Liz Truss, Sunak said that Truss's plans were based on "fantasy" economics - a pronouncement that proved prescient when her "mini-budget" caused widespread turmoil in the markets.
Fielding also said that Truss's disastrous economic policy, which saw the market swiftly reject her plans for unfunded tax cuts, meant that the next leader's policies will "basically be a prisoner of Liz Truss and the consequences of Liz Truss."
"Whoever becomes leader, they have two years where their economic programme is already decided. It's going to be pretty bad for the British public," he added, noting that it will mostly be damage control and balancing between taxes and spending.
"It's still different colours of bad," he said."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)