A report detailing the gap between Britain’s rich and poor has been met with universal shock and promises to narrow the divide. But why? Isn’t inequality not only inevitable but desirable?
Even Tories reacted to the report by condemning the inequality gap with no apology for widening it when last in power and plans to widen it further when they return. But why do they think we should all earn the same? Are they Conservatives or Communists?
Surely inequality is the healthy outcome of people wanting to improve their circumstances? Some people will do better than others, either through opportunity, ability or inclination. Taxing the rich to subsidise the poor may be socially necessary (the poor cannot be abandoned and who else is there to tax but richer people) but it should not be an objective.
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