Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’ - eviltoast
  • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk
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    14 days ago

    And, as everyone here says. He is correct. It is an investment. Not work. Yes you are taking a risk, that is the point. If you work, you should not be taking a risk. But instead paid for your labour.

    Unfortunately, saying it here doesn’t matter. Papers like the telegraph and other Tory press are not going to care about the facts. They only care about creating division.

    More importantly, Starmer et al. Are also not going to make the effort to argue this case. No effort is going to be made to push forward the true difference between working class income and actual investment income.

    Anyone watching saw this argument starting during the election. It was clear then when labour started talking about working taxes. The Tories instantly started arguing that the Tories were talking about not raising taxers at all. Anyone watching saw this discussion forming.

    And Starmer et al. intentionally ignored it rather than draw attention to the difference. They will not bother to fight the terminology now either.