A Labour tax bombshell is a very good idea: the rich should pay their share | Paul Mason
by Paul Mason from Economics | The Guardian on (#2NDJG)
To properly fund schools and hospitals, the left must commit to bold and clear ways of raising extra money
This week the Tories unveiled a poster warning of a Labour "tax bombshell", alleging that Jeremy Corbyn would deprive the army of munitions. But there's irony there; thanks to their own cuts to defence spending, British warships will have to sail without anti-ship missiles from 2018. Frigates without missiles, hospitals without doctors: that's what happens if you try to shrink the state but end up suppressing economic growth instead.
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