Submitted 3 months ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
In the UK, only 28% of high-income households surveyed in 2025 said they agree their taxes should go towards solving global problems – a huge drop from 41% in 2024. Low-income UK households (earning £14,999 per year or less) polled in the opposite direction and were actually more likely to agree than last year, while those on medium incomes (between £15,000 and £44,999) have stayed the same.
....there is the guillotine...
I’m all for eat the rich, but the question specifically was about global problems. It doesn’t really surprise me that people are less inclined to want to solve global problems if they see local problems that they think should be the priority. Maybe I’m giving people too much credit.
That’s because rich people aren’t good people.
Coincidentally, I’ve become wayyyyy more willing to dine heartily on the rich!
They’re very willing to continue causing them though
The threshold for “rich” here seems extremely low. £45K household income? Two people on £23K exceed that.
Median post-tax houshold income is £36.7k. Suggesting the amount of people in a high-income houshold is about half, which is still a lot, but not as much as I thought.
Median post-tax household income is £36.7k
Wow that seems low, US median household income is $83k, even with taxes and conversion that seems like a significant gap and I always thought US and UK had similar price levels. Are taxes just that much higher? Or are households smaller ? Or are incomes in the US just that much better?
That’s the median disposable income, which is significantly lower than the gross income used and misrepresented in this study.
Dumbass rich people think the poor are their slaves.
They’ve won the propaganda war convincing the majority that low tax = freedom and prosperity. However, the period of post-World War 2 social improvement was characterised by VERY high taxes for the rich.
Huh
That’s why taxes exist. But since our gouvernents are lead by corrupt bastards…
Always have been, hell they are the cause of most of the problems.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 3 months ago
We know this. That’s why we taxed the shit out of them but gave out breaks on public works projects like museums and schools. Why hasn’t elon built 1 school yet? 1 library? Anything??