There are many ways you could build social housing at low cost and if it's needed it should be done. What about the fact you cannot buy in Central London? only the mega rich can buy and that pushes up prices and spreads to the outskirts. Tax them more and use that to build more social housing

Immigration could be used as one factor for increased demand but you only pinpoint that over many contributory factors as you let your prejudices blind rational thought

Edited by Pussay Patrol (23 Oct 2018 6.17am)

Paua oouaarancì Irà chiyeah Ishé galé ma ba oo ah

What 'right wing media'?

As for the illiterate idea that's never worked.

Tax the mega rich? What's that? The top one percent? Five percent? Are you living in the past? These people aren't nationally restricted.

This is what makes me so angry about the left....Don't you understand? Being 'mega rich' means you make your money nontaxable by use of accountants. And if you could somehow change that being 'mega rich' means you can leave.

Also, do you have even the slightest idea of how much money you need to build this social housing when your own policies are welcoming 300, 000 new people a year into the country when you have millions already waiting for homes?

So this make believe of 'taxing the rich' is just for the houses then.

In reality your idea just means money accelerates away from the country 'Lewis Hamilton' style.

The far left tell the poor they will improve things by talking economic make believe when in reality the result makes the poor poorer.

In reality your 'tax' is going to fall on the middle and lower middle class.

Edited by Stirlingsays (23 Oct 2018 9.41am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I wouldn't change income tax, i'm talking more about property taxes. I would put a tax on people with 2nd properties and increase council tax on properties over £1m. Use that to tackle homelessness and put into improving social housing

At the end of the day we have huge wealth in London and many expensive properties out of the reach of ordinary people, yet homelessness is at record levels and we allowed Grenfell to happen in one of the richest parts of the country. Big social imbalance, it's time to redress that

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That's not true, Lewis Hamilton's lifestyle is such that he is rarely in one place and he doesn't make his income in the UK so it makes sense for him to be based in a tax haven, you can't apply the same theory across the board

If you're happy for the rich and corporates to take advantage of taxloopholes and pay as little as possible, fine. I guess as long as ordinary folk blame immigrants for all the countries ills they can get away with it

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Good point. My retired friend and his wife never had well paid jobs but scrapped by. I shocked him the other day by showing him Zoopla (he doesn't do technology) the houses in his street are worth 800k yet they don't have dispoal income.

One more point

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The lifestyle of the vast majority of 'mega rich' is no different.

'If I'm happy'???? Emotion has absolutely zilch to do with it....Nada, nothing. I hate the fact that the left lie to the economically illiterate and the young, who don't know any better, about what's possible.

Again, how are you going to keep the money in the country to 'tax'? How do you stop the 'mega rich' from transferring wealth into untaxable means? You can't....stop participating in lies to the vulnerable. because that's what it amounts to.

Again, the only 'extra' money you will collect will be from those who can't leave or can't afford to hide it.

While I have sympathy for the idea of corporates paying more any significant change will only result in future investment going elsewhere.....low tax attracts business.

For the third time, what 'right wing media'?

Edited by Stirlingsays (23 Oct 2018 10.54am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)