With rumours circulating, often planted by right-wing media, suggesting that everyone's taxes are going up and that Labour had lied in their campaigning, there's a notion that we’re heading back to the 1970s in some vague way. In light of this, I thought it best to hop on my soapbox and share my thoughts on the matter: taxes are awesome. Yes, I said it.
As we approach the budget announcement where the chancellor will set various tax levels, there’s another frustrating semantic debate about what “working people” actually means. We shouldn’t be arguing over whose class qualifies as working people just to rejoice in not having our taxes raised. Instead, we should be using clear examples on a giant whiteboards to explain why paying taxes is great.
Every time you pay your tax bill, you're not just funding government services; you're investing in future entrepreneurs, schools, hospitals, and the next generation of innovative thinkers. If we want a society where people can be happy, successful, safe, and supported, we need to recognise that, until we overthrow capitalism, we're going to have to pay for it.
This is perhaps the simplest way we can contribute to building the kind of society we want to see. And I really believe we should start rethinking how we view our role in society.
In this episode, I share three reasons why taxes are, in fact, awesome, and why we should want to pay them.
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