IN France the government is in a terrible quandary about a new tax on those earning over 1 million euros per year.
At the same time the Americans are in imminent danger of falling off their fiscal cliff while trying to save their poor high earners from a similar fate.
We in Britain are not even considering such a hike in tax.
Indeed, we are reducing the highest levels of tax for the super rich. Doesn’t it make your heart glad?
I find myself asking how these people manage to “earn” over a £1m a year in the first place.
Do they single-handedly resurface miles of road per day?
Are they able to drive a dozen trains, serve 20 queues of shoppers simultaneously or put together a dozen cars per hour? I doubt it.
It is far more likely that they direct others to do real work while they dwell in a nice warm office.
J Lennox, Durham
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