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Another point, Barry, is the absolute lack of social responsibility on the part of the super-rich.
This thread is about local authority funding cuts. The super-rich are part of the local public among whom they live, but if they do not care for the community, and just amass private assets, funneling these from the economy, then the whole community suffers because of it.
Similarly, we have a public debt of £1 trillion, or even more than that, as you have suggested, considering the hidden public debt that Gordon Brown (as you state) deliberately hid from the official figures.
So, Barry, if we have a public debt of well over £1 trillion pounds, why should the super-rich not be obliged to pay up from their private assets to reduce this public debt?
Or are the super-rich people not part of the public? Are they ABOVE the public?
Are they immune to social responsibility towards the public of whom they are part?
There is a legally binding case that, as they are part of the public, they are obliged to pay up from their private assets to reduce the public debt.
I am bringing this point up with the Cabinet, with 10 Downing Street and in comments on Sky News.
We must continue to strive for social justice and must NEVER give in!
