tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post9086697496421868900..comments2024-03-22T06:22:08.010+00:00Comments on Stephen Law: The Tory Party and the "Cui Bono?" testStephen Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-77518671447864891202013-12-02T12:45:48.653+00:002013-12-02T12:45:48.653+00:00Any such cuts in spending reduce the need for taxa...Any such cuts in spending reduce the need for taxation, which falls disproportionately on the richer. The richer you are, the more you benefit.<br /><br />As a selfish and very, very rich person, I'd favour cuts to the arts, because I can buy my own gallery from the money I get as a result.<br /><br />The selfish and rich benefit from reductions in funding, switching to charging more (e.g. road pricing, student fees/loans), direct taxation in the form of VAT, etc. All these changes help them, and shove the resulting burden on those lower down the ladder.<br /><br />By the way the bottom 20% of us pay more in tax than the top 20% when tax in form of VAT, road, fags and booze, council, etc. is also factored in. Which is why the rich tend to focus purely on income tax. <br /><br />Stephen Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-7900871415943865532013-12-02T12:12:28.080+00:002013-12-02T12:12:28.080+00:00Great post Stephen. I have quoted you and been ask...Great post Stephen. I have quoted you and been asked to explain if/how the economic policy of cutting arts spending benefits the rich? Thanks, Greg Manhattanchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17473000082306220916noreply@blogger.com