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I'm not sure that graph tells us much without knowing how much of the wealth the top 1% own, and I can'd find the answer to that. All I know is that the top 1% own the same amount of wealth as the bottom 55% in this country, so 28% of total income tax receipts seems perfectly reasonable...

True, 3 or 4 people are guilty of that undoubtedly. But "hates the poor"?

Wrong. Why not read it rather than just guess?

Yes, which was precisely my point in the second part of post #25.

Sorry, meant someone abusing the state benefits system.

I have more sympathy for that situation, to be fair. By which I mean, it is harsh if both parents are working to make ends meet and calculate they can do so, only to see benefits slashed thereby taking you into the red - it sort of happened to me when child benefit was cut. However on...