Labour is going to ask high earners to pay more tax.
“And for those above £80,000, we’re asking them to pay a modest bit more. Why? To fund our public services.”
That’s “ask” as in; we will prosecute you and send you to prison if you decline. That sort of “ask“. Just so’s we are clear here; that’s “ask” as in force with the threat of violence. That kind of “ask“.
The English language is an amazing thing, isn’t it? Means whatever you want it to.
It is always a modest amount more as well isn’t it? That is a modest amount more than the last modest amount more that has left us with the government gobbling up a huge amount of the countries GDP. The damage to the economy that is caused by people having less money to spend is never mentioned either.
60% income tax plus NI income tax is not a modest amount. It is gross over taxation and demanding money with menaces. It’s Mafia tactics.