Brickbat: Common People

When campaigning for office earlier this year, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised the Labour Party would not raise taxes on "working people." But he was cagey about exactly who the "working people" are. Now, Starmer says those who own assets such as property or shares in companies don't fit his definition of "working people." A spokesperson later clarified that people who own small amounts of stock could be working people and Starmer was referring to people who primarily earn their income from assets.
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When you are "working" by deciding where best to invest, so that your saved-up fruits if your earlier labors can be put to their BEST uses, to create new goods and services for people... Then you're not REALLY working! You're just being a greedy capitalist, putting profits ahead of people!
When you are using Government Almighty threats of force (and real force if "need" be), to decide who deserves other peoples's money... THEN you are really WORKING for the pubic good!
(There, did I do shit right?)
Reminding everyone which island is the original and undisputed Garbage Island.
British trial balloons don't fly as far as they hope.
I'd pray for him - but... y'know.
"When the opposition raised objections to his new tax plan, Starmer charged them with 'hate-speech' and put them in prison for 18 months. In other UK news, a child rapist and murderer was sentenced to probation and time served today."
In other UK news, a Muslim child rapist…
Putting those three words in the same sentence is a hate crime.
I wish I could definitely say that was only an exaggeration.
Spoken like a true Socialist.