THE super-rich can avoid any tax they like, as they frequently tell us. But then why are they fighting so hard to keep taxes low?
Martin Bishop, firefighter: “As a point of principle. You don’t become a millionaire without being a very principled person.”
Hannah Tomlinson, tree surgeon: “Because they care about us, even if we are poor and wretched in their sight. All that wealth hasn’t taken away their compassion.”
Francesca Johnson, auditor: “God, they want to pay taxes. Of course they do; these people are patriots. It’s just that once they go above a certain level they have a moral obligation to avoid it and that pains them deeply.”
Nikki Hollis, driver’s mate: “It’s a double bluff. Actually they want taxes to be jacked right up but they know Labour, bereft of all other ideas, will perversely do the opposite of whatever they say.”
Tom Logan, topiarist: “It isn’t… they couldn’t be lying, could they? Even though they’re rich?”
