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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They know they are doomed in the next election so they might as well shift some money to the ultra-rich while they still can.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also salt the earth for next govt....if they slash the income when the next party that they paint as fiscally poor can't balance a budget without tax increases they can say told you so, even though sunak have wrecked it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Sell off all the HS2 land for a loss maybe?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

May as well openly shift some money to the ultra-rich.

This is an alcoholic declaring "fuck it, I'm going to drink the whole bottle" -- they were always going to, they're just dropping the facade.