Is this Budget the end of UK democracy?

About this episode

Gary discusses the implications of the upcoming UK Budget on the economy and democracy.

Gary's back for one episode only. Here's what the UK Budget next week means for you, the economy and democracy. CHAPTERS (00:00) Intro (1:04) Raising taxes (04:30) UK government debt situation (09:12) Transfer of wealth to rich (13:22) Why aren’t they taxing the rich? (18:40) The elites don’t care (26:00) The death of democracy (28:32) What do you do? (31:15) Hope (33:08) Know your history (36:41) Help me get to #1

People in this episode

Host: Gary Stevenson

Topics covered

• UK Budget
• economy
• democracy
• taxation
• wealth transfer
• government debt

Keywords

• UK Budget
• economy
• democracy
• taxes
• wealth transfer
• government debt
• taxing the rich

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Places: UK

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