Few would choose poverty as a way of life. Even fewer in the developed world have faced levels of poverty experienced in undeveloped countries..

When I look at rich folk, it is hard not to wonder just how much wealth do individuals feel they must acquire?
It is however never necessary to attempt to drag the rich down as it rarely benefits the poor. In fact, it never benefits the poor.

You see politicians vowing to address poverty and inequality, then the minute they get to the table, they sample wealth and suddenly, you see them making excuses. The poor remain poor and the champions of poverty become rich and are gone. That cycle has repeated itself for generations. Essentially, the poor do not choose poverty. They are actively trying to get out of it. If/when they make it out, it simply means they are no longer poor, WHICH means, they join a different grouping. Hence the cycle remaining unending!

One can only hope that the likely incoming Labour Government fully understands the need to try to create wealth, to get more people in the UK out of poverty. The solution is not to drag the middle-class and working folk down into poverty to get them more equal with the poor. The solution is to try to get more people out of poverty, to get them closer to the middle. So, this crazy idea of taxing the rich and getting private schools to pay VAT etc., are badly thought out and will not do any good. You don’t solve the problem of poverty by dragging more people into poverty so that the poor feel better and in good company! You get more people out of poverty, to create more opportunities to get more and more of them out of poverty!