This is how I'm going to vote
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- There's an election coming up, and the tories are going to lose. But don't get too excited, because I don't have much hope in Labour either. Here are my thoughts.
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The problem is that people don't realise what 'tax the rich' means. Many of them with well paid jobs and owning their own home think it applies to them. They're not rich just better off than most. The rich are on a different scale.
I get this all the time mate from people I talk to. They think they are well off and 'rich' but they aren't even the wealthiest person in the room. Comes as a shock to them when you start talking real numbers - eg, passive income of the rich each year in the tens of millions, etc. They really can't comprehend what real weath is.
Same with inheritance tax.
The problem is that the vast, vast majority of "tax the rich" policies end up hurting the well-off-but-not rich way more than they hurt the actually rich.
@@PragmaticAntithesis That’s because the well-off-but-not-rich can’t afford to buy politicians. The actually rich can (and do).
@@PragmaticAntithesisif it doesn't tax the rich, then it wasn't really a tax the rich policy!
I am 74 years old and have followed you Gary for a while now. I totally agree with you. Politicians these days are only interested in their careers and ruling elites look down on the rest of us. We value you as a decent, honest human being and support you all the way
I'm 70. I will be fighting for this cause until I die. I hope to see some concrete results before then.
Politicians work for big money and lobbies, not for people like us
The thing is that the average Joe is also interested only in his career or financial well being. I don't know if things were different in the past but nowadays people don't really have a community to care about, a higher purpose to live for or anything that goes beyond their individual self. As a result of this hyper individualistic society, we are taught from a very young age to compete with each other, as opposed to collaborating. If you look at highly "successful" people, most of them got to the top by stepping on everything and everyone that stood in the way of their goals, not by caring about those around them.
71 here EX life long Labour voter, it's good to see that we have good people coming up behind us.
It gets harder not to 'pick a side' the older and more experienced you get because the 'traits' of the parties and those who support them become more obvious.
Don't let it depress you, stay determined to make a difference.
PS for the first time in my life I shall NOT be voting for the party formerly known as the Labour party, I shall be voting Green in this election and in however many elections I may have left.
We understand that the greens can't possibly win the election, but by voting for them we CAN reduce Tory Starmers majority, and anything that weakens that tyrant is fine by me.
Green is the new RED.
@@corvus1238
Just turned 71 and I 100% agree with you comrade.
Mate. No one else is fighting for us. It is a marathon not a sprint. Keep doing what you are doing and change will happen. Thank you for all your efforts.
@@MrDWinpenny Reform are fighting for the people all the way!
The recession is here, where do investors look at for wealth gains now? mortgage rates still on the rise with higher imports and lower exports, the economy is stumbling, yet the Fed is to lessen cost. Something will eventually break if they keep raising interests and quantitative tightening.
Your right, its getting worse everyday. If you want to hold on to cash, put it in a safe deposit box, if you want assets, buy things people need in a shit society, food, ammo, wood, water filters, tools, have a skill at building and fixing
when we go into recession, tech will do poorly as a sector considering what's going on in the world, while defense stocks should be doing good, but always do your own research, or speak to a valid advisor before investing your money
Incredible outcome! how can I get this professional guiding please? definitely would love to end the year well, but also concerned who I let handle growing my finance
thanks for putting this out, curiously searched Amber on the web, found her consulting page and was able to schedule a call session, no sweat !
“I don’t think politicians are going to save us, I think we have to save us…” you nailed the problem right there Gary, it’s really up to us to get more people engaged. Politicians are populists, they follow the winds of opinion we need work together to change the prevailing wind.
Exactly. If whoever is the Prime Minister affects the life of yourself and your family then you’ve got bigger problems!
@@RussellTurnerare you trying to say the government doesn't change anything?
@@markwelch3564 It does if you choose to live your life like a dead fish being carried down stream. Then it matters a lot.
@@RussellTurner pretty sure it affects everyone. Tax policy is everyone's business for starters!
starts with a decent education and high literacy levels. People need to learn to educate themselves because school has failed at least one generation.
Yours is a lifetime goal Gary, don't give up, you can do this. We support you 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Yes indeed. I have to think about my three children and I’m very lucky to be about to provide some money towards their being able to buy a house. This is really not the case for the vast majority of kids these days.
Standing right beside xxx
Look after your mental health,
Keep going Gary Thank you so much x
👍🏼🤝🤝🤝
Please don’t give up Gary, your message is being spread. It takes time to open people’s eyes to the truth.❤
@RugbyPass81 Because things didn't get bad until 2007 honestly, it took time for people to fully realize the Iron Ladye's and that Asshole actors in America were just con artists.
@RugbyPass81 change is on its way,the economy will collapse inflation will return and the rich will have to pay it is then we have to strike, reality will hit everyone, the tories will be gone
Hi Gary, I’m a 25 year old who studied politics for a degree and am going Oxford uni on an access scheme. I’m from a low income background and have seen my community decimated over 14 years with everyone suffering so much while the rich are so cynical and sadistic about the poor
Your videos (and book) have been the best education i’ve ever received and I’m SO GRATEFUL for your work and videos on inequality, WE LOVE YOU, take your needed break and we’ll always behind you, keep going ❤️❤
You wouldn't be poor if hadn't studied for a useless degree and racked up so much debt, you've been conned
1950s America didn't have high taxes on the rich. In fact due to all of the tax writeoffs it had one of the lowest tax rates ever. Yet a milkman could raise a family of 5.
The problem is failed companies being bailed out, the problem is printing paper dollars into existence, the problem is more and more people yet not enough houses. You're not going to be able to tax the rich. The second a country puts a wealth tax into effect, any person with an ounce of sense will move his or her assets to another country. And like the 1950s have shown, you don't need socialism to have a rich and vibrant middle class. You simply need to have less government, less spending and stop printing money.
@@chickenbroski99 okay, one more reason that we can set a 91% tax rate for the rich as in the 1950ies US, if they can do write offs anyway. It's still a good first step and as you say: it won't hurt the rich anyway.
@@moloids Well you would need to implement the same set of writeoffs you had in the 50s to achieve the same effect. You would do much better simply implementing a 10-15% sales tax.
Remember the truth may not always be intuitive or emotionally thrilling, but it is the truth. Behaving like an angry child is unlikely to lead to the outcomes you desire. You need to be logical.
@@moloids You could analyse where the money went in 2008 and 2020 and have the government seize those companies, liquidate them and return the funds to the taxpaying citizens.
Then return to a flat 10-15% sales tax. You are not going to fix this by 'taxing the rich' though. They will probably outsmart you. You need to take their assets back and then implement a system that rewards innovation and risk taking.
You're a legend and give me faith that there are good people out there fighting the good fight. Genuinely inspiring mate
It will not change a thing? You can't reanimate a corpse?!
Gary, you are planting gardens under whose shade you might not sit. You are keeping alive the idea that there is an alternative, and what we do is a choice. We can choose to do differently. Thank you for what you do.
Love this turn of phrase, but sadly I think the pending climate catastrophe means none of us and none of our children will be sitting in that shade.
@janejenkins5137
Don’t you make choices in your day to day life?
Everything you do is a question of choice isn’t it?
Couldn’t put it better
First time viewer impressed with how switched on this young man is. I think he’s hitting all the right notes to build the widest possible coalition. Respect
don't be impressed. This is my first video of him too. He keeps complaining about inequality yet I bet he was an ardent supporter of lockdown and quantitative easing which is the primary source of wealth inequality in western nations.
He's thick AF
Have an amazing break Gary, truly well deserved. We can see the frustration in you in the video and it's a tough watch, but look at how far this message and this channel has come since it started. As more people join and more people understand, our voice will get louder and louder and we will challenge the status quote and we will win. Because we have to. Keep fighting and keep doing the hard work you're doing. Much love to all the team 💪🏼👊🏼❤
The longer I live the more I honestly believe that change is only ever going to come by way of a good old-fashioned revolution.
Watching Gary in action is a good way to see empathy in action.
I’m only 42 but reached this point years ago tbh. Can’t be arsed with voting (aside from a brief period between Sept 2015 and Dec 2019), but get out in the streets and I’ll be right there with you. It’s the only way working people can make them stop and take notice.
Hah, _only_ revolution? You forget disasters and calamities!
*_; P_*
I once saw somewhere (or maybe it was Gary that said this) that foreign investors are so happy buying London property because they know their investments are safe as the UK has historically never had a revolution and likely never will
Gary, I just wanted to encourage you with all that you're doing. I can see that this is a long slog, you're doing great things with your reach, don't get down hearted! Simply do what you can with what you have, and when all is said and done you can look back and be proud in all that you have helped achieve.... Keep up the fight mate, we're all beside you, cheering you on!
Another Gary told you so moment, incredible presence of mind in a world that seems to have forgotten itself.
On ITV debate, the labour representative actually got challenged by someone about inequality and if they would tax the ultra-wealthy to fund their tax cuts, she just kept silent and just ignored that it was a thing so I reckon there are some ultra-wealthy individuals which are financing the labour party.
Starmer isnt exactly poor and will do anything to get elected, and I fear that includes bowing to wealthy donors. He has said nothing about working people, I think he will bring more of the same.
Labour can't afford to be attacked by the press right now, they're sticking to the script.
@@tonychorley4936 Have you not listened to what Gary is saying? Kier starmer is not rich, certainly not in any bracket that would be effected by the taxes that gary is suggesting.
Aren't the ultra rich routinely financing both sides so they can continue their machinations regardless of who wins? Elections are a puton show for us plebs, so that we can continue believing that we have more of a say than the odd shooting in the foot / brexit.
@bill why can't he afford it? If not now, after 14 disastrous years of tories, when?
Thanks for caring Gary. I know it's a hard fight, but it is worth doing and hopefully the message gets out to enough people. Keep up the good work.
I lived in Switzerland for a few years, they have annual tax on wealth, it helps them have a overall low tax rate and a high living standard. Tax 1% on assets over £10m is a brilliant idea. I was always worried you said tax the rich, but had no suggestion on what to do. Well done to the GreenParty and Gary!
Switzerland is that way because of the Swiss. Living standards are high, because the people like it that way.
Don't forget, health insurance, pension and women's voting rights are fresh concepts in that country.
Also, they could pull all their stunts in the past because people/other states let them.
@The wealth tax is not really high, and it shows now, with inequality slowly creeping up. Especially with the massiv costs for child care and ever increasing health insurance premiums.
At the same time there is no capital gains tax, one pays I think 5% on your initial investment, then when you sell, the banks/providers skimm of a certain low single digit %.
Hence if you have money, you can really make some dosh.
its such a no-brainer it is insane that it doesnt exist everywhere. 5% would still be too low
Doesn't cost of living is so high in Switzerland?
@@CB-sf9mx Swiss wealth tax is between 0.13. -1.1% depending on the Canton.
I think for the UK a progressive wealth tax starting at 500k would be fine. Start at 0.13% and if above 10 million go to 5%.
However before that the evaluation system for housing needs to be reformed and adjusted.
@@FreaksSpeaks yes.
But if you are half way skilled you should be able to earn 8-10k a month to compensate for that.
If you are around minimum wage up to 5k you might struggle to save significantly.
A major downside is, that Switzerland calculates their inflation too low, so after a couple of years, you feel it.
What we need is a change from the first past the post system to proportional representation.
In the last election 3.7 million people voted Lib Dem but they only won 11 seats. Only 1.2 million people voted SNP but they won 48 seats. The Greens got just shy of a million votes but only got 1 seat.
There would be much less tactical voting in a proportional system meaning the smaller parties would naturally get a bigger vote share. In time this would break down the dominance of the two major parties or at the very least make all parties think about their policies in a different way
Sending love to all those fighting for the compassionate recognition of the suffering of ordinary folks. Enjoy your holiday Gary, prepping for the marathon. I will keep sharing your videos 👏🏻
*ordinary folks*
What does is actually mean?
Rich people won't legislate to make themselves poorer
Or their mates
They will if there is a reason to do it.
They will if the people demand it.
*they will if they have no choice.* but we need to get together and make that a reality.
They will have to if the poor people stop believing the bullshit and vote in their own interests.
With you all the way, Gary. You're right when you say it is difficult, tiring and frustrating. Glad you won't give up - we need loud voices like you, many many more of them. Love what you are doing. Thank you.
We need PR. The Greens did better than expected. Labour's vote share went DOWN. Corbyn got more votes than Starmer. Nearly every constituency is a marginal. Putting pressure on the new Labour government will be effective, because they know their popularity is not guaranteed.
The sad thing is though, Labour/Starmer will look at the success of reform in terms of vote share and think "We need to move even further to the right!".
No, we have to make sure they understand that is not an option.
Everytime Gary uploads it feels like group therapy.
WEALTH TAX NOW
Him and Gareth Southgate give me hope - two decent and underappreciated people help keeping me sane :)
Every time Gary uploads a video he gets money.
Wealth tax = give government more money to piss up the wall.
You lot have no clue XD
@@warrenchu5752 HOW ABOUT THIS MATE ...
WEALTH TAX NOW
REDUCE INCOME TAX NOW
How about this ?
@@billykotsos4642 you are still trying to fund a broken system. How about we cut government by 75% and totally REMOVE income tax.
You want to attract wealth? You act like dubai and singapore.
The neverending tax burden is the issue. The ones funded by the taxes are the issue. How they get the tax means nothing when they spend it on war and authoritarianism
I was just looking at tax receipts and the treasury brought in over 800 billion last year, which even adjusting for inflation, is significantly more than the previous Labour government (450bn in 2000, and 670bn in 2010 adjusted for inflation). Corporate tax receipts have increased by a similar percentage, despite the high profile tax dodging of mega-corporations, so we can't even say that business isn't paying its share. So to what extent is this an issue of a lack of funding, and to what extent is it an issue with what they choose to spend those tax receipts on?
The problem seems to be that the country owns nothing and so is forced to rent at a huge markup, things that we used to own. Instead of giving people a council house, we now pay out huge money to private landlords. Instead of paying to process asylum seekers, we now have to house them in expensive hotels. Instead of the NHS being able to provide services, we now have to pay a private hospital to do it. Instead of owning the water, rail, electricity infrastructure, we have to pay private companies for the privilege to use it, while they pay out dividends to their shareholders and we pick up the bill when things go wrong. This is a deliberate ideological choice on the part of the Tory party (and New Labour) under their dogma that the private sector is always more efficient. Well I think that has been thoroughly disproven now.
It's not even that they're doing nothing to decrease inequality, it's that they're actively doing everything they can to increase it and hand huge sums of public money to private companies.
Fully agree - I have thought for some time that taxing, housing, etc isn't actually the issue - it's just that all income/assets streams are going straight back to the same group of people who have zero accountability and think they're too far above us all to have to worry about whether we all starve or freeze to death.
I think the left is so naturally accommodating and empathetic that it's difficult to get organised under a banner enough to bring about real change, which sadly the right is expert at doing.
Taxing the rich is the banner that the left needs to unite under and shout about.
This is a great question...the corporate tax receipts may have increase, but so too have corporate profits.
Crucially, the richest corporations and individuals who pay less than 1% tax are using their gains to acquire more and more assets - such as the corporations responsible for the privatisation you mention and those buying up the housing stock
We worked in the Nationalised industries (Gas and Electricity retail, And power stations) Before and after privatisation ....We warned At the time...not just from our own job perspective (We mostly got made redundant) ....but AS to How WE saw the Whole Emphasis CHANGE almost overnight, from Customer Service/Concern and interest that the Customer got best value/deals on costs.....to Make AS MUCH profit As possible....Even IF stitching up the customer. We ALL ended up with the Very OPPOSITE of WHAT was promised with Privatisation I.e....Lower bills/costs....Improvement in service/ more INVESTMENTS in the Service.....And where once these Services were a modest part of our Financial outgoings, they are Now a HUGE part! Selling off Public Housing fits in there too.....ALL Tory policies....ALL a BIG Con......
It was ASSET STRIPPING of What WE owned....to Sell off mainly to Foreign investors.....And Enrich the (Rich) Shareholders.....
Great points.
To what extent do those receipts get spent on paying down the national debt- or just the interest on the national debt?
My new favourite channel! Just bought your book.
At this end of the day, this election is between capitalists and capitalists. Thank you for the video, Garry.
Spot on! It's always the same problem
It's not just the living standards, although that is a huge part. It's also about the lies, the corruption, the lack of accountability, the destruction of public services etc. I'm not part of the footballification process: I'm a floating voter but I realise that in a FPTP system, I have to vote *against* the party I really don't want rather than be able to vote for what I do want. Therefore I will be voting tactically to get rid of the Tories even if I'm not overly enthusiastic about Labour. I will expect Labour to be better but given the state of the country's economy, I'm under no illusions that it's going to take years to fix. I will be letting the Labour candidate in my area know that my vote is tactical, then press him for PR once he gets in. Then maybe sometime in the future I can vote for a party I want, rather than against the one I don't.
My thoughts exactly.
Hardly a wealth of choice, is it?
@@johnwright9372 When has it ever been? There's never a wealth of choice in a FPTP 2 party system. Which is why the PR debate needs to happen.
Given that he’s going to win anyway I’d vote independent. The last thing we want is a massive labour victory and sir kid thinking his austerity military stance on Gaza is what won the election, and he’s selling our NHS, Wes and sir kid have already taken the money. Barb
@@mikeharvey9811 Owned by the israeli zionists the same as the tories, either one is a bad choice, vote workers party or independant to get PR, it won't happen otherwise.
Hang in there Gary, we appreciate you and we are heading in the right direction. We are only going to get louder.
If you go to work to survive, you need to be pushing this issue, keep going, Gary. If we don't get this sorted out we will be devastated
Thank you, everyone else on here has said exactly what I feel, just thank you. I always say vote and I completely agree with your views, you're a breath of fresh air. I'm a retired lady and I feel utterly frustrated by the inequality throughout the world. Keep going you inspire very many of us ❤️
Commenting for the algorithm. As someone who immigrated to the UK, fully embraced UK culture, and has added significantly to the economy - it pains me to see that once again politicians paint immigrants as the reason living standards have fallen.
Keep doing what you do Gary! ultimately a well informed population is the only thing that can solve sociatal challenges.
They are pointing at illegal immigration actually.
Mass import of low skilled labour keeps wages low. Simple.
@@warrenchu5752immigrants don't keep wages low. Companies do. And govts let them get away with it
@@fullmooneve1651 you dont understand supply and demand at the most basic level.
Why do companies outsource labour to china? Drum roll...
@@warrenchu5752 no one can deny immigration has been poorly handled. And we should absolutely fix it someday. But like the videos explain - the root cause of our problems is wealth inequality. Poor immigration policy is a small issue to fixate on.
@@norafreeman1326 taking in unlimited working age men has many effects. Cost to taxpayer in housing, food and healthcare. Whilst also keeping wages low and inflation high.
This literally exacerbates wealth disparity.
We need you to get a TV debate with potential Chancellor's for next government , so you can illustrate their detrimental ideas & promote your own superior economic ideas
Love to you all always
He wants to "tax the rich" which is just a method of rich people handing other rich people their money to spend
I the biased presenters allow him to say what he wants and not allow him to be talked over or out.
@warrenchu5752 so deeply insightful.
Spot on about inequalty. Starmer will do nothing, lib dems wont.
Most people are depressed, not excited. My portillo moment would be streeting losing his seat to an independent which is pretty bad for someone who has supported labour since i first voted in the 70s.
I agree. I am disappointed by Labour's clear intention for inaction. I will use SwapMyVote to vote Green.
I'd love to see Starmer lose his seat but Streeting would definitely be good too.
Lib Dems at least nominally support electoral reform
Lib Dem’s also have some ok ideas on capital gains tax. It’s a step in the right direction at least
@@arp_909 Main issue with LDs is I don't trust them. Half the party quit 2010-2012 and it wasn't the bad half
Gary please produce a video on how taxing assets instead of work could work and be practically applied.
I need this to show my friends. It will help me explain the advantages of this tax system to my friends.
Thanks for your continued efforts on this channel ⭐
the good thing is you have a voice, and your message makes a lot of sense,
Thank you so much for everything you do Gary. If there is any hope to be found for our society, you are such a large source of it.
Keep going Gary! You've got our support.
A "public" school background tory-boy told me that he felt that corporation tax should be abolished because it was just penalising companies for doing well. This is how they think
because it trickles down. LOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Brainless. Tories are almost all stupid and don't think. The first thing a business considers is if it can make money. Tax rates don't matter within reason.
There is a genuine case for this. Maybe don’t abolish but it should be changed. Corporation tax works really well with the bigger companies but smaller companies are hit hard by it and makes it harder to grow which would be good for the economy in the long run IMO.
I agree with him. We shouldn't tax income from doing work, whether it's companies or personal income. We should instead tax income from ownership of assets we all need access to, like land and resources.
For example retail brands can seem big and doing well but are paying so much of their income on rent.
I'm not public school or tory.
He s right. Taxes on production is a penalty on production. The West has been punishing production and rewarding failure and you wonder why standards of living are falling. Well, the answer is right there.
I'm in since your channel began and def in for the next few years. Following, sharing, doing! 🙏
I'll happily vote wherever Farage goes.
I'm writing this here not to be provocative, but to show that a normal musician from the Midlands can see the country's falling apart and it's primarily at cultural level where I live. The place is turning into a third world situation and it's not because there's not enough money for people to not stab each other in the street, etc.
I'm not so much xenophobic as pragmatic that it's not until we've concentrated all the problems back into the British community that's already here that we'll be able to address them using conventional politics and means.
I voted Labour most of my life and I do agree with Gary that we have a problem with constantly transferring assets and wealth up the chain, but I think the only way forward is to tighten up our regulation as the money is made.
Thinking about Gary's politics for a moment, he's clearly a very smart man and has enough media knowledge to not even mention Farage because he knows it gives him legitimacy. Reform are currently polling above the Tories, and yet we're here talking about the Green party. Always pay attention to who's not being mentioned, The overton window is shifting.
Good luck to us all.
@@jimfarey so if you're a normal musician worried about preserving "our culture" presumably you only play Morris Dancing tunes?
@@stephencruickshanks3794 that's exactly it 😉
Lol he’s not that smart ..talking about immigration and world wars. The kids a prat..green..lol ffs.
Generally, you are spot on about what we need to do to improve living standards. The reason for Labour's position is Rupert Murdoch. We need a combination of Proportional Representation, Press Reform, Lords Reform, Ministerial code of conduct, and devolution. If we stop the lying from the press and politicians, make them accountable for their lies, we would be able to get wealth taxes in purely based on majority rules.
Sadly we don't have democracy in this country.
I favour Sortition
It's almost like we need....Reform
@@quillo2747 If Reform wasn't a the name of a retrograde bunch of bigots sure
A party getting 39% of the vote winning 65% of seats and absolute power is not democracy, whichever way to you crack it.
This channel will go big. Keep going for the long term. The most important and insightful channel out there right now.
Thank you for your hard work for the good people. We want something for our children.
Thank *YOU* for all your hard work! You certainly deserve a good break after a very busy year. I keep sharing your videos and will definitely continue to do so.
The Green Party's tax intentions are massively better than the other parties (1% annual wealth tax on assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn. Capital Gains Tax would be aligned with workers' income tax. for those that weren't fully aware). I really wish they could form a coalition government with one of the big two parties, gain important ministerial experience, and go from strength to strength.
I want a radical centrist party, and the Greens really seem to be that
Gary you are "The big voice in the room". That voice can only grow. That should be the name of an electronic magazine for reducing the wealth gap, 'The Big Voice In The Room'. We would all subcribe, we could all pay our union fees.
Keep going Gary, you have momemtum, I am telling lots of people, it will grow.
Happy holidays Gary. Great video. Appreciate the time and effort.
Thanks Gary. Have a good holiday. Relax and come back refreshed. The work you do is so important.
Keep going gary!
Awesome seeing you here! Good lad
Thank you Gary, I was a person than served their community because I wanted to sleep at night.
Now I’m getting on & my health is failing.
I have lived many years & through my observations I have seen more & more our OUR SERVICES & UTILITIES sold off for greed & power.
I will no longer vote for any of the 2 main party’s but I will VOTE GREEN 💚 simply because they they are working from the Grass-Roots slowly building up & staying consistent & hopefully a new way of doing things to bring about more equality.
The Labour Party have been bought off by Corporate Donors, they have been compromised many years ago through Blair.
Vote Green 💚🙌🙌🗳️
I hope your health improves
Followed you for a while Gary. Bought your book and enjoyed reading it.
Unfortunately I cannot agree with you in voting for the Green Party.
We in Scotland were subjected to a Green SNP coalition that no one voted for.
Loonie left policies implemented with no thought or perception of the economic and social repercussions.
I am a Green supporter. It angers me that this party has hijacked the name.
They should be called the Communist party of Scotland or the UK or wherever. Their policies were disastrous for Scotland and helped wipe out the nationalist vote. England. Beware of these extremists.
I’m not a fan of the greens either, I side more with the seemingly pragmatic policies of the Lib Dem’s but they are also historic liars :(… every choice is a shit choice. What it means to be a politician needs to be reassessed.
The struggle is real, and eternal.
Solidarity brother ✊
Could tell it was going to be a pessimistic video when I saw no plate of biscuits on the table.
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@@garyseconomics I'll vote for you if you give me what I want:
1) To sustain a free market You must tax the extreme concentration of Wealth and then give it evenly to everybody , again and again, so that the market can have customers (i.e. humans with money to spend).
2) Do not let foreign entities extract profit from our markets. We must extract profits from their markets. The profits they make must stay here in the country.
biscuit crew!
Labour have decided that they can’t say anything at all due to the state of our press and first past the post. It’s incredibly hard to know what they will do in power - it’s very likely to be better than the counterfactual. It is still the case that nearly all positive developments (campaign finance reform, press reform, voting reform) are infinitely more likely to happen under Labour. Also, if Labour get a large majority, party discipline will fall off a cliff, probably around Gaza if that drags on - splits can happen if everyone seems crippled. If things seem unstable enough - ie no clear two parties, every party facing wipeout, the electoral system will seem dangerous to everyone and will be replaced. I will vote green as I am in a safe Labour seat - ofc checking all details right up to the day…
Yep, vote tactical to get the Tory out. Even a liberal is better. Then badger them about PR.
Vote for the independent or spoil your vote...Labour purged their socialists and antiwar members long ago!!!!!!!
I see you are taking a page from the A different bias big book of Starmer justifications, which in essence boils down don't worry what he is saying now he will do different stuff when in power .The country has had more than enough of lying politicians . Starmer has filp flopped on so many key areas you cannot trust him
We do know what they will do. Starmer has a track record of helping the establishment and the rich and himself. Remember when he worked at the CPS. He spent 150k on expenses to be chauffeur driven to his work. When he lived walking distance from his office. He also claimed expenses for unknown reasons to fly suddenly to washington DC. That's what he does when he thinks no one is looking. The guy is dishonest. Remember Corbyn had the lowest expenses of any mp in parliament, during the expenses scandal. These things show the true character of people. Also many members of the labour front bench have ties to Private healthcare. Money from rich donors is the largest contribution to Labour's funds for the first time ever. Do you think they give that money because they are just so generous. You know cutthroat billionaires typically love giving away money for no reason. Please think more about this because you're confusing other people. It's clear what they will do. And it ain't good.
Thank you Gary. You speak for me! You explain so clearly about Financial Inequality that I finally understand how we ‘got to here’ with things as they are I’m 71, my husband is 77, and it’s taken this long - and meeting you through James O’Brien - to find a shred of hope that things can get better! We are another two people that you’ve reached to spread the word about lobbying for Taxing the Rich - in its real sense! Enjoy your well deserved holiday, thanks again, Susan
I love your channel, Gary. It's been an eye opener for me and I learn something new everytime I watch it. I hope you have a good holiday and look forward to your messages in the future.
Well done Gary. Heard and heart you are an exceptional advocate for more wealth equality. Let’s restore dignity to the people.
Gary, you epitomise the lyrics of the Idles' song "Mother":
The best way to scare a Tory is to read and get rich.
I posted my vote yesterday before watching this, and like you, am in a safe Labour seat, but voted Green, because they're the only people promising to do anything about this mess.
You've got all my respect, and you're doing fantastic work.
"politics is the shadow cast on society by big business"
John Dewey iirc.
John Dewey, iirc.
Thanks for everything so far Gary.
I voted Labour in 2019 but I'll be voting for the Green Party - not just because of their relatively progressive taxation and spending plans but also to remind the Labour Party they can't take our votes for granted - though if I lived in some of the seats with good anti-war anti-austerity independents (eg Jeremy Corbyn - Islington North, Andrew Feinstein - Holborn and St. Pancras, Leanne Mohamad - Ilford North) I would probably also consider voting for them.
My lived experience and i'm in my late 50's, is that things DO improve for ordinary people under Labour....it is provable fact that the NHS waiting lists get shorter and Education standards improve. they cannot be worse than the utter shower that have been in power for the last 14yrs.
Inequality remains under labour. Immigration is too high to ever get down waiting lists.
Gary has no chocolate biscuits.. austerity has began to bite even for the comparatively well-off.
Hopefully this change post-election and he can splurge on chocolate HobNobs.
I get why you'd vote Green based on the wealth tax but I couldn't stand to vote for their stance on immigration and social policy.
By the way, this is nothing about "hating immigrants" as you say in your video, but objectively if you have large numbers of low-skill or non-working migrants (as we do) it depresses wages on the lower end, pushes up rent costs, and necessitates a higher tax burden.
This isn't true. The tax burden is increasing because our working-age population is decreasing relative to the retired, and this is only getting worse. Rents are high because we do not build enough houses, it's as simple as that.
And because we don't have rent controls, like the majority of similar European countries, and like we did before Thatcher.
Totally agree. They keep saying that we need to build more council homes but no one is asking why the existing 2.5 million council + housing associations housing isn’t enough in a 68 million country.
@Sigurd 100% agree. Overpopulation is killing our economy, and it doesn't take a masters degree in economics to understand this.
The proportion of social housing today is wayyyy less than before Thatcher introduced Right to Buy. Most of that is now privately rented at extortionate rents.
The increased demand due to population increase isn small compared to the large reduction in supply.
And if you want to reduce immigration, why are you not looking at the causes of migration? Trying to prevent migration with violent, inhumane deterrents doesn't work and costs too much. We're an island, it's basically impossible to stop people coming over on small boats if they're desperate. Why are they desperate?
Because their country's economy has been decimated by western imperialist trade embargoes and sanctions (e.g. Iran), or western-backed armies displaced them from their homes in their campaigns of war and ethnic cleansing (e.g. Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan). These are where most 'illegal' migrants are travelling from. It doesn't take a genius to understand that the problems will only stop when we have an anti-war, anti-colonial government, not by voting 'Reform'.
I watched that Inflation Will Fall video at the time and it was so fascinating to see exactly what you said play out as the Govt claimed credit for their policies working and absolutely nobody, in any of the media I saw, even mentioned the reason that you'd so clearly laid out.
You educated me in a way that the traditional media completely failed to do. Thank you.
Hi Gary, thanks for your voice in this time.. The work you do is massively appreciated and needed.
I think the challenge we have, is when a candidate or government that can win does back these ideas (like Corbyn to a degree) the mainstream media, social media and other places completely turn many of the working class against it, with buzz words like Marxist, Immigrant lovers, Commie and all other stuff.
How can we educate and expose this more?
Keep going Gary, you’re doing great work. It takes time to turn a huge ship.
How is this man a studio ghibli fan? Bruh, when we doing a spirited away watch along video?
Watched you on Novara.. Great 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You are a voice of reason and sanity in a mad world, Gary. It is exactly the same in the U.S. No one in the corporate, uni-party blob and media will ever allow the subjects of inequality and taxing the rich to be discussed. How quickly we forget that we had a 90% tax rate for the highest earners in what many conservatives consider “the golden age”, the 1950’s. Keep up the good fight!!
The green chopping board in the background is noted.
Drop VAT to 10%, create a tax on services where people drop out of the state option - private healthcare, private schools, private men clubs, cut he BBC licence fee to £50, that would be a start. Then stealthily ramp up inheritance tax & capital gains tax
New subscriber, though about this a lot. So glad I've found you.🌸
Got it! It’s a positive sign that the Greens have a wealth tax in their manifesto.. please please keep going. Look. I always have voted Labour.. I don’t feel like I have much choice… but Green Party manifesto best aligns with my views and I think Labour is showing no balls or leadership by not putting across the arguments that you and others like you are trying to get this understood. Gary.. I can hear the emotion and frustration in your voice. We will get organised…we do need a fairer tax system. I am the most ordinary of most ordinary of people.. like you said….if enough of us support and demand change we will get there….. thanks. 🙏🏼 thanks 🙏🏼 thanks don’t stop. Keep fighting. Enjoy your holiday. I will continue to support and spread the message
Honestly I would but their anti-nuclear stance just makes it impossible for me
@@Momaaro-vi7uvyou'll never get everything from a party, the greens putting wealth tax in their manifesto is huge sign that they actually listen and that's the most important thing.
@@Momaaro-vi7uv And the carbon tax that would hit us all and their pie in the sky energy investment policy. It's almost as if people haven't even read their manifesto.
Their views on net zero would tear the country apart and affect the working class the most, sadly.
Fighting for social justice is painful. Ur content, passion & authenticity r so inspiring, we need u much more than u think. I hope u know ur part of the effort raising the consciousness of the planet. Thanku doesn't cover it, it's heart felt gratitude & love ❤
Meaningful change never comes from top down... it only ever comes from bottom up
We’ve had Thatcherism since 1979 which serves the interests of the (mainly overseas) wealthy. The problem with Thatcherism is that you eventually run out of assets to sell to overseas investors so that they can rip off British consumers.
Chin up Gary….every long journey begins with a small step
The issue us Reform UK is mopping up so many disenfranchised voters, they're very popular on X (Twitter) and merely mentioning them seems to make posts go viral, so I think this is where a targeted campaign needs to be focused.
To further this, I feel short snappy videos which get across the point in easy to understand videos on X (Twitter) and Tiktok would work wonders to get the messaging out there and really sway public opinion.
I think your ideas are 10 years ahead of their time. You're right, Starmer will fail and then people will look to the right and then when that fails too, then they'll become aware of the root cause. I just hope you can keep fighting until then!
Let's hope they're *only* 10 years ahead 🤞🏽
No probably they'll look to the right because the right has more money (you know, their policies being good for the rich and all) and that will go badly and then they look to the centre because at least that's not the right. And then after 10 years after more crumbling they'll look right again. The cycle goes on and on. Until it gets bad enough for revolutionary policies then you'll finally get the left for 10 years and then things will improve massively and then the rich owned media will get its hooks in again and people will go centre again and the cycle starts again.
Fair reasoning.
I respect your honesty here.
Honestly, the election is less important than spreading the message that inequality is killing our society.
Hope you have a great holiday man
Gary you're better than this. To say mass immigration is good for the economy and your only reason is because the Tories said it to try and win the next election. Then go on to compare them to the Nazis is a cheap shot and below your high standards. When you have 700k a year coming into a country that builds 200k houses a year that's going to be a problem. Housing is the biggest issue in the UK. It impacts all aspects of life social, economy, culture.
I’ve seen the green party’s manifesto and I have to say it’s absolutely fantastic. The thing that really stands out to me is ending right to buy totally. That policy and its surrounding policies are a huge part of why the housing crisis has gotten so bad. I don’t understand their stance against HS2 and Nuclear Energy, but the rest of it I can generally get behind.
Unfortunately, the FPTP means it’ll probably be a wasted vote, so I think for the sake of increasing the possibility of PR coming in, I’ll be voting for the Lib Dem’s; If we can get them in opposition, we’ll be one step closer to curing the rot that started in the 1980s.
Clown
Ed Davey was the minister in charge under the coalition when the PO horizon scandal broke, he did nothing about it. Know your enemy.
"I don't fight fascists because I will win, I fight fascists because they are fascists" a quote from Chris Hedges: Wages of Rebellion, The Moral Imperative of Revolt.
Regards your fighting inequality Gary, it appears apt. You should reach out to Chris Hedges. Thanks for what you do and have a good break 🙏
Unfortunately you’re right about the election results. Here in Australia we finally got a labour govt and they have done F’all about living standards and housing too
I'm telling everyone under 30 to vote, vote for anyone just vote.... the more the young vote the greater their voice becomes in th minds of politicians.
Lets get the youth voting and driving the future rather than it being defined for them.
I was shouting out loud "fuck yes" when I first saw the wealth tax in the green manifesto. It's important to show labour that this is popular so vote green! Don't show them what they do is working
@@MartinSmith-i4e sockpuppet account making shit up. Quelle surprise.
@@MartinSmith-i4e wait, what ??
The SDP on the left and Reform on the right are the only parties I see worth voting for.
The real worry is that Rachel reeves was an Economist at the Bank of England. She has demonstrated exactly the same problematic approach to macro economics as the status quo. If they don't change the direction they will court the rise of the far right like Macron has done in France.
What's your definition of far right as opposed to just right leaning, really interested??
@@kevinhamilton01reform UK
@@kevinhamilton01 please read Umberto Eco's fourteen indicators of fascism... Then apply each of the 14 points to reform, it's leaders and it's supporters and tell me which ones don't match. I will leave the judgement up to you. For my part, I think they are consistently exhibiting all fourteen
@@kevinhamilton01 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism
Have you seen the clip of Reeves on an LBC phone in just under a year ago?
If not, go and find it. She makes herself look an absolute clown whilst essentially imitating Liz Truss' economic.
Remember everyone, you're voting for your MP, not for the prime minister. Take a look at who your MP candidates are, their record and manifesto, their chances at winning, and their potential influence on parliament and the country. There are some really good and some really bad Labour MPs.
My hope is that the Conservatives come third and with a more progressive party on both sides of the house we have more of a chance to shape politics in a way that is better for all of us
Ill be voting green because of the pressure it puts on Labour. If you live in a Labour/Tory marginal i think it is even more important to vote Green because your vote is so much more powerful there due to the first past the post system. Labour need to be made to feel there is some cost to them not adopting policies to tackle inequality and the problem of the wealth horders.
I so wish more people thought like you. To be frank, your understanding of economics is bolstered by your understanding of both history and consequences. More power to you, Gary.
Funy how the Tories were not responsible for inflation going up but they are definitely responsible for it going down?😂
I agree that they're not responsible for it coming down, but much as I'm a Libertarian so have a visceral hatred of big parties, they werent responsible for it going up. The Pandemic and the Biden administration caused MASSIVE issues as dud the Tories to a SIGNIFICANT lesser degree but what the Tories did that added to the inflation problem was something that Labour supported. Which was Furlough schemes and interest free snall business loans.
So as they (all sides)had said 'you can't go to work because 1 in 100,000 people are dying or getting seriously ill from the disease, shut down your businesses, don't go to work BUT we won't pay you any money... People would've list their mind.'
God dammit man.. defending the Tories..
Starmer is a Communist, a big government middle management blairite. He will ruin this country further, but I hold no ill will for people voting for him.
End if the day, whilst we're tied to the Petro Dollar, but also bringing in the largest amount if immigration in history into a tiny country with a huge population, it just makes it impossible for anyone outsude the middle class, especially upper middle class, to get social mobility.
If you want to buy or rent a house, but suddenly there are 100 mire people wamying that house,it's a sellers market.
Until Blair, immigration was a right wing globalist agenda. Cheap labour, more ambitious and positive people who won't whinge about the breaktimes and holiday pay abd whether there's any point in working at all..
Pre 1997, the highest migration in a year was 17,000.
Post 1997 it's averaged at 421,000. In the last 5 years its averaged 784,000.
That won't help people get a better standard of living and will eviscerate community brotherhood/ support.
Inflation is rich business owners putting their prices up, it's that simple........
@@nickhayden860 I don't think you know what inflation is.
@@tghffghf54 I don't think you have any clue how the world works 🤷♂️
I think the message needs to be clearer Gary, saying "tax the rich" is a good slogan. I just think it's too simple. The idea of "rich" varies a lot from person to person.
Hundreds of millionaires have already left the country anticipating a Labour government, taxing the rich is not only ineffective it's counter-productive.
A lot of what you say resonates with the environmental movement. Politicians don't care and the majority of people in society are innocently ignorant to the key issues we face in this country. Whenever it IS talked about its either brushed off as weirdos protecting their niche interest or used as pure greenwashing to distract from the truth of our impacts.
But the reality of the situation is that the wealth of our country's non-human assets has been driven into utter destitution and is getting worse with every passing year. As with living standards, it's the everyday person that will be affected. Those who can't afford to heat their homes usually can't afford a house in a lovely green healthy location with easy access to the health benefits and enjoyment of a resiliant, protected natural world either.
And as with your points, the politicians dont care. The only way for change to happen is for enough people who do care to come together and enact reasonable, actionable change. I fully support your mission Gary, good luck with the endeavour
I am here for Gary's politics and his mug ❤
Deffo voting Green... The only party to openly go for the higher taxes on those with broadest shoulders
They also have some barmy ideas too.
@@RhetoricalMuseI’d rather see them fail than constantly get shafted.