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Liz's avatar

I remember a really good Cracked article from way back (not a listicle - I think) about why some poor people don't save money in the same way rich people do and the upshot was: some poor people spend money as soon as they have it, because otherwise it would just get spent. IE.... it would get 'lost' on bills etc and be in many senses worthless. But if you spend it on something that does have worth (in everything except the monetary sense) - holidays, cosmetic stuff - it doesn't get 'lost' in the same way. That made a LOT of sense to me and I still think about years later.

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I’m guessing it’s older Daily Telegraph readers most excited about ‘getting these lazy kids off their backsides and in the army’ with this stuff coming up about national service and the draft , so I have a simple offer

It’s going to cost a lot of money to pay for hundreds of thousands of young people to be drafted or otherwise serve in the army so this should be paid for by a tax on property and ending the Triple Lock, this way all generations can play their part

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