"Despite widely reported concerns that the wealthy are choosing to leave the country owing to higher taxes, the survey found millionaires were much more concerned about medical workers moving away than wealthy people emigrating."

[junesim63@mstdn.social]

"Despite widely reported concerns that the wealthy are choosing to leave the country owing to higher taxes, the survey found millionaires were much more concerned about medical workers moving away than wealthy people emigrating."

They know private healthcare is no good at serious illness and the NHS is always the backstop.

#TaxTheRich #Inequality #UKPolitics

Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds | The super-rich | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/13/three-quarters-uk-millionaires-willing-pay-more-tax-research-finds

[peteriskrisjanis@toot.lv]

@junesim63 it is billionaires that are loudest about tax breaks

[naturemc@mastodon.online]

@junesim63 I just saw similar results for Germany where they made a poll by voters of different parties. Even the bigger part of the CDU (in government and loudly against taxing the rich) want to tax the rich.

[peachfront@toot.community]

@junesim63

hmmm, can't speak to the UK but in the US, millionaires aren't the super rich, it's 2026, not 1926, millionaires are retirees, at least if you're talking 1-2 million > here it's a vanishingly small number of people who have more than that, & that's supposed to fund 30 years without working

so i'd say it's unsurprising that most millionaires are aware of their need for medical workers as they age

[spacemagick@mastodon.social]

@junesim63
It is very important not to conflate/confuse the terms 'millionaire' and 'super-rich'.
#JustSaying

[mlanger@mastodon.world]

@junesim63 @NicelyManifest Just a reminder that millionaires are not the problem. Billionaires are the problem. Everyone needs to pay their fair share of taxes, but the bar has been raised and, at least in the US, there are a lot more millionaires in the middle class.

Hell, if you own a home and have a retirement investment account and you're not in deep debt, you're probably a millionaire. It doesn't mean you have $1 million in cash in the bank; it just means your net worth is over $1 million.