Tax The Rich AKA. 41,000 years. (Mark 10.17-31, Hebrews 4.12-16)
There are 171 Billionaires in the UK. Just to put that into perspective a billon is a thousand million pounds. That’s only slightly less than a clergy person earns. The average salary in the UK is £23,760 before tax. [1] Rounding that up to £24,000, to earn a billion pounds would take about 41.6,000 years. [2] Now 2021-41,0000 is -38,979. So if someone on an average salary in this country wanted to earn a billion pounds, they would’ve had to start work (spending nothing) in the year 38,979BC. That’s long before the Bible was written, or Jesus spoke to that rich man. The oldest cave paintings in the world date to c.39,000BC. [3] In light of this when the Govt turns round and says we must cut Universal Credit to the poorest and most vulnerable in society by £20 a month, a cut that will make the already desperate even more so, I think that’s rubbish. There is enough money, it’s a case of moral failure. It’s not supposed to be like this. This isn’t the kingdom. There are 1