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It serves the same sort of 'them and us rhetoric' which serves anyone going for a populist vote, which is what I suspect most parties will be looking for.
Yeah. Initially I thought why would he want to alienate those on that kind of money, but then perhaps he was trying appeal to people who don't earn that.
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Is not the point here that the term 'rich' is, as said above, very much a moving feast depending on who you ask? Therefore it has the potential to resonate with the 90%+ of the population who don't earn anywhere near that amount. It serves the same sort of 'them and us rhetoric' which serves anyone going for a populist vote, which is what I suspect most parties will be looking for.