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I'm not sure share your cynicism. I only have anecdata from what I do for a living but a lot of the rich people I work with are pretty adamant that they should be required to pay more tax. A lot of the middle earners too.
But maybe you're right. I'd love to see the same poll but split by income levels and with more specific questioning around their own taxation.
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a lot of the rich people I work with are pretty adamant that they should be required to pay more tax
That tallies with what people have been saying to me this morning, but assuming the poll was from a representative sample then there will have been very few 45p ratepayers in it.
FT commenter summed it up well (and got in a brag about being on £250k):
NickCJ
Of course they do, as long as it's a tax on someone else (CitY fAt CatS). A majority of Brits also consume more in public services than they pay in tax (per FullFact I think the average person covers about 90% of what they receive).