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A friend from uni who I consider to be quite sensible mentioned this on FB. Someone joined who seemed like an ideal Young Conservative, moaning about >50% of the nation being net consumers, and about the top x% picking up xx% of the tax bill (I forget the figures).
I suggested that if he had done well from being in a country which provides an environment conducive to his kind of success (emergency & security services, transport and comms infrastructure, healthcare, education, judiciary...), then he was in a far better position to contribute than those only earning £15-£20k from full-time jobs.
I closed with "You have already won the lottery now it's your turn to buy the ticket".
This was delivered at great pace on my mobile and was full of grammatical errors, but I get the feeling that metaphorically, the choir was the only part of the audience both paying attention and able to grasp any part of the point I was making.