• sunbeam60@lemmy.one
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    2 days ago

    I’m curious about your definition of shareholder; what if I owe £80 worth of fractional shares in an app-based investment service? Does that make me a shareholder?

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      5 hours ago

      Then your income wouldn’t be affected in any real way by raising taxes on those shares and getting cross that Starmer taxing unearned income is affecting you badly is bothincorrect and missing the point.

      Starmer is raising tax on unearned income instead of working people’s taxes, which is very fair for a change, and you’re splitting hairs over definitions of who counts as workers. You’re so missing the point.

    • ynazuma@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      It’s not my definition. It is the definition that is being used in context in the article. Read it before commenting

      The definition being used is proper and common in modern usage.