Steven
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Let's cut tax on people who are working hard, creating a good product, making a good income, and let's raise tax on people who are sitting there on 20, 30, 40, 100, 200, 500 million pounds of assets that they're going to give to their kids and they're going to use to dominate society and squeeze out the middle class.
wife's dad owns a tech company.
wife's dad owns a tech company.
Which he will inherit and his kids will inherit.
Which he will inherit and his kids will inherit.
Yeah, but that company already exists. Yeah. It's created now.
Yeah, but that company already exists. Yeah. It's created now.
So you think that if Rishi Sunak's father-in-law stopped managing the company, it would be valueless?
So you think that if Rishi Sunak's father-in-law stopped managing the company, it would be valueless?
Steve Jobs died, okay? Is Apple valueless? No. Let's not pretend that these creators are the sole reason these companies are valuable. Sure. And what we're talking about here in many cases⦠You know, I was a trader, okay? And I'm worth millions of quid. And, you know, now that is just assets. I just own the assets. I own the assets.
Steve Jobs died, okay? Is Apple valueless? No. Let's not pretend that these creators are the sole reason these companies are valuable. Sure. And what we're talking about here in many cases⦠You know, I was a trader, okay? And I'm worth millions of quid. And, you know, now that is just assets. I just own the assets. I own the assets.
And that will grow and it will grow and it will grow and it will grow. And that will squeeze out and squeeze out and squeeze out and squeeze out our viewers. And I'll give that to my kids. They don't even need to work. They wouldn't even have to work. I could live off the wealth. Is that what you want?
And that will grow and it will grow and it will grow and it will grow. And that will squeeze out and squeeze out and squeeze out and squeeze out our viewers. And I'll give that to my kids. They don't even need to work. They wouldn't even have to work. I could live off the wealth. Is that what you want?
I think the reality is for kids from poor backgrounds it is almost impossible to... to realistically get even financial security, never mind wealth.
I think the reality is for kids from poor backgrounds it is almost impossible to... to realistically get even financial security, never mind wealth.
Well, the first thing is I'm 38 now, so I'm not a kid nowadays. Listen, I won every maths competition I've ever been in, you know what I mean, since I was a little kid. I didn't even have a desk in my house, you know. I was one of the top students at LSE. And I still had to win my job by cheating in a card game. You know, that's the world that we live in.
Well, the first thing is I'm 38 now, so I'm not a kid nowadays. Listen, I won every maths competition I've ever been in, you know what I mean, since I was a little kid. I didn't even have a desk in my house, you know. I was one of the top students at LSE. And I still had to win my job by cheating in a card game. You know, that's the world that we live in.
I don't think that's a very replicable strategy. And it's very easy for people like us who've made money to say, oh, we did it, aren't we great? Go out and, you know, you've said that you think if young people go and work in tech business, they can get financial security. If it was that easy, they'd all be doing it. You know, they're not idiots. Our viewers are not idiots. They're trying.
I don't think that's a very replicable strategy. And it's very easy for people like us who've made money to say, oh, we did it, aren't we great? Go out and, you know, you've said that you think if young people go and work in tech business, they can get financial security. If it was that easy, they'd all be doing it. You know, they're not idiots. Our viewers are not idiots. They're trying.
They're trying. They want to find the good opportunities and they work... Listen, I speak... They're working so hard.