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Paying for all the Covid-19 demands on the public purse

Everyone wants a bailout. Not everyone will get one, but many will. So how do we go about paying for it all? A minimum tax rate on earned and unearned income would be a good start.

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by: Merryn Somerset Webb
18 Jun 2020
George Osborne © PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images

George Osborne: used to be a flat-tax fan © Getty

George Osborne © PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images

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