It feels like we pay a lot of tax in the UK but is that really true? Where do our taxes actually go? Are they wasted? And are we going to have to pay more in the future? Paul Johnson is the Director of the insanely well respected Institute for Fiscal Studies and in this episode he explains how we’ve got into this pickle, how we can get out of it - and why our feelings about paying too much tax might not be rooted in reality.

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Chapters:
00:00-00:50 - Intro
00:50-05:39 - Why context is important
05:39-10:42 - How much tax do we actually pay?
10:42-14:05 - Why we’ll need to pay more tax
14:05-17:18 - Where are our taxes spent badly?
17:18-18:38 - Unbiased ad
18:38-24:58 - Why governments struggle to reform tax
24:58-33:01 - The biggest tax rise in history
33:01-34:11 - Sensate ad
34:11-40:28 - Why don’t we tax the wealthy more?
40:28-44:34 - Corporation tax
44:34-49:50 - Is the tax system policed properly?
49:50-56:40 - Is growth the answer instead of tax rises?
56:40-01:00:49 - Why we all, including politicians, need to be brave

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