UK hires extra tax collectors to police super-rich. As the U.K. tightens its belt during economic uncertainty, a senior government official said Sunday he was hiring more than 2,000 extra tax inspectors to make sure that Britain’s wealthiest feel the squeeze. Coming to a town near you. Create jobs AND reduce the deficit… at least until we run out of other people’s money. “In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.” Confucius
