@oftencalledcathy Agree with you.'Wealth' in bricks & mortar valuation does not mean cash wealth necessarily. Do some really believe home owners, esp those still paying mortgages (as interest rates jump), should take out equity release to pay an INCREASED annual tax every year in the current crisis?! A generation paying Celtic Tiger mortgages on homes still in negative equity, no equity release there!! Ain't no magic money tree hidden away in the 'Squeezed Middle'. #HighTaxes #TaxWindfallProfits