Erik4d ago
Sam Kington

When Reform deputy leader Richard Tice asks "How many friends and family do you have who voluntarily choose to pay more tax than they are legally obliged to do ...?" the answer is "almost all of them".

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/16/britons-should-strive-to-pay-minimum-tax-legally-possible-richard-tice-reform

Maybe not by much! But we understand that taxes are there so we can all get decent public services, and constantly being a rules lawyer over taxes is a dick move. So unless something looks really off, we pay our fucking taxes.

Britons should strive to pay minimum tax legally possible, says Richard Tice

Reform UK’s deputy leader comments came as he was responding to questions raised about his own tax affairs

The Guardian
Mar 17 at 12:16amWeb
Show threadSam Kington5d ago
Also: for years, I used to pay the TV licence fee, even though I didn't have a TV, because I thought the BBC was worth having. I'll grant you that that's weird, but I'd say no weirder than aggressively seeking out obscure tax avoidance schemes like the sorts Richard Tice likes.
Show threadSimon Richter4d ago
@skington @cstross also, individual action can never correct a systemic problem, only reduce the pressure to fix it.
Show threadSteve Bellovin4d ago
@skington @cstross A U.S. Supreme Court justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes, once wrote in an opinion, “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.”