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The other day (5 April 2013) on a blog posted on this website I had urged the UK’s Chancellor, George Osborne that in the interest of consistency, fairness, and justice, having asked “Why should the taxpayer fund 'lifestyles' like those of the Philpotts?” he should also ask: “Why should the taxpayer fund 'lifestyles' like those of the Sir James Crosby, Andy Hornby, and Lord Stevenson?”
Today’s (7 April 2013) Editorial in the Observer, so very eloquently debates and discusses this very question that I had suggested to Mr. Osborne. Due to its significant relevance to advancing the issues that I had hoped my question will generate, I have copied the Observer’s Editorial below for your further reflection and consideration:
From welfare to banks, fairness is the key
“Britain needs an urgent debate about fairness – the responsibilities we all have to the wider society we live in, and to the taxpayer. Last week saw examples of extraordinary duplicity and criminal irresponsibility from both the upper and lower echelons of society.- The Fairest Question: Why should the taxpayer fund 'lifestyles' like those of the Sir James Crosby, Andy Hornby, and Lord Stevenson?
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