Labour Declares Gambling Immoral Unless the Treasury Takes 40% of the Profits, as Socialism Turns Out to Work Best When Capitalists Keep Making Money
Ministers Discover Private Enterprise Is Dangerous Until It Produces Tax Revenue, at Which Point It Becomes Essential Public Infrastructure LONDON, ENGLAND – Labour’s proposed increase in gambling-machine taxation has produced an important philosophical breakthrough: capitalism is apparently unacceptable when businesses retain their profits but becomes an instrument of social justice when government collects a sufficiently large percentage. Under HM Revenue and Customs’ published gambling duty rates, the standard Machine Games…
