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Don't worry about it. Just lower taxes on corporations and the wealthy and reduce regulations, the magic hand of the market will fix everything!!! :D

OccamsMirror 1y ago
We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!
jameslk 1y ago
What do lowering taxes have to do with water running out in the UK?
- queenkjuul 1y ago
  Lower taxes can fix anything
- bayarearefugee 1y ago
  Well we're not going to lower the taxes on normal wage earners, silly. But we need to lower the taxes on the wealthy and corporations (and reduce or eliminate regulations) so they can distribute their capital to make new water! Don't you know anything about modern economics? :D
  - jameslk 1y ago
    Does this snarky point you’re trying to make connect with anything in the article? I saw no mention of taxes
    - actionfromafar 1y ago
      This is why we are where we are.
    - throw10920 1y ago
      Just flag them. They're blatantly breaking the guidelines and they don't care because they're not getting flagged enough. HN is largely user-moderated and we'll continue to see more drivel like this if people aren't diligent about downvoting, flagging, and reporting especially egregious comments to the mods. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
CommanderData 1y ago
Consumer: upgrade our waterways please? hmm maybe don't dump raw sewage every day. Thames Water: pooposterous! we must pay bonuses, or it'll affect investor morale! Haven't you heard, your water is the best in the world, be happy :)
- ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
  Thames Water: we need to raise bills to fund the infrastructure repair/upgrade Consumer: grumble okay, here's our money Thames Water: gives money to execs Consumer: the infrastructure needs repair Thames Water: we need to raise bills to fund the infrastructure repair/upgrade
greyw 1y ago
Last I heard the rich are leaving the UK eroding your tax base. Im sorry but it is going to be higher taxes for you all
- vixen99 1y ago
  'The highest earning 1% in the UK pay an estimated 28% of all income tax. ' https://fullfact.org/economy/do-top-1-earners-pay-28-tax-burden/ https://fullfact.org/economy/do-top-1-earners-pay-28-tax-bur... The good news is that not all that '1% of the rich' are leaving. However unless this 28% of all tax figure is wrong, inevitably there will be an increase to counter the loss.
- rainingmonkey 1y ago
  That's a myth, all the breathless reporting of an "exodus of millionaires" comes from one very dodgy report. Of course, the narrative suits the wealthy owners of the media, so the story gets repeated anyway. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/07/the-british-wealth-exodus-is-a-big-fat-myth https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/07/the-british-we...
  - greyw 1y ago
    The outcome is not as clear as you make it to be. The Norwegian wealth tax hike resulted in a loss of about $600mn of tax revenue. We will see at which point the british will end up on the laffer curve.

OccamsMirror 1y ago

We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!

jameslk 1y ago

What do lowering taxes have to do with water running out in the UK?

queenkjuul 1y ago
Lower taxes can fix anything
bayarearefugee 1y ago
Well we're not going to lower the taxes on normal wage earners, silly. But we need to lower the taxes on the wealthy and corporations (and reduce or eliminate regulations) so they can distribute their capital to make new water! Don't you know anything about modern economics? :D
- jameslk 1y ago
  Does this snarky point you’re trying to make connect with anything in the article? I saw no mention of taxes
  - actionfromafar 1y ago
    This is why we are where we are.
  - throw10920 1y ago
    Just flag them. They're blatantly breaking the guidelines and they don't care because they're not getting flagged enough. HN is largely user-moderated and we'll continue to see more drivel like this if people aren't diligent about downvoting, flagging, and reporting especially egregious comments to the mods. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

CommanderData 1y ago

Consumer: upgrade our waterways please? hmm maybe don't dump raw sewage every day. Thames Water: pooposterous! we must pay bonuses, or it'll affect investor morale! Haven't you heard, your water is the best in the world, be happy :)

ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
Thames Water: we need to raise bills to fund the infrastructure repair/upgrade Consumer: grumble okay, here's our money Thames Water: gives money to execs Consumer: the infrastructure needs repair Thames Water: we need to raise bills to fund the infrastructure repair/upgrade

greyw 1y ago

Last I heard the rich are leaving the UK eroding your tax base. Im sorry but it is going to be higher taxes for you all

vixen99 1y ago
'The highest earning 1% in the UK pay an estimated 28% of all income tax. ' https://fullfact.org/economy/do-top-1-earners-pay-28-tax-burden/ https://fullfact.org/economy/do-top-1-earners-pay-28-tax-bur... The good news is that not all that '1% of the rich' are leaving. However unless this 28% of all tax figure is wrong, inevitably there will be an increase to counter the loss.
rainingmonkey 1y ago
That's a myth, all the breathless reporting of an "exodus of millionaires" comes from one very dodgy report. Of course, the narrative suits the wealthy owners of the media, so the story gets repeated anyway. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/07/the-british-wealth-exodus-is-a-big-fat-myth https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/07/the-british-we...
- greyw 1y ago
  The outcome is not as clear as you make it to be. The Norwegian wealth tax hike resulted in a loss of about $600mn of tax revenue. We will see at which point the british will end up on the laffer curve.