It was a tough call, but at the end of the day I wasn't about to start digging into the annual quota of Simpsons references my editor allows me on the first week of the year.

Yes, as a nation we are bad at bringing up our children and the childless amongst us treat their dogs like the children they would bring up badly if they had them.

Thanks! Not distortive in that it doesn’t disincentivize investment/wealth-building because it’s retrospective and won’t happen again?

Why is a one-off the *correct* way to levy a wealth tax?

I’ll let you know when it ends if/when I ever find out.