Taxes and laws are only for the little people

The “Queen of Mean”, the late billionaire Leona Helmsley, is reputed to have once said publicly that “we do not pay taxes, only the little people pay taxes”. Mind you, that was before she spent time in clink on tax evasion charges.

However, her comment stuck and it has subsequently been modified by others as in “the laws, like taxes, are for the little people”.

As we know only too well, both of these comments are applicable in this nation of ours. Over recent months, we’ve seen the statistics that show that those at the top, the well-heeled and the well-paid, have suffered a lot less on a proportional basis than those at the bottom of the food chain.