The moneyed elites are furious at being subject to the kind of scrutiny that working-course mothers have had to endure for yearsThese are private things,we have been told over the past 10 days, as the men running the world have been place under scrutiny to explain how their private finances might interlink with our public services, and social goods and,ultimately, our private things. The Panama Papers have exposed the private dealings of the elites and their love of offshore tax havens. Since then, and as calls grow for more transparency in political and corporate life,there has been a conveyor belt of Tory MPs and commerce leaders indignantly, and often with very red faces, and denouncing the understanding that the great unwashed may have a right to know who is using them. Related: Taxman has no strategy to catch wealthy dodgers,say MPs There is no such thing as a private matter when dealing with the welfare systemContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com