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Ancient and modern

The Camerons of the ancient world boasted about the tax they paid

There was hardly a street corner without a sign about some benefaction or other

16 April 2016

9:00 AM

16 April 2016

9:00 AM

As Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell whinge away about how rich David Cameron’s family is, they might consider that in the last six years he has funded schools ’n’ hospitals to the tune of £402,283. How much have they put in?

Since wealthy ancient Athenians loved to boast about the vast sums they contributed via property taxes to the public benefit, they would have been amazed that Cameron did not long to reveal how rich he was.

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