This week we’re talking about ‘taxpayers money’ and exploring how such a commonplace phrase leans us towards less public spending and creates a dividing line between who public services are and aren’t for.

Words of Affirmation is a podcast from Care Full, hosted by Hannah Webster & Ruth Hannan.

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This week we talked about:

• This Mother Jones article on the history of tax and biases of ‘taxpayers’

• Tax Payers Alliance’s BBC guide

• Critiques on the language of taxpayers from Richard Murphy

• Research from Carnegie UK on public perceptions of the tax system

• Patriotic Millionaires

• The British Social Attitudes Survey findings on tax

• Margate residents turning out in opposition to UKIP this month

Our music for the episode is Bobby Bertoli’s Rebirth (thanks Bob x).