Karl_ wrote:Eroding e.g. food standards or safety regulations in household products does affect everyone. But it will be the poorest people who have the most exposure to bad-quality food or unsafe household chemicals. I should think the difference in exposure would be quite a lot (e.g. because you are only able to afford value range food, or because you work as a cleaner, your exposure will be constant rather than occasional - those are just two examples of a general trend).
I guess my point is that rich people are trying to make their lives worse in a meaningful way even if they're aren't going to be the worst effected by their decisions. The upsides of what they get out of the deal isn't even that good, they might get a bit more money but I doubt it would have much material effect on their lives, also it's quite likely the extra money would be eaten up by tariffs and a weakening pound when other countries start protecting their own economies so they might actually doing it for no or negative benefit. It just doesn't make any sense to me.
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