When Anthony Albanese counselled his caucus this week against punching down on the so-called wealthy, he insisted the May budget was not designed to stop people getting ahead, but to give more people the opportunity to get ahead.One of his MPs had just expressed concern that those with asset wealth would still be able to circumvent the budget’s negative gearing curbs and capital gains tax increase by using their existing wealth to leverage more assets. As if this is now some kind of sin.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles