No, the right kind of tax cut can increase revenue through stimulating economic activity. Corporate and payroll taxes are particularly good for this, and what were the first taxes Sunak increased? Th… (View Post)

Only because we can't, because it's deducted at source (which is or course why the government deducts stuff at source) or because we're too terrified of the (in my experience generally… (View Post)

Two years is an eternity in politics. The short-lived Truss premiership will be ancient history by then. It's the highly likely squeeze in living standards over the next couple of years that is … (View Post)

The British metropolitan government and business generally wanted to trade with the Indians while the British colonists in America generally wanted their land for agriculture. The former thereby infu… (View Post)

FTP: By the way, am I the only one who thinks it amusing when Americans call other people traitors, given that their whole country was founded on treason? It is like when Putin berates the West for e… (View Post)