If socialists learned from their mistakes they would not be socialists. (View Post)

That's the post hoc ergo proper hoc fallacy combined with economic illiteracy and historical distortion. Run down towns are the product partly of decades of deindustrialisation and regional aid … (View Post)

Trump gets away with what he does in civil law for two main reasons. Firstly, in America there are essentially no penalties for frivolous or vexatious litigation, or there are but they are very rarel… (View Post)

No, cutting taxes and spending simultaneously will stimulate growth over the long term, especially if the cuts are targeted on taxes that reduce growth the most, like business profits and payroll tax… (View Post)

On topic, hypothetical polling about difficult economic and ethical questions is of little value. I remember polls in the 1980s that showed consistent support for higher taxes and higher public spend… (View Post)