No, what's damaging the country is taking money from those who ARE WORKING, not those that HAVE WORKED, and giving it to people who are still capable of working, like the fit and often affluent … (View Post)

No, the whole system needs to be changed. The system was designed in an age when heavy agricultural or industrial work was the norm, most people had no means of providing for their retirement, and li… (View Post)

Because for about 25 years until the financial crisis things were getting better at a reasonable rate. In an average year back then, the economy managed about 2-2.5% growth. There was a sharp setback… (View Post)

That's nothing to do with it. Only a trivial amount of our land is the footprint of our houses - 1% or 2% I seem to recall. In any case new houses in the UK used to be the biggest in Europe befo… (View Post)

Not this again. As I've posted on here before, higher US GDP, and hence personal incomes, is entirely explained by four non-welfare enhancing factors: - a working year around 17% longer (fewer h… (View Post)