Two bits here. One is the cynical politics; the electorally smart way to do taxes is to raise them at the start of your term, so you have the flex to cut them when an election comes round. Not necess… (View Post)

Is that an argument for or against it being utterly bonkers? (View Post)

Thank you- I hadn't quite realised, but those probably are the dots that Goodwin is definitiely not joining, or encouraging anyone else to join. (View Post)

Avoiding publishing the numbers doesn't help. But then again, neither does publishing the numbers. The best answer is for everyone to say, "yes, but does that number mean anything?" Wh… (View Post)

Zeal of the convert. Or as the meme puts it, Every lifelong Catholic I've ever met is like "I think we're supposed to give this food to poor people" and every adult convert is lik… (View Post)