another_richard
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Re: Some context for budget week – politicalbetting.com
Even better probably. Not that it would make any material difference. The Conservatives crippled themselves with the 'do as I say not as I do' covid hypocrisy and then crippled themselves again with … (View Post)1 -
Re: Some context for budget week – politicalbetting.com
Fund it through extending VAT to cakes. (View Post)1 -
Re: Some context for budget week – politicalbetting.com
One aspect of that is that executive earnings have grown too rapidly compared to those of employees, or indeed shareholders. It doesn't encourage productivity growth if too high a proportion of the r… (View Post)1 -
Re: Some context for budget week – politicalbetting.com
Its not just about how big the economy is or how much of that is spent on the NHS. Its also how effectively that money is spent. The NHS is a long way down the law of diminishing returns path, Encour… (View Post)1 -
Re: Some context for budget week – politicalbetting.com
Only £170bn ??? Why not a gazillion bazillion trillion ? Given that we have full employment and more immigration than the country can cope with where does this extra money come from ? (View Post)2