The freeze idea is utterly nonsensical. The horse has bolted. It won't make any practical difference now, there are too many different groups in too many different places to freeze development. I thi… (View Post)

The system has been in development for years*, and there have been network and regional tests in previous years. This is the first national test now that the systems is in operation. I doubt it has a… (View Post)

So some well-off people do less work, but if there is still work to be done maybe some people who are freed up by affordable childcare can now pursue that work? It's certain more complex than just co… (View Post)

It is different because we can control it. We can close the door when we want, in the EU the door had been removed. (View Post)

So in the EU if a bank has a run the plan is to protect the insured deposits by raiding the uninsured? Wouldn't that make a run more likely? i.e. Get out before your losses are increased by the regul… (View Post)