I don't particularly disagree with any of that. However your original assertion was an attempt to refute the claim that businesses generally spend money more efficiently than government, because, unl… (View Post)

Of course not. It's the blind leading the blind. Trouble is, the overlap between the people best qualified (by real world experience) to run the country and the people who want to waste their lives o… (View Post)

Businesses themselves may not have feelings, but those who run them definitely do. Fear of bankruptcy constraints quite a lot of of my business spending, because I'm a rational actor who doesn't want… (View Post)

You certainly could drive growth by taxing less. Here's an example: I'm currently running a business with a full order book out to 2028. I want to do more work, employ more people, maybe even make a … (View Post)

I'd have more sympathy if they actually intended to "stabilise the public finances". Instead of which, what we actually have is a unaffordable spending splurge, and then an attempt to tax t… (View Post)