Are you suggesting that the debts we have now are analogous to those of a well managed company? If so, will you be taking out a mortgage to buy this bridge I am offering for sale? By the way, I would… (View Post)

Almost certainly. If only to piss off Nigel Farage. (View Post)

Did you hear about the comedian who took sixty seconds of his show to agree to a tax avoidance scheme? It was a Laffer minute. (View Post)

That's based on the idea that all public spending is unproductive of necessity. Which isn't actually true. For example, well-engineered and well-maintained roads are beneficial to economic … (View Post)

The one is the flip side of the other. There is nothing inherently wrong in having high spending as long as you tax enough to cover it. Or low taxes as long as you cut spending to match. Unfortunatel… (View Post)