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“There isn’t any geopolitical ramifications of this conflict” (sic) Really? Again, I know you’re very worried about your business going down the tubes - who wouldn’t be? - but you do have to acknowledge that the government may have other competing priorities.

Ultimately you may have to accept the reality that just as you profess not to care about the geopolitical ramifications of a deadly war playing out in Europe, other people may not care about the ramifications of your particular small business failing.

I thought we’d already established you don’t care about this?

In which case your regular mewling about the continued death and destruction is what? Concern trolling?

I’m old enough to remember 45 minutes ago when you denied saying that a Ukraine surrender would stop any more deaths

Looks great

Just as well!

The market crash during the Truss government was the result of all kinds of factors, economic and political. It does not mean there is now an inviolable rule that all large-scale public spending will necessarily trigger a financial crisis.

You think Zelensky ceasing hostilities would stop the deaths of any more people?

Epic sir!!

Yeah we’re totally screwed https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

Yes Japan was a typo, sorry. Their number is a whole three percentage points lower than ours!

This page shows government revenue as a percentage of GDP; we are talking about government spending as a percentage of GDP The numbers you are looking for are here: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/exp@FPP/USA/FRA/JPN/GBR/SWE/ESP/ITA/ZAF/IND

Amazing!

The latest figures from the IMF show that Japan (57%), Germany (48%) and France (57%) all spend more on government spending as a percentage of GDP than the UK does. So I suppose the purpose of the question is to ask if such levels of govt spending are a disaster waiting to happen, or simply a...

Again - which country should we be emulating in terms of share of GDP that goes on government spending?

Huge if true

Which economy should we be emulating in terms of govt expenditure as a % of GDP?

Just finished episode 3 of this - you thought it was pointless?! My jaw was on the floor!