Do you want to discuss boring politics? (15 Viewers)

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Oh how will I cope without the approval of you and that buffoon.
I have never said that a government can print more and more money without consequence, I have consistently said that a government that issues its own currency is not dependent on tax to spend.
It must always spend first otherwise it would be unable to collect any tax.
I'm sure fatlad will agree that a sensible government should tax passive income and unearned wealth to mitigate inflationary pressure and encourage fairer asset distribution.

Oh, co’mon Fern, I’m only pulling your leg!

It’s not strictly true that the government needs to ‘spend and tax’. After all, how else would have a budget surplus?

‘Unearned wealth’ is one of those slippery terms used by the left. If I invest money into companies that allows them to raise funds, grow and employ more people… Investors getting paid dividends isn’t ’unearned wealth’ because it has helped boost tax revenues for the treasury via corporation and tax-paying workers.

Going after investors and savers will backfire and have a negative impact on the economy. Just as non-dom clampdown has.

 

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[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

“Favorite rejoinder of Senator Harry S. Truman, when a member of his war contracts investigating committee objects to his strenuous pace: ‘If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen’.”

Yes they are human beings who are taking it hard but to be a front line politician you must be very very robust. Are they suited to the job at hand, I do not think so.

Of course having a thick skin is necessary as a politician because you're clearly going to upset some people all of the time and all of the people some of the time and get shit thrown at you but at the same time isn't have a bunch of hard-nosed, career and prestige driven egomaniacs a big part of the problem?

Maybe we could do with more people with human emotions in politics. When Theresa May cried leaving as PM it's about the only time she's felt even vaguely relatable to normal people.