Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "Richard J Murphy" channel.

  1.  @jeremykille4689  caring about stuff is a high horse? You have very low standards!
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  2. ​ @peterclareburt4594 so, present ourselves as a light snack for whichever side gets to us first?
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  3. Get yourself some big plastic garden tubs - you fill them full of soil and they give you enough space to grow most things in them They are basically semiportable raised beds
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  4.  @adenwellsmith6908  tax is not sex 🙄 For tax, the implied consent is being in society. If you dislike society enough, you can go elsewhere. If you think relocating is too much effort, then you've made your choice I do agree that journalism in this country has a lot of room for improvement though!
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  5. @marcopolotimetraveller  I get the historic reasons why it was a good exchange token, but in the modern era of fiat currency, those reasons don't meet current requirements It's valuable because other people think it has value, rather than any utility it provides. That's an asset bubble, though admittedly a very persistent one!
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  6. So, YouTube. Can I even say the name Trump, or will this get deleted, too?
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  7. OK, all good so far. Let's see if I can make a simple, profanity-free statement like "he is terrible" Third time's the charm!
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  8. ​ @12theotherandrew but even in schools and hospitals, there's room for centralisation if done bottom up (what are most or all local leaders wanting that benefits from efficiency of scale) rather than top down (what does some ivory tower manager think local leaders need)
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  9. ​ @Thisisahandle701 indeed! You're not "adding value for customers" if you're just monopolising a scarce resource
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  10. ​ @fizywig are you a citizen who qualifies to vote in UK elections? If yes, then you are we 🙂
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  11. Yep. We really need a snappy term for "regulated but uncaptured markets", ie the sort of market they want us to think free market means, rather than the one they deliver
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  12. Hey regions! We've given you an emissary! Aren't you excited? How about investment and money? ...... ...
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  13. Sadly with Labour we are getting neither
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  14. @Benzknees  I am not seeing any evidence that this cycle is actually happening - all I see is consolidation and monopolisation as capital concentrates in the hands of a tiny minority
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  15. So Reeves is completely lacking in relevant experience? Given how many previous chancellors had history degrees etc, she's keeping up a long running tradition...
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  16. Sure, people who don't speak a word of French are from France 🙄
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  17. If you must focus on migrants, make sure you include money they make for their employer, not just their take-home If they make money for the economy, that's a net positive, even if their boss takes the money home rather than the worker
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  18.  @adenwellsmith6908  so this is a "corporations not paying enough tax" problem, not an immigration problem?
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  19. ​ @lukemclellan2141  because it's always a "short term gain, long term pain" con for electoral purposes
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  20.  @PeerAdder  their plans are disappointing. No matter how long I wait patiently, the plan will remain disappointing. A change of direction would be fantastic, but feels unlikely, as they have committed hard to their current direction 🙁
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  21.  @lflaherty3937  to be clear, I am deeply against overcentralisation, whether through state authoritarianism or corporate monopolisation I just found it very amusing that the metaphor so strongly implies an endorsement, especially after he said he strongly prefers black coffee 😆
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  22.  @stephenelkington4971  that only makes sense if I see myself as completely isolated from society. I am not isolated, so a functioning society is more valuable to me than a growing bank account. What use is money if I live in a gilded bunker?
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  23.  @stephenelkington4971  Money's weird. I agree, if you don't have any, it's the most important thing in the world! Once you have enough though, more really doesn't make you much happier. In fact, too much is shown to make you paranoid and miserable. It's a very curious commodity
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  24. and insider tradinf is great for the insiders, unless you go too far and crash everything Then they won't be so happy any more
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  25. ​ @petersmith7126 History didn't start on Oct 7th. Nobody serious would claim the Ukraine war started on the 6th of August, when Ukraine entered Kursk
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  26. Government is democratically accountable at least. I am not claiming that building a political movement is easy, but it's clearly more accessible to average people than gaining enough shareholder influence to steer a big multinational!
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  27. In France there's Nouveau Front Populaire, which is a coalition across an astoundingly broad range of left wing groups, from moderate left to radical communists. They've found agreement that opposing the right is more urgent than their differences Can we find something similar in the UK before the 2028/29 election?
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  28.  @charlievarley  you're talking about an option that doesn't exist - there are no surgeons sat waiting for patients. We can expand capacity if we invest money and attract new staff, but if we're investing, why not invest in-house?
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  29. @davehoughton7474  fair enough 🙂 If I was involved, I'd be wanting a costing of how much it would cost to buy sufficient gold, and request some alternate proposals to explore what other assets we could secure for the same price There's probably better options for the UK than buying gold
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  30. Has there ever been a case where a reliable social safety net has been a bad thing for a state to have?
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  31. but is he putting the country first, or just mar-a-largo?
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  32. ​ @Andrew-rc3vh if Oxbridge-educated politicians are any guide, "better than oxbridge" is a very low bar to clear!
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  33. It's a problem if you're adding to it just to give more subsidies and tax breaks to billionaires...
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  34.  @duggdog9102  as opposed to the "sensible grown up" plan of growing the economy by investing nothing, and changing very little?
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  35.  @keithmarshall8796  they don't live in the right place? They don't have the right skills and experience? They're long term sick or disabled? Was it one of those, or were you thinking of a different answer?
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  36. Bingo!
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  37. So you're going to force pensioners back to work?
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  38. @imbonkers3629  the record low was 3.4%, and the record high was 11.9% 4.6% is a really low unemployment rate!
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  39. ​ @billB101 as opposed to the world beating success of Johnson and Truss?
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  40. Wenn es richtig ist, warum nicht?
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  41. ​ @SBuk1 that's a ridiculous interpretation - the markets reacted to the minibudget. The reaction was well established before the BoE made any statements
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  42. I doubt it was the regulator who prioritised all those dividend payouts ahead of infrastructure investment
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  43.  @branduusituuli  I have heard of pensioners, but I have also heard about this thing called the triple lock
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  44.  @branduusituuli  so people need to vote to protect their material interests, rather than vote for who they think would be a laugh down the pub A gold standard currecy won't protect you from a government that serves a narrow, closed circle of chums. The only protection there is to not put such people in power, even if their banter game is good
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  45.  @hustlinmagic  so what happened to the houses? Where are they now?
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  46.  @alexguest9937  he doesn't care about us - he is quite happy to sell off the NHS so we'll be up to our eyes in debt if we fall ill, just like America
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  47. ​@branduusituuli I am paying off a loan at the moment. Am I doing to go bankrupt? No, because I also have a wage coming in. Listing outgoings without pairing them against incomings misrepresents the truth And governmnent tax income is even more guaranteed than my wage, so you have to include it in the reckoning
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  48.  @branduusituuli  that's my point though - if you only include outgoings, I am screwed. In reality though, I have income, so it's fine The government figures are doommongering by only including the outgoings, not the income
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  49. ​ @johnburns4017 and this is a problem, because rent seeking is parasitic on productive work. Wonder why we have a productivity crisis right now? 🤔
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  50. Your entire argument assumes the private company will be cheaper - but in house is the cheapest option, so why outsource?
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