Comments by "David Cooks" (@davidcooks2379) on "Institute of Economic Affairs" channel.

  1. Yes, we need mass remigration to increase the supply of housing
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  2. We don't need more homes in London. We need to move people in social housing outside of London. This will free up housing for productive people
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  3. They should learn to cope. Some might go and qualify as psychologists. Others should go work, earn some money and spend on a psychologist. The entitlement is maddening
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  4. Please stop building in London and start moving social housing dwellers outside of London. All housing in London should be at market rates available to everyone
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  5. @jonathanrose456 well I see so many immigrants working ad Deliveroo drivers. That would be a perfect job for you. You get fit by always riding a bike and earn some money.
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  6. Only family values can save the West. I don't mean patriarchy, quite the opposite. Both men and women should be encouraged to get married early, have kids straight away, their parents and siblings should be encouraged to help with childcare. Childcare outside of home should be cheap and easy to access. Schools should be small, good and close to home. Schools should teach children to have fun and find enjoyment without electronic devices. Housing and employment should be easy to find not far from where one's parents live
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  7. Why did they impose a sugar tax but not glucose and fructose tax? The metabolic effect is the same
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  8. Why was all of this not done while conservatives were in government? Was it because the party was bought by the big business? Was it because civil servants blocked it? Or was it the opposition from the parliamentary party? Where exactly is the problem?
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  9. This is an absolutely wrong approach. Russia and China do not belong to G7, because it was always supposed to be a club of democracies. G20 should be reduced to G13, so that democracies have the majority. G7 should be made into a trading cartel of democracies. Everyone else will have no choice but to follow, or lose trading privileges in the democratic world
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  10. Only people who don't pay taxes say they want the taxes to rise. For those who is not aware, more than 50% of the population are net benefactors
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  11. You need to make people rich before you can conserve their wealth
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  12. This is an absolutely wrong approach. Russia and China do not belong to G7, because it was always supposed to be a club of democracies. G20 should be reduced to G13, so that democracies have the majority. G7 should be made into a cartel of democracies. And they should dictate their decisions to G13 through the majority there. Everyone else will have no choice but to follow
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  13. You could abolish stamp duty, but impose a CGT if the property is sold too soon after the purchase at a profit, e.g within 3 years
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  14. Even if residential
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  15. More egalitarian. It's way too egalitarian. It doesn't matter what you do, you are still miserable. There should be a very clear difference between those who work and those who don't work. We need to remove most of the housing benefit and most of the discount related to social housing. We should stop topping up salaries with universal credit. People who can't don't eatn enough to rent in central London should move towards cheaper areas of the country. People who can't afford to pay for groceries, should go to food banks. The only help that I really support should be subsidies for public transport and mobility help for disabled who work. Also I would support psychological, medical help, but again, for people who work. Or are looking to get employed. For 1 year. Anything after 1 year are lost cause and should be dropped
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  16. People will then start moving around the country
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  17. I don't agree with your point on design of homes. It matters way more than design of clothes or even cars. You can't change the house design quickly, it affects not only the owners by everyone in the neighborhood. Look at Lanzarote vs other Canary Islands. Lanzarote is built in the same style everywhere - white walls with green windows. And tgis creates that special atmosphere, where you feel good and cosy
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  18. We should deport all people of foreign heritage that are likely to consume more in benefits than contribute in taxes. Withdraw their citizenship if needed.
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  19. Why not completely abolish the state pension and require everyone to save for a private pension? And reduce taxes by the relevant amount. And those who don't save, will be destitute and thus will work for longer and won't live as long as they would if we paid for all their needs. And yes, of course kids should help
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  20. Nah, it should be completely liberalised, and private companies allowed to build their energy transmission networks and build manufacturing very close to energy sources
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  21. @richardclark2290 you forgot North Korea. It works wonderfully. Well, it's an open air prison with nuclear weapons. But works great for Kim. He is really proud of it. Trump seems to be envious of his overwhelming success
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  22. Almost like we need to liberalise energy prices
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  23. No, just deport all the illegals and foreign heritage benefit scroungers
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  24. Deporr all illegals and all muslims who haven't fully integrated. This will save a lot of benefit money and will free up housing
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  25. We should lineralise energy prices. Allow companies to charge for the actual costs. And this encouraging relocation of manufacturing to cheap energy areas, and people following them
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  26. Muslims plainly cannot be MPs and acnnot be judges, because they will always prioritise political Islam higher than our national interest
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