Comments by "Grim Affiliations" (@grimaffiliations3671) on "The New Statesman" channel.

  1. why do people always ignore the other way of funding priorities, government deficits? I always hear about "finding the money" or "raising taxes" as if the government isn't the monopoly issuer of the British pound and can't just conjure money into existence
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  2.  @JohnBlackburn1975  to create demand for the currency, and to lower our spending power so the government has enough room for its own spending without causing inflation. Check out the book "The Deficit Myth" or the new documentary "Finding the Money"
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  3.  @JohnBlackburn1975  to create demand for the pound and lower our spending power to create space for the governments on spending
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  4. it all started when we left the teaching of Keynes for the teachings of friedman
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  5. can you define the national debt?
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  6. the torries have destroyed the middle class over the past decade
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