Mister Gee Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I'm considering running my household budget at c5% more than I earn continually, so I can feel better off and less austere . Do forum members recommend this course of action? Thanks. Give it a go and report back in twelve months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 He's a UN poverty envoy, not a representative of the Australian government. But he's still Australian. I bet he went round scuffing people's front doors with sandpaper going "struth - look at the state of that door, that austerity in action". I'm sure you could visit any country in the world and find pockets of quite desperate poverty, ours is no exception - and I've been to jaywick and driven through Grimsby more times than a little. Government needs to pull it's finger out of course but its a tad preoccupied with brexit, voted for in great numbers by people in Grimsby and jaywick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Gee Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 But he's still Australian. I bet he went round scuffing people's front doors with sandpaper going "struth - look at the state of that door, that austerity in action". I'm sure you could visit any country in the world and find pockets of quite desperate poverty, ours is no exception - and I've been to jaywick and driven through Grimsby more times than a little. Government needs to pull it's finger out of course but its a tad preoccupied with brexit, voted for in great numbers by people in Grimsby and jaywick. Sounds like a Johnny Cash song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I'm considering running my household budget at c5% more than I earn continually, so I can feel better off and less austere . Do forum members recommend this course of action? Thanks. People who went through the trauma of the 1920s / 30s depression would've been glad for the work of J.M Keynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 People who went through the trauma of the 1920s / 30s depression would've been glad for the work of J.M Keynes Do you think that would work now? Genuine question. The West took a kicking in 08 and nobody really went that way. Would globalisation make it harder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodview Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 People who went through the trauma of the 1920s / 30s depression would've been glad for the work of J.M Keynes And now, whilst not in the great depression? What level of defecit should we run to avoid 'austerity'. Or should we apply a rate of tax that funds the things we want / need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 According to the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies the Government has enough money to end austerity, if it wants to. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/austerity-end-government-philip-hammond-ifs-report-a8822411.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 27 minutes ago, Mister M said: According to the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies the Government has enough money to end austerity, if it wants to. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/austerity-end-government-philip-hammond-ifs-report-a8822411.html Shame they lack the necessary moral fibre to actually do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 16 minutes ago, Halibut said: Shame they lack the necessary moral fibre to actually do it. Plenty of money for the DUP, and to MPs for those areas who voted Brexit but who will vote for her deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthor Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Mister M said: Plenty of money for the DUP, and to MPs for those areas who voted Brexit but who will vote for her deal. And plenty for Grayling to keep wizzing against the wall without having to be held to account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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