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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Let's try and keep Brexit in the Brexit thread please..
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Sorry about that. The invitation was made to continue conversation there but sadly not taken. The poster was too busy suggesting the European Union are Nazis to take the time to respond to my question.
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Originally Posted by hume
Austerity (or more accurately living within our means) is not something you can sell to the electorate. Hence the election campaign the Conservatives embarked upon.
Theresa May has put the good of the country's finances above any other single issue. Welfare spending and NHS cuts have to happen, the economy can't sustain either, though both are politically sensitive and the case for it has to be made.
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No they don't. If we can fix our productivity issues we will generate the tax revenues we require to properly fund our public services without borrowing more.
We've done nothing to address them, unfortunately, we've managed to create an economy where many are employed but many of them aren't very productive.
Time, perhaps, to take a different approach involving investment in education, infrastructure and trying to light a torch under our private sector. Public investment has been too low for too long and private investment has started tanking too.