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Yes! The UK can tax it's way to prosperity.
by gadders 3y ago
Yes! The UK can tax it's way to prosperity.
- ben_w 3y agoI can save €6k per year by not paying any rent, but doing so will cause a huge number of problems, starting almost immediately. Getting a cheaper place isn't completely impossible, but I'd just have to go somewhere far enough away that commuting may be impossible or impractical and that will upset my current employers. Governments aren't the same as households — I can't force people to accept any "money"[0] I might try to "print"[0], nor do I run a central bank whose interest rates I get to set, nor do I collect taxes or customs duties — but there are analogies, and "infrastructure ≈ housing" is one. What the UK needs more than anything else right now is a realistic economic plan; unfortunately the UK government appears to be unable to tell the difference between that, their rhetoric, and their wishful thinking. [0] it isn't money if no one accepts it, literally printing something that even tries to be money is something I assume to be a crime without checking, and money is increasingly digital these days so why even do that?