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« on: April 25, 2012, 07:16:46 am »
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« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 10:39:00 am »
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Well done, George! Well done, Dave! Well done, Nick!
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« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2012, 10:59:38 am »
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Not a surprise. And it will happen to every country having neoliberal politics.

And since I don't see Cameron changing policies, the third dip will be in a couple of years.

They don't bother about the recession, as long than the wealthy have their tax cuts, there's no problem.
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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2012, 11:01:41 am »
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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2012, 11:48:19 am »
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Quote from: Chemistry & Sleep Deprivation on April 25, 2012, 10:59:38 am
They don't bother about the recession, as long than the wealthy have their tax cuts, there's no problem.

Yep, "two arrogant posh boys who don't know the price of milk - who show no remorse, no contrition and no passion to want to understand the lives of others".
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« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2012, 12:14:03 pm »
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Wow, you mean unnecessary austerity measures taken for no reason but to prove an ideological point backfired spectacularly? No one would have guessed that.

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« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2012, 12:14:30 pm »
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But Ed Miliband will never be Prime Minister. Roll Eyes
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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2012, 12:51:35 pm »
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Well done, George! Well done, Dave! Well done, Nick!

You know, this government disappoints me more every day.
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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2012, 04:16:00 pm »
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« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2012, 09:25:25 pm »
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Well, Labour would make it worse, or slow the recovery. (Actually, the current government does that too, but Labour would be even worse).
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« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2012, 09:29:08 pm »
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Huh? There is no recovery to slow. Things are getting worse.
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« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2012, 09:33:32 pm »
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Quote from: Lief on April 25, 2012, 09:29:08 pm
Huh? There is no recovery to slow. Things are getting worse.

I'm discussing the future (presumably after the election of 2015) where Labour has taken power.
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« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2012, 09:34:27 pm »
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Well, Labour would make it worse, or slow the recovery. (Actually, the current government does that too, but Labour would be even worse).

Yeah, it's at least somewhat likely that Labour would be cutting even more right now.
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« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2012, 10:56:12 pm »
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Let this be a lesson to Republicans here the next time they sing the virtues of austerity....
 
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« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2012, 12:46:03 am »
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Well, Labour would make it worse, or slow the recovery.

That's like saying that we can't change doctors because the new one might fail to resuscitate the dead body.
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« Reply #15 on: April 26, 2012, 04:40:12 am »
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Quote from: Vosem on April 25, 2012, 09:25:25 pm
Well, Labour would make it worse, or slow the recovery.

That's like saying that we can't change doctors because the new one might fail to resuscitate the dead body.
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« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2012, 04:48:57 am »
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Cameron has three years to turn this around. Plus he wouldn't have attempted austerity had Labour not been so fiscally irresponsible.
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« Reply #17 on: April 26, 2012, 05:50:23 am »
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Quote from: Vosem on April 25, 2012, 09:25:25 pm
Well, Labour would make it worse, or slow the recovery.

That's like saying that we can't change doctors because the new one might fail to resuscitate the dead body.

That's a very morbid/unpleasant analogy. After all, a recession isn't death.
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« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2012, 05:53:27 am »
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The economy was recovering until the Tories got in. Anyone who blames Labour for this is a right wing hack who refuses to blame the real culprit - Tory spending cuts.
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Cameron has three years to turn this around. Plus he wouldn't have attempted austerity had Labour not been so fiscally irresponsible.

If the Tories were so concerned about 'fiscal responsibility', they wouldn't have backed the Iraq War.
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« Reply #20 on: April 26, 2012, 07:31:52 am »
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Can't wait until Harper's boneheaded policies cause the same thing here.
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« Reply #21 on: April 26, 2012, 07:41:53 am »
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£10 billion to the IMF, plus a tax cut for the rich - there is no austerity. The deficit is an excuse from the Tories to destroy the welfare state and wipe out every inch of progress made by the working and middle classes.
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« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2012, 09:42:16 am »
My tax was cut in my wages today despite an increase in my pension contributions. Not too shabby Smiley
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« Reply #23 on: April 26, 2012, 12:24:26 pm »
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My tax was cut in my wages today despite an increase in my pension contributions. Not too shabby Smiley

But will you be 'laid off' soon?
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« Reply #24 on: April 26, 2012, 12:28:08 pm »
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But Ed Miliband will never be Prime Minister. Roll Eyes
Weren't you saying that when he beat David for leader?
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