It is unbelievably counterproductive to fund increased defence spending by cutting aid to the most fragile countries, or by squeezing stretched departmental budgets. Why does the PM not fund this by increasing taxes on the most wealthy rather than further burdening the poorest?
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We cannot afford another government of corporatists or fascists or we'll be in the same mess as the USA if we aren't already.
An alliance is vital to that end.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/sites/bartlett_public_purpose/files/the_self-financing_state_an_institutional_analysis_of_government_expenditure_revenue_collection_and_debt_issuance_operations_in_the_united_kingdom.pdf
https://modernmoneybasics.com
Cooper invented the work capability tests last time she was in government and they are all very vocal about their right wing views.
Stop making excuses for them
Or maybe he just has a moral objection to taxing the wealthy?
We needed a statement to an increasingly callous and authoritarian world that Britain won't retreat into itself. We didn't get it.
The stare creates the currency we use to pay our banks back
Foreign aid is one of the last places we should be looking for spending cuts. It's disgusting.
Rejoining the EU would mean higher tax receipts.
We print money every month. This amount is peanuts, highly unlikely to affect inflation.
The idea that cutting aid was the only option is a lie. A shameful political decision.
We have to match the threat. Keyne's/MMT is proven to work. Putin is a maximalist and only, sadly, respects strength.
I do my best to be informed by experts (i.e. retired generals) and economists (not neoliberals) and experts on Russia.
It's not enough, not fast enough, and it should be funded from a wealth tax (not by diverting money from the International Aid Budget).
This is a political choice not a necessity.
The lad is a full on Tory