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Topic History of: National Debt - to Treble
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Al Gershwin |
Now the National Debt is £2.74 trillion
In 1979, it was a manageable £88 billion
Just check the "000's".... |
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Simon |
It all makes you wonder what the hell the austerity years under Cameron and Osbourne were all about doesn't it. |
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Wyot |
Al Gershwin wrote:
There's at least a couple of decades of austerity ahead.
www.independent.co.uk/business/public-fi...tchdog-b2611666.html
This shouldn't be news to anyone who in 2020 was even slightly informed about existing national debt and had the imagination to realise that the consequences of locking down would not just be terrible financially , but also take, over the years, a dreadful human toll.
But of course that wasn't allowed to be discussed at the time. Let alone factored into decision making. |
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Green Man |
Wyot wrote:
What's your point Barney? I don't come here to read BBC news. I visit the BBC news website for that.
I have a point.
One of the main causes of the current dire state of public finances was the pointless lockdowns you supported.
How many more lives will be lost in the end to the panic rather than the virus, I wonder.
Ouch! Barney, you tiger. |
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Wyot |
What's your point Barney? I don't come here to read BBC news. I visit the BBC news website for that.
I have a point.
One of the main causes of the current dire state of public finances was the pointless lockdowns you supported.
How many more lives will be lost in the end to the panic rather than the virus, I wonder. |
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