2018 June 18

The government is like the Football Association – there is no limit to the number of points it can issue

Posted on June 18 2018

Commentator Stephen Fergusson has written this on the blog in response to the discussion on the ‘household analogy’ of the economy. It reflects comments made
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The tax abuse industry is the clearest possible evidence that the rich just don’t care

Posted on June 18 2018

The FT has an article this morning under the headline: Can you be rich and caring? The note that there are studies on this issue, saying:
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There are three ways to deliver funding of £20 billion for the NHS, and tax is the worst of them

Posted on June 18 2018

Papers are filled with talk of the Theresa May’s NHS Brexit dividend this morning. Thankfully, it appears that no one buys the story. Not one serious
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Tax revenue means ‘to bring the money back’, just as MMT implies

Posted on June 18 2018

This is fascinating. What it shows is the etymology of the word revenue: As a commentator, using the name Calgacus, said in a comment on the
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