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RedAppleGirl · 27/09/2022 17:02
larkstar · 27/09/2022 16:11
You can get a bit more background and perspective on it here📧
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics
IMHO - this is conservative economic policy in a nutshell. It doesn't work.
Also known as Horse and Sparrow economics.
SpinningAwaySadly · 27/09/2022 17:17
RedAppleGirl · 27/09/2022 17:02
Also known as Horse and Sparrow economics.
larkstar · 27/09/2022 16:11
You can get a bit more background and perspective on it here📧
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics
IMHO - this is conservative economic policy in a nutshell. It doesn't work.
To expand on that a little:
"If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows."
RedAppleGirl · 27/09/2022 18:24
AuntSalli · 27/09/2022 17:29
Yes I believe so.
Cheaper for the government in the long term
RedAppleGirl · 27/09/2022 17:27
What next, mortgage bailouts from the government?
Do you have a link for this?
I was actually being facetious.
Do people really want the government to pay people's mortgages now?
MaChienEstUnDick · 27/09/2022 18:57
@Sirius3030 that's kinda what I mean though. Yes, he caused untold damage but it wasn't just him, it wasn't all the fault of one man - it couldn't be, it was a global systematic melt-down caused by leaving the finances of the world at the whim of a few profit-hungry short-sellers. No checks and balances, no legal framework to protect the interests of the people rather than the interests of the institution. The death penalty might have made us feel better in the short-term, but it wouldn't do anything to stop this happening again. It's not about punishing one man, it's about deep system change.
(Sorry, I know I'm wanging on on a lighthearted thread, I'll go and get my thimble and wait for the trickle.)
jgw1 · 27/09/2022 19:12
Doingprettywellthanks · 27/09/2022 14:31
No idea. Very very little.
but that’s the point of a trickle.
the local independent travel company gets business it wouldn’t have otherwise done.
the dog sitter gets double to job
if that kind of thing is replicated…. It will be a trickle down
my point was merely that it’s not without logic
Porcupineintherough · 27/09/2022 14:28
@Doingprettywellthanks so how much of that 18k is staying in the uk do you think? Now offset that by how much money won't be spent in the UK on him and the kids for 3.5 weeks. Not great is it?
What would have been the effect if that money was paid to the lowest paid in the company instead of the highest paid?
Would they have spent more or less of it in local communities in the UK?
jgw1 · 27/09/2022 19:16
RedAppleGirl · 27/09/2022 18:24
Do you have a link for this?
I was actually being facetious.
Do people really want the government to pay people's mortgages now?
AuntSalli · 27/09/2022 17:29
Yes I believe so.
Cheaper for the government in the long term
RedAppleGirl · 27/09/2022 17:27
What next, mortgage bailouts from the government?
Well to have a mortgage you have to be a relatively higher earner, and as we have established on a previous thread higher earners are automatically more intelligent and so more deserving of government support, so I would say this was an excellent idea.
IAmAReader · 27/09/2022 21:17
Bacibaci · 27/09/2022 16:36
I could just about handle the David Cameron type of Tory-ism
I couldn’t handle that. The 2011 Welfare Reform Act reduced support for me as a disabled person. Austerity did a lot of damage (and again didn’t result in good growth) but the net is casting even wider this time.
To be clear I did not like their politics back then either too and was out marching in London against austerity way back in 2010 and trying to sound the alarm to everyone. I could see the harm that was being inflicted upon people from literally the first few months of the Tory/Dem government, as I worked with vulnerable families back then and was keenly aware of how services and benefits etc were being stripped back and limited. It amazed me that people continued to vote them in for so many years.
But for me, with having watched this for so long and now seeing a total collapse in leadership standards as well as Kwasi/Truss throwing some of the most explosive missiles yet into the mess their predecessors created, I've probably just approached my limits in terms of the kind of country I want to live in.😩
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