Close But No Banana
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20-11-2015 18:53:07
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#GMB why does Reform get a colour on the count board yet The Green Party are lumped in āotherā. Theyāve both got 4 seats. Itās a huge win for Greens! Not all English people are hard right racists⦠š
Not one word about The Green Party and its unprecedented, dramatic results. The BBC can't get enough of Farage, but simply blanks the most progressive force in UK politics.
Astounding how many see the obvious bs in the lie that our govt āhas no moneyā, yet the epiphany is fleeting and gets forgotten as soon as the ātax-payerā argument becomes useful again. Until progressives grasp the insights of MMT, we will continue to let austerity off the hook.
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Labour to blame Tories for tough spending decisions | The Guardian Really important as many of those in the know call this bullshit out on as many forums as possible. The UK is self financing - Reeves could ease poverty tomorrow with zero cost. Learn MMT theguardian.com/politics/articā¦
Itās really not that surprising Tim Leunig after all, we left the gold standard half a century ago and Paul Johnson totally missed that. You might do better to put your faith in proper economists who dropped the āblack holeā Grimm folk-story decades ago.
Until the left takes economics as seriously as racism, sexism, ageism, class and gender weāll never get the society we want. Talk of āwindfallsā āblack holesā āborrowingā and ātaxing to pay forā is the language of austerity slavery. Until leading politicians learn that they⦠1/
The UK govāt can never suffer a āblack holeā in its finances. It ultimately makes or is responsible for the creation of all the money we use. It alone, then, can never run out of money. Those claiming otherwise are just pretending thereās a reason for Austerity 2.0. There isnāt.