Coalition 'killing economic recovery'

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 23 Jul 2012, 06:49

The Guardian - 23/07/12

Coalition strategy to boost economy is having opposite effect, thinktank warns

IPPR report urges temporary tax cuts and spending on infrastructure to boost investment from the private sector.

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UndercoverElephant · Post by **UndercoverElephant** » 23 Jul 2012, 08:06

This is stupid. If the Liberal Democrats cannot at this point come out fighting for what they believe in and know to be true, then their entire party deserves to be consigned to the dustbin of history. I expect short-sighted crap that doesn't work from Tories. I do not expect the libdems to just go along with it, even after it has been proved that it doesn't work.

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 23 Jul 2012, 08:08

UndercoverElephant wrote:their entire party deserves to be consigned to the dustbin of history

How prophetic.

DominicJ · Post by **DominicJ** » 23 Jul 2012, 19:17

Government spending has increased....

Little John · Post by **Little John** » 23 Jul 2012, 19:28

DominicJ wrote:Government spending has increased....

Yep It has. Mostly on pointless stuff that doesn't help.

The bottom line is we are going to get poorer as a nation. The only question that matters is how we manage it. Equitably or inequitably.

Nearly everything else is details

the_lyniezian · Post by **the_lyniezian** » 23 Jul 2012, 22:12

UndercoverElephant wrote:This is stupid. If the Liberal Democrats cannot at this point come out fighting for what they believe in and know to be true, then their entire party deserves to be consigned to the dustbin of history. I expect short-sighted crap that doesn't work from Tories. I do not expect the libdems to just go along with it, even after it has been proved that it doesn't work.

Then they must abandon the Coalition and let the Tories stew in their own juices. If they want to remain in coalition, they have little choice but a certain degree of compromise.