tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post5147893063258962123..comments2024-03-21T09:30:11.468+00:00Comments on Man in a Shed: Alistair Darling ducks the public spending cuts question with more weasel answersMan in a Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-28594231778485713382009-06-19T10:10:28.541+01:002009-06-19T10:10:28.541+01:00@Wildgoose: I think we could be heading into the e...@Wildgoose: I think we could be heading into the equivalent of the coffin corner that may have destroyed that unfortunate Air France flight.<br /><br />the problem is we need to stop digging our debt hole and stop now.<br /><br />Everyone assumes government must keep spending - but I've seen evidence that this makes things far worse. In the early 1920's the US had a near depression ( before the more famous version ) but did nothing - it recovered far faster and with less damage. You never hear of it on the radio or TV of course ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czcUmnsprQI<br /><br />Now the truth is I'm not a qualified economist or even close. But I can't help but wonder if the government isn't making things worse.Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-37391839736440262492009-06-19T09:34:30.035+01:002009-06-19T09:34:30.035+01:00I'm getting frightened at the rate our debts a...I'm getting frightened at the rate our debts are climbing - especially if they succeed in wrecking the currency. We won't be able to roll over our debts at anything other than a punitive rate and the debt repayments will be a crippling proportion of sky-high tax rates.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948105455433369982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-32284075829905014272009-06-17T16:34:58.243+01:002009-06-17T16:34:58.243+01:00It would be nice to see American style debates ove...It would be nice to see American style debates over here on any major issue. They'd then have to defend themselves publicly.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-8310340586218233772009-06-17T10:11:59.443+01:002009-06-17T10:11:59.443+01:00I think the voters are latching on this utter nons...I think the voters are latching on this utter nonsense, after Gordon Brown tried to attack Cameron over spending cuts. All the newspapers have basically told Brown to stop peddling these lies.Letters From A Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612766550608940053noreply@blogger.com