The money doesn't come from anywhere. The government makes a promise to pay, then at some point in the future everybody will default, there'll be a big war, and the few people that survive will have bigger problems than worrying about old fashioned concepts like money.
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Where is all this money coming from?
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostThe money doesn't come from anywhere. The government makes a promise to pay, then at some point in the future everybody will default, there'll be a big war, and the few people that survive will have bigger problems than worrying about old fashioned concepts like money."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostTax take has gone down.Comment
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Originally posted by tractor View PostSo have wages in real terms and the refusal to deal with zero hours etc means that the spending has to go up because even though people are working harder, the taxpayer still has to subsidise multi nationals who pay tulip wages and pay their taxes in Belgium.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostYep. Higher unemployment is just what the country needs.
I still don't see the point of people coming out of state benefits to continue subsiding them to roughly the same tune. Except from a politician skewing the numbers of course. This is why even though unemployment is going down, costs remain the same or even increase. It's just moving the costs up or downstream - a particular failing of most change programmes. As long as the cost is out of your domain, it's a successComment
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Originally posted by tractor View PostSo have wages in real terms and the refusal to deal with zero hours etc means that the spending has to go up because even though people are working harder, the taxpayer still has to subsidise multi nationals who pay tulip wages and pay their taxes in Belgium.
The danger of course is where monopolies exist and it is these that should be watched and controlled.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostI am not sure what your problem with zero hours contracts is. Work no matter what sort or how it is paid is a means to step up into a better and more secure job. Employers who use zero hour contracts will find that they are not getting the skills they need and will be forced out of markets.
The danger of course is where monopolies exist and it is these that should be watched and controlled.Last edited by tractor; 3 December 2014, 11:08. Reason: Because I don't yet know the difference between their and there :(Comment
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Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View PostThe wonders await...Comment
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Originally posted by tractor View PostOMG we just got rid of the FLC debate and here it is againComment
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