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  Alexander - you once again demonstrate your lack of economic understanding.
  
  What you are suggesting will spark massive inflation, war over differentials and set the UK deeper into decline. This is not a matter of 'a slight one-off inflation' far from it. There will not be more money to spend in the economy at all, money will have become worth less and we will get more bankruptcies and unemployment. There would be a massive knock-on effect through the economy.
  
  The only way to provide sustainable help to the low paid is through a booming competitive economy where demand for labour increases pushing up wages.
  
  Artificial attempts to increase income such as tax credits and a minimum wage do not work and are counter-productive damaging the economy.
  
  Some people, like you may prefer to go with what they see as simple and direct ways to solve the problem of low pay but inevitably such 'solutions' lead to more problems and have contributed significantly to our current problems.

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