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Reg - oh do stop your repeating your fantasies. Just because the UK was not alone in irresponsible deficit spending during the growth cycle does not excuse the sheer irresponsibility of what they did.
Got caught out you say!!! what a joke. You, it seems, too believed Brown's conceit when he claimed he had banned boom and bust. No-one with even the slightest knowledge of the economy believed that, even if that ass Brown did.
Incidentally - no, not every government went on unsustainable spending sprees like Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland the UK and a few others. Germany did not, Norway did not, neither did most of our competitors in the Far East.
If you want to make a credible argument then you have to provide figures from reliable economic sources that can challenge what I am saying. But you cannot because I am telling it straight. Just repeating your fantasies about the economy does not make them true.
Keith (B)
I have sympathy with much of what you say except:
1/ A trade war would be massively destructive to the UK far more so than free trade. There are many lessons in history that show this so no stopping of China's imports - the UK, a trading nation, would suffer most.
2/ Employment agencies do a necessary and important job that help youngsters in particular get into jobs and I mean permanent full time jobs. The route may be via temporary short-term working but that is only a stage on the way for those who prove themselves. They also help companies remain competitive and solvent in slack periods. The flexibility they provide is essential to help retain and increase employment. 'Freeing up money' no - it would reduce margins and make companies less competitive, encourage more risk adverse employment and growth strategies. This would reduce job security not increase it as well as reduce the overall number of jobs.
