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Date: 2010-10-21 11:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spacelem.livejournal.com
The article about spending seems somewhat in opposition to something else I read today: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-a-colder-crueller-country-ndash-for-no-gain-2112069.html

Some people are complaining that the government tried to spend their way out of a recession, others are complaining that they aren't spending enough, and by cutting back they are going to produce another collapse, like that which happened a hundred years ago with the last Conservative/Lib Dem coalition.

To be honest, I think the whole economy is so massively complicated, that I don't think I'll ever begin to understand it. And there's so much rage about how people are acting from both sides. I can't get annoyed when I can't even figure out who's right -- maybe the truth is that everyone is wrong.

Date: 2010-10-21 01:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robhu.livejournal.com
Yes, yes, yes :)

Date: 2010-10-21 01:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] andrewhickey.livejournal.com
My own view is that a) I don't understand economics and b) none of the three major parties offered any significantly different policies in this regard. Given that, and the fact that nothing I can do will significantly affect the general picture anyway, I've decided it's probably best to look at what the two or three most obviously unfair things are and campaign to get those changed while leaving the big picture unchanged, and to stick with the party I'm already a member of (the Lib Dems in my case) because they have the best policies in other areas.

Date: 2010-10-21 01:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] usmu.livejournal.com
The headline on London fares is about as misleading as it can get. The one on the blog itself is even worse, because it omits the word some. Don't you just love shoddy journalism.

Date: 2010-10-21 03:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] d-c-m.livejournal.com
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