tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post1363207047345110122..comments2024-02-24T08:45:36.112+00:00Comments on TheFatBigot Opines: Drifting down and downTheFatBigothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-15246027638211564992009-01-28T14:59:00.000+00:002009-01-28T14:59:00.000+00:00Toad Stomper - try http://www.lpuk.org/ (site is d...Toad Stomper - try http://www.lpuk.org/ (site is down at the minute but should be back up again at some point.Breakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636397909312743136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-47299469940761487602009-01-28T11:16:00.000+00:002009-01-28T11:16:00.000+00:00I'd immediately vote for any party whose manifesto...I'd immediately vote for any party whose manifesto was, "We're not going to do anything, in fact, we're going to bin most of the stuff set in motion by previous governments. Our stated policy is to fling bureaucrats and quangocrats out on their arses, to stop interfering and stop making promises your money must pay for."<BR/><BR/>Then I woke up and it was time to go to work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-56213120724591991132009-01-28T02:33:00.000+00:002009-01-28T02:33:00.000+00:00"What is so extraordinary about current events is ...<I>"What is so extraordinary about current events is that the government appears to have no economic strategy despite facing ruinous economic conditions."</I><BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be bliss if they didn't have a strategy? It strikes me not only do they do indeed have <A HREF="http://idlepenpusher.blogspot.com/2009/01/picking-winners.html" REL="nofollow">a strategy</A>, but they have several...Idle Pen Pusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08319222131717187999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-74303226898060313342009-01-27T23:51:00.000+00:002009-01-27T23:51:00.000+00:00Given that government policies and ideas are invar...Given that government policies and ideas are invariably disastrous, perhaps the party with no ideas would form the ideal government?<BR/><BR/>In the spirit of Lord Liverpool's "Ministry of all the talents" we could name it "Ministry of least harm".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-47445642179263270162009-01-27T22:58:00.000+00:002009-01-27T22:58:00.000+00:00As you know Mr W, I have some sympathy with the id...As you know Mr W, I have some sympathy with the idea of government spending being able to cushion the blow. <BR/><BR/>You are I both argue for tax reductions. Were they to happen now (yes, let's dream for a moment) one consequence would be that some people would spend some of the additional cash. And one consequence of that is that some businesses would keep afloat rather than sink and some employees would be retained rather than laid-off. <BR/><BR/>If, as I believe is the case, spending by individuals can reduce the depth and length of recession, so spending by government must be capable of doing the same. <BR/><BR/>The big difference between individuals spending and government spending is that we will always pick winners. By definition they are winners - we have chosen to pay them because they provide what we want and need. Government might pick a winner by chance, far more likely that will pick losers in order to buy votes in marginal constituencies.TheFatBigothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-45578421944869135842009-01-27T22:48:00.000+00:002009-01-27T22:48:00.000+00:00I agree with Mark, let the resession take its cour...I agree with Mark, let the resession take its course, simply chucking money at is is only going to lead to higher taxes in the long run, and for what ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-36277576893463757722009-01-27T22:43:00.000+00:002009-01-27T22:43:00.000+00:00is´nt it time for the dum diddly_dido hinterwalder...is´nt it time for the dum diddly_dido hinterwalder to seize the fucking oportunity to sieze his land back and fucking make the island empire?????<BR/>with the woman i love?<BR/>we are a brutal people!<BR/>run by fools!<BR/>oi plod! soldiers know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-14126491347870853152009-01-27T22:18:00.000+00:002009-01-27T22:18:00.000+00:00"I have severe doubts that governments can affect ...<I>"I have severe doubts that governments can affect the length or depth of a recession to any significant degree by direct action."</I><BR/><BR/>Beyond providing a basic framework of law and order and welfare provision, governments only ever make things worse. They cannot actively 'shorten' a recession, they can only extend it into a depression, the best way to get it over with is to Do Nothing, let the bubble collapse as quickly as possible, pick ourselves up again, learn some lessons and start again.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com