Comments on: Public spending cuts: ineffective, unnecessary, dangerous

By: Cuts are Stupid « OutofRange.net

Cuts are Stupid « OutofRange.net — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:45:50 +0000

[...] This is not democracy at its best. The arguments against any major and urgent cuts programme are extremely strong but they are now being crowded out by a debate that is shaped by the desire to win the political rather than the economic battles ahead. Adam Lent, Touch Stone. [...]

By: The Taxpayers Alliance hit back! | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:57:21 +0000

[...] I note that Matthew Sinclair hasn’t actually addressed my key point (made in more detail in a further post) that making cuts of this sort will only damage the economy and further drive up the [...]

By: Public spending: the cutters are proved wrong | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:46:18 +0000

[...] Duncan for pointing out in a typically learned post that today’s fall in gilt yields proves my point that bonds behave in complex ways. This undermines Osborne’s simple-minded belief that [...]

By: Tax Research UK » Public spending cuts: ineffective, unnecessary, dangerous

Tax Research UK » Public spending cuts: ineffective, unnecessary, dangerous — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:18:34 +0000

[...] Public spending cuts: ineffective, unnecessary, dangerous | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog fr…. Politics seems to be on a collision course with economics at the moment. With the right-wing press screaming for cuts and the polls showing a majority of voters agreeing, the main parties are now positioning themselves as cutters. [...]