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Ed Balls calls for emergency tax cut
worldtraveller
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Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is to call for a temporary emergency tax cut to stimulate the economy and boost consumer confidence.
He will say acting now to counter the slowdown is a better option than "ploughing on and hoping for the best".
He will also warn that months or years of slow growth could leave "a permanent dent in our nation's prosperity".
The Conservatives said Mr Balls had not come up with a "credible alternative" for tackling the deficit.
BBC News
Double dip into triple dip? :think:
He will say acting now to counter the slowdown is a better option than "ploughing on and hoping for the best".
He will also warn that months or years of slow growth could leave "a permanent dent in our nation's prosperity".
The Conservatives said Mr Balls had not come up with a "credible alternative" for tackling the deficit.
BBC News
Double dip into triple dip? :think:
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Ed balls in 'get someone who isn't born yet, to pay for it' shocker.
If anyone needs to be put down, it's Ed balls.0 -
So junior advisor to the Chancellor who got us in this mess (ie Gordon Brown) tries to tell current Chancellor what to do. Somehow i dont think George will listen to him (thank god)There is something so intensely dixlikable about him.
Its a shame he didnt win the Labour leadership - would have seem them out of power for a long long time0 -
I'm not sure a tax cut would go down to well with the rating agencies!0
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Graham_Devon wrote: »I'm not sure a tax cut would go down to well with the rating agencies!
I didn't realise they were running our country now, I hope they are better at it than when they were assessing banking sector risks :eek:'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
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I didn't realise they were running our country now, I hope they are better at it than when they were assessing banking sector risks :eek:
I'm not sure I follow your response to what I said?
You didn't realise who is running our country? The ratings agencies? I never hinted they were did I?0 -
Ed Balls is arguing for a "balanced" approach to an unbalanced budget.0
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Graham_Devon wrote: »I'm not sure I follow your response to what I said?
You didn't realise who is running our country? The ratings agencies? I never hinted they were did I?
On the basis they didn't "warn" us with their foresight then why should their opinion rule what the Government do now..."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
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