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  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    edited 21 February 2012 at 10:30PM
    Wookster wrote: »
    Another Labour moron who think they can absolve responsibility by arguing is that the other guys would have done the same.

    Do you realise how stupid this makes you sound?


    No, but it's doesn't inspire confidence in the current policies by arguing that anything is better than that which went before.
  • StevieJ
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    Wookster wrote: »
    Another Labour moron who think they can absolve responsibility by arguing is that the other guys would have done the same.

    Do you realise how stupid this makes you sound?

    I am not sure what you mean, it merely adds perspective.
    '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 Thatcher
  • sabretoothtigger
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    edited 21 February 2012 at 10:03PM
    CLAPTON wrote: »
    You don't hold the view that the economy, jobs, etc are suffering from a lack of aggregate demand?

    You think maybe there is too much or it's just about right?


    Demand goes to those with money. We are already lacking it, dont make it worse.

    I demand a Rolls Royce, tough luck my demands go unheard as will pauper britain. You dont get what you want in life, you earn it

    Economics isnt magic defying plain logic, the policies of even a shadow chancellor should not look to Harry Potter for inspiration
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    Demand goes to those with money. We are already lacking it, dont make it worse.

    I demand a Rolls Royce, tough luck my demands go unheard as will pauper britain. You dont get what you want in life, you earn it

    Economics isnt magic defying plain logic, the policies of even a shadow chancellor should not look to Harry Potter for inspiration


    I was using the term 'aggragate demand' in the economic sense rather than your personal wish for something

    in economic terms is means that which is actually bought and not the wish for things that aren't bought
  • I class economics as people spending & earning money nationwide.
    I realise its supposed to be something special, hence all the special tricks to replace a profitable transaction with debt does not work
    Individuals > big business
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