Comments on: Austerity can never work – here’s why https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Sat, 27 Jun 2015 05:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: StephanieCCarr https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/comment-page-3/#comment-716412 Sat, 27 Jun 2015 05:42:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=99795#comment-716412 ….All time hit the leftfootforward Find Here

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By: hi https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/comment-page-2/#comment-712918 Fri, 15 May 2015 10:57:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=99795#comment-712918 i can fly like allah akbar

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By: hi https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/comment-page-2/#comment-712917 Fri, 15 May 2015 10:56:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=99795#comment-712917 poop

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By: Itsdifficultno https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/comment-page-2/#comment-706588 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 12:32:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=99795#comment-706588 If the exchange rate falls the price of every import increases and the value of ‘the Pound in your pocket’ decreases. It might work for JML, but it will impoverish working people as surely as austerity.

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By: Antony https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/comment-page-2/#comment-706485 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:37:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=99795#comment-706485 this is economically illiterate, spending does not create sustainable growth, saving does.

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By: sarntcrip https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/comment-page-2/#comment-705152 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:32:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=99795#comment-705152 In reply to Charlie.

YOU WANT DESPAIR TRY BEING DISABLED UNDER THE TORIES IT’S HELL

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By: sarntcrip https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/comment-page-2/#comment-705151 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:31:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=99795#comment-705151 In reply to Mike Crosland.

AS THE TORIES BORROWED ORE IN THEIR FIRST 3 YEARS THAN LABOUR DID IN 13(FACT), BLOWS ANY IDEA OF TORY ECONOMIC CREDIBILITY OUT OF THE WATER THEY’VE TRIPLED THE DEFICIT.
SOONER THEY ARE GONE THE BETTER CAS LOCK ERROR SORRY

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By: Leon Wolfeson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/comment-page-2/#comment-705142 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 20:17:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=99795#comment-705142 In reply to Mike Crosland.

I’m saying that the old hardline “socialist” models are not something which should be jumped to immediately. There’s time (I’m talking about months here) to look at the situation and see what works best, and in addition in many cases having it at arm-length actually makes it far harder for a future right-wing government to tamper with it!

Take banking – the government shouldn’t be in the business of holding accounts directly for citizens. That’s one space where there absolutely should be credit unions and mutual providers providing banking options for people and SME’s, without casino “investment” arms.

(And no, the Co-Op Bank is NOT actually a cooperative, sigh)

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By: Leon Wolfeson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/comment-page-2/#comment-705124 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 18:27:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=99795#comment-705124 In reply to anonymous monday.

There’s no point talking to him about it. He’s a genuine zealot, determined to prevent pensions being paid one way or another – purely on financial grounds. He’s a good old fashioned robber capitalist, not even a neoliberal.

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By: Guest https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/austerity-can-never-work-heres-why/comment-page-2/#comment-705123 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 18:26:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=99795#comment-705123 In reply to LB.

Why would I like your kind of monocult, as you call not refusing to allow workers to live a “fraud”, as you scream I’m your kind of “fuck” man, you’re obsessed with that as you blame imaginary socialists for everything – you admit you’re a fraudster there, as ever.

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