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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I think we must be at cross purposes here. It is the tax hike that was not set out in the manifesto, not the NHS/Care Services reform, which was. And the tax hike was necessary because we have already spent many sackfuls of money on Covid, which was not known about at the time.
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Debt is forecast to be 233% of GDP by 2060 regardless of Covid.
Structural reform and decisions about what we do pay for through taxation, and ultimately WHO pays, has been absolutely inevitable for some time.
I do find it odd so many arch-capitalists turn socialist in their 60s and 70s so long as they don’t have to sell their house.