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kraggy · 2009-02-03 16:50:29

Right. We're broke. Or damn near it. And we're losing more and more money as time goes on because of an increasing Social Welfare bill. So how do we fix this? Is it best to increase taxes to pay the bill (but this obviously takes money out of the economy and wouldn't be great for job creation) Or do we reduce VAT to get…

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Right. We're broke. Or damn near it. And we're losing more and more money as time goes on because of an increasing Social Welfare bill.

So how do we fix this? Is it best to increase taxes to pay the bill (but this obviously takes money out of the economy and wouldn't be great for job creation)

Or do we reduce VAT to get people spending in an effort to create jobs?

Or is there something else?

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