Re: Austerity gone too far? : Wed May 15, 2013 10:05 pm  

Him wrote:

but there might be additional deflationary factors that are either stronger or even it out.

Precisely.

Re: Austerity gone too far? : Wed May 15, 2013 10:11 pm  

Dally wrote:

Precisely.

That still doesn't mean that the policy itself isn't inflationary.

Re: Austerity gone too far? : Wed May 15, 2013 10:18 pm  

Him wrote:

That still doesn't mean that the policy itself isn't inflationary.

No one would be doing it if it weren't for fear of deflation.

[Kosh]

Re: Austerity gone too far? : Thu May 16, 2013 2:11 pm  

LeighGionaire: the only person I know who is less economically literate than George Osbourne.

Re: Austerity gone too far? : Thu May 16, 2013 2:43 pm  

Kosh wrote:

LeighGionaire: the only person I know who is less economically literate than George Osbourne.

I do actually know (not by choice) someone who shares similar ideas with LeighGionaire.

They also believe that 9/11 was caused by the US government.

Re: Austerity gone too far? : Thu May 16, 2013 2:47 pm  

Mintball wrote:

:lol:

I do actually know (not by choice) someone who shares similar ideas with LeighGionaire.

They also believe that 9/11 was caused by the US government.

Well you could argue that, indirectly, it was...

*hides under tinfoil hat*

Re: Austerity gone too far? : Thu May 16, 2013 4:33 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

Well you could argue that, indirectly, it was...

*hides under tinfoil hat*

Yeeees. Indirectly, is the word.

That's not what they're meaning.

I have heard, more than once, the: 'steel doesn't melt at ...' argument. They get laughed at. To their face. And not just by me.

Re: Austerity gone too far? : Fri May 17, 2013 4:48 am  

Mintball wrote:

Yeeees. Indirectly, is the word.

That's not what they're meaning.

I have heard, more than once, the: 'steel doesn't melt at ...' argument. They get laughed at. To their face. And not just by me.

If I ever need a good laugh, I google "9/11 conspiracies"

Re: Austerity gone too far? : Fri May 17, 2013 12:21 pm  

Check this out. A school is found to have asbestos. Then the HSE changes its mind and says it's safe, even though other independent inspections say there is a problem. And the HSE won't release the report. That would be one way to save money.

Check this out. A school is found to have asbestos. Then the HSE changes its mind and says it's safe, even though other independent inspections say there is a problem. And the HSE won't release the report. That would be one way to save money.