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I was thinking about this earlier. The problem with getting people to see the realities on #MMT is this fundamental questionâ âHow are you going to pay for it?â
Itâs a question that used to trip up anyone proposing a progressive manifesto such as #Corbyn in 2017 & 19. Itâs a
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Itâs a question that used to trip up anyone proposing a progressive manifesto such as #Corbyn in 2017 & 19. Itâs a
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question thatâs laced with an unspoken caveat âbecause donât expect us to be happy to cough up bigger taxesâ. Tie this in with ârepaying the deficitâ myth, itâs the perfect storm to derail in most peopleâs minds a concept like #MMT . Weâre bought up to believe that nothing is
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free so the concept of #MMT that anything purchased in the countries own sovereign currency is only limited by physical resources is difficult to believe.
Itâs not that we donât pay for it folks, we just donât pay quite like they tell you. We spend then tax, not #TaxToSpend
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Itâs not that we donât pay for it folks, we just donât pay quite like they tell you. We spend then tax, not #TaxToSpend
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