Quote (Scaly @ Jan 15 2018 09:46pm)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J8x6di6S_s
Here are the things I agree with Owen on:
Nationalisation of railways
More investment in NHS
Significant investment in long term infrastructure that private investors won't do
Stronger regulation of the banks to prevent a moral hazard from occurring again
I feel the infrastructure and NHS investment is so badly needed that it's worth going into a deeper deficit to fund.
Disagree with raising business tax for the time being, as we transition to a post Brexit society we don't want to give them another reason to go to Dublin or Frankfurt. Ireland are one of the wealthiest countries in the world per capita in part due to a policy of slashing taxes and encouraging private investment. If we don't get tariff-free single market access then we're fucked unless taxes are under 15%.
Also don't think price ceilings on rent are helpful at all; it isn't addressing the fundamental issue of a lack of houses. To be fair to Theresa May, under her tenure we've had more houses built than under any government in the last 10 yrs.