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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Apparently you believe proverbs are an adequate substitute for actual evidence. -
DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid 'unwinnable war'
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Supporters of a border wall and increased numbers of border agents seem to believe that this will make any material difference to the drug problem in the USA. That's obviously nuts. In fact, one of the big problems faced by the border patrol is the corruption of agents. They have to be vetted extensively before being accepted. -
Electric plane manufacturer takes off, receives worldwide orders
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Fuel costs are a major airline expense. And the unpredictability of fossil fuel pricing is a huge problem. It's far cheaper to fuel an electric powered plane than a fossil fuel powered one. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gabrielleigh/2019/12/12/electric-airplanes-are-here-will-we-soon-say-goodbye-to-jet-fuel/?sh=df963bb6869e And keep in mind that this article was written before the drastic spike in fossil fuel prices. -
Biden suggests voting for Republicans is a threat to democracy
placeholder replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
It looks like you're conceding that the MAGA message was essentially a con. -
HIs tax cuts, which especially favored himself, were truly a testimony to his success. As a cursory look at the trendlines show, there was no difference in economic growth between what was happening before he took office. He did manage to vitiate environmental protections. His first act in that area was to undermine rules that affected golf courses. So inspirational!
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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
You want an explanation? How about this? Education spending changes put a major brake on levelling up The cuts to education spending over the last decade are effectively without precedent in post-war UK history, including a 9% real-terms fall in school spending per pupil and a 14% fall in spending per student in colleges... The present government has ambitious goals to level up poorer areas of the country, emphasizing a big role for technical education. However, changes to the distribution of education spending have been working in the opposite direction. https://ifs.org.uk/news/education-spending-changes-put-major-brake-levelling -
I know of some people who would disagree with you: Op-Ed: Even the Founders hated the electoral college https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-11-22/electoral-college-popular-vote-founders-james-madison-great-compromise That would include James Madison who is known as the Father of the Constitution.
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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Yes. The nerve of the EU only leaving the UK with tariff free trade after it chose to leave the EU. Just shocking! -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Here's a 10 year chart of British unemployment. Brexit didn't change the trendline. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/unemployment-rate#:~:text=Unemployment Rate in the United,percent in December of 1973. -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Actually, as anyone who actually knows anything about economics will tell you, that's actually a very low number. -
You still trying that one on about Biden? Someone in an audience asked him if he thought Trump was an illegitimate President. Biden replied yes. But first of all, Biden didn't raise the issue. Second, it was never defined what was meant by "illegitimate". It could mean that Trump was behaving in ways that were illegitimate. Like twisting the arm of President Zelensky to announce an investigation of Biden. And of course, this was basically a one off. Frequency counts. And I don't think there's an integer high enough to tally all the times Trump and company have claimed that the elections were fraudulent. And no one has to ask Trump to comment, either. He's his own trigger.
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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
But clarity does or should help. And if you don't accept the existence of a major source of the problem, then you're living in denial. Not a good approach to rectifying the situation. -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
But the point was that leaving the EU would allow the UK to make a deal with the USA. Of course, even if a deal had been concluded, it would have made virtually no difference to the UK's economy. The conservative government evaluated the effect of such a deal, and concluded that it would have added a tiny fraction of a percentage point to UK GDP.