The NHS doesn't need "preparation warnings." It needs *funding*. A currency-issuing government can afford to staff hospitals year-round for predictable demand. This is a spending choice, not a resource shortage. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

"Unsustainable burden" assumes student debt is a real constraint. It's not. The currency issuer can forgive loans tomorrow. The actual question: should public education be funded by individual debt or collective tax spending? #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

Taxes don't fund spending. They destroy money and anchor currency demand. Companies hiding profits in Malta aren't starving public budgets, they're just reducing the money drain. So why frame tax avoidance as theft? #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #USEconomics

"Job creation" through procurement rules treats employment as a side effect of contract-chasing. A currency issuer can simply offer jobs directly. That's called a Job Guarantee. It's cheaper, faster, and actually works. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

The framing assumes tax revenue "funds" public spending. Wrong. Palantir's £2m tax bill doesn't reduce what NHS or MoD can spend, it just destroys that money. Real constraint: whether those contracts deliver actual public goods. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

"We can't afford to fix schools" is a lie told by people who understand budgets perfectly well. The question is never whether the currency issuer has the money. The question is whether we have teachers, materials, and the will to build. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics

The framing assumes a zero-sum choice between jobs and green investment. A currency issuer can fund both. The real question: why isn't the government simply offering a Job Guarantee at living wage? That's how you solve NEETS and regional decay at once. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics

The framing says workers need climate policy wrapped in material bribes. Wrong. Workers need climate policy that *is* their job. A Job Guarantee delivering green infrastructure at living wages doesn't divide class interests, it merges them. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #EUPolitics

Welfare spending isn't the problem; fiscal space is. Labour members worry about health, the economy, cost of living. A currency-issuing government can address all three without rationing, but only if it stops pretending the budget constraint is real. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics

A bank tax doesn't "fund" anything for a currency-issuing government. HSBC's windfall is real resources extracted from the economy. The question is whether those resources should be redirected, not whether the Treasury can "afford" it. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

"How will you pay for it?" meets five sneaky rebuttals designed to make you look naive. Learn to spot them. FLICK Training teaches you the five techniques that austerity preachers use to block funding conversations before they start. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics

Not until 2030 assumes Wales can't afford it now. A currency issuer doesn't budget like a household. Real question: are there nurses and care workers available? If yes, fund it now. If no, that's a resource problem, not money. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics

"The government, as currency issuer, is the only real lender of last resort, and it can always act." This matters because panic and austerity are policy choices, not inevitabilities. #MMT

Fed officials debating whether to raise rates? The rate IS the policy choice. There's no "should we", only "do we want higher borrowing costs." Stop pretending markets are deciding this. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #USEconomics

When someone asks "how will you pay for it?" you need evidence, not slogans. The Argument Builder arms you with rebuttals grounded in how money actually works. Pick your opponent's claim, get the counter-evidence, land the hit. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics

The real price driver isn't retailer greed, it's the pound collapsing because the Bank of England keeps hiking rates. Healey's watching retailers while the currency issuer surrenders rate-setting to bond markets. Wrong villain. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

The "optimal tax rate" is a neoclassical fantasy. Taxes don't fund spending, they destroy money and anchor demand for currency. The real constraint is inflation and real resources, not some magical revenue-maximizing curve. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #EUEconomics

Is the US dollar backed by gold? No. It's backed by taxes. The government's power to require payment in its currency creates the demand that makes it valuable. Read more. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics

Government debt isn't the constraint. Real resources are. A co-op still needs the same pipes and labour as nationalization. Confusing accounting entries for actual infrastructure costs us functioning utilities. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics

Fed up with having to repeat this but when politicians and the MSM say "there is no money” they are LYING to us. The UK is a sovereign government with its own bank. It can create as much money as it needs. No money is the excuse for unending #Austerity. #LearnMMT

John Healey tells minsters to prepare for budget cuts to finance new Burnham pledges

Ministers have been told there is no new money to pay for these moves in a joint letter from the chancellor and the prime minister

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When Greens say "we'll fund the green transition," they don't mean raid the Treasury pot. They mean: the government creates the currency, so the real question is whether we have the workers, materials, and planning capacity. We do. #MMT #GreenParty #UKGreens #Economics #UKPolitics

Seattle's $175M "shortfall" isn't a constraint on what the city can spend, it's a policy choice about what to tax. A currency-issuing government doesn't face budget deficits the way households do. Real limits are inflation and resources, not red ink. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #USEconomics

Stop: income tax doesn't "fund" anything. A currency-issuer doesn't collect taxes to build a war chest. Taxes drive currency demand and destroy money. Mayors fighting over tax rebates miss the real question: what real resources exist to spend on? #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

Moving money around Westminster doesn't create it. A currency issuer can spend without "finding" funds first. The real question: will this budget expand real public purpose, or just shuffle existing claims? #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

Councils aren't currency issuers. They can't create money, so they actually do face solvency constraints. The real question: why is a currency issuer leaving councils to borrow commercially instead of funding them directly? #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

The real story: weak productivity isn't the problem. Slack demand is. MMT says spend more, employ more people, and watch productivity rise. Growth starves when the currency issuer underspends. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #EUEconomics

Green Party manifesto time. You'll hear "how do we pay for it" on climate, housing, public transport. The answer isn't magic. It's currency issuer economics. The UK government creates GBP. Spending creates money; taxes destroy it. #MMT #GreenParty #UKGreens #Economics #UKPolitics

Devolution theater. Shifting tax revenue between regions doesn't create new fiscal space, it just redistributes the same pot. Real power means currency-issuing capacity, not begging Westminster for scraps. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics

The framing treats this as a housing affordability crisis. It's actually a wage crisis. A currency issuer can afford to pay young adults enough to live independently. It chooses not to. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

"Pragmatic" North Sea oil because people are struggling with energy costs. But oil prices are set globally. What actually helps: government spending on renewable infrastructure and a Job Guarantee wage floor. That's the real resource constraint conversation. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics