About the cuts, the economy etc.
OK, so I\’m biased, but I rather like the piece.
So, these Tories and Lib Dems, eh? Baby-eating bastards or careful correctors of a drunken sailor\’s spending spree? The most painful cuts since Abraham\’s circumcision or a mild trimming of the fiscal sails?….
…The NHS will have a higher inflation rate than the rest of the economy. Do note what happens eventually – we get to Douglas Adams\’ the Shoe Event: the NHS has swallowed the rest of the economy and we all make our living by taking in each others\’ hernias……..
“a drunken sailor’s spending spree”
For the record, we should remind ourselves of a previous comment on Broon’s famous prudence: at least a drunken sailor is spending his OWN money.
“at least a drunken sailor is spending his OWN money.”
Unless he rolled another drunk for it..
“we all make our living by taking in each others’ hernias…”
I’m sure there’s something akin to the broken window theory there, with a suitably biological analogy.
Tim adds: Might go back as far as Bastiat. The reference though is to this:
http://ideas.repec.org/a/fip/fedbne/y1986ijulp20-31.html
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