Watch a country go bankrupt - /pol/ (#511157744) [Archived: 182 hours ago]

Anonymous ID: 2oS5Z1tMUnited Kingdom
7/23/2025, 9:07:15 PM No.511157744
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Watch the UK destroy itself for some unknown reason. Front row seats still available

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/23/rachel-reeves-seeks-economic-heavyweights-advisers-reduce-roles
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Anonymous ID: 2oS5Z1tMUnited Kingdom
7/23/2025, 9:09:55 PM No.511157937
>>511157744 (OP)
>Reeves is under intense pressure to respond to a deteriorating economic outlook with a fresh round of tax rises in her autumn budget.
No explanation why taxes need to rise
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Anonymous ID: M7brxqyiNetherlands
7/23/2025, 9:11:40 PM No.511158083
>>511157937
basic leftist stuff. Economy doesn't go well, so there will be holes in the government budget, which are filled with more taxes. Because cutting government spending is not a leftist thing
Anonymous ID: 2oS5Z1tMUnited Kingdom
7/23/2025, 9:12:04 PM No.511158120
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>>511157937
>UK produces 1% of world emissions

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/10/net-zero-cost-britain-800bn/
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Anonymous ID: 2oS5Z1tMUnited Kingdom
7/23/2025, 9:13:59 PM No.511158291
>>511158120
>£800,000,000,000
taxes need to rise
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Anonymous ID: C+7oRG7vUnited Kingdom
7/23/2025, 9:14:32 PM No.511158342
>>511158291
not paying it, simple as
Anonymous ID: aTZ3Y3HmUnited Kingdom
7/23/2025, 9:14:50 PM No.511158370
>>511158120
I love pointing out to climate fearing relatives that they can impoverish their grandkid's futures seeking net zero and its not gonna make the slightest difference to the planet.
Anonymous ID: quSw7/GyUnited States
7/23/2025, 9:15:49 PM No.511158445
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>>511157744 (OP)
>for some unknown reason
Anonymous ID: 2oS5Z1tMUnited Kingdom
7/23/2025, 9:18:40 PM No.511158692
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We are utterly and truly fucked

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-14928321/Britain-mercy-bond-markets-debt-spirals-says-HUGO-DUNCAN.html
Anonymous ID: B2ywhtxtUnited Kingdom
7/23/2025, 9:28:17 PM No.511159521
>>511157937
>No explanation why taxes need to rise
David Lammy said just yesterday that he needed billions for new aid to the third world