[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

Respected economist Richard Mathew writes blogs which I follow. He put up the video I linked to here. Here are two of his blogs worth reading and that more or less says the same thing as the video.

http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/?s=magic+money+tree
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2...fford-the-nhs/

Thanks for the links, at the very least they make an interesting read. One of the arguments he makes for NHS spending (the staff will put the money they receive into the economy) is similar to one I make against high taxes - people have money in their pockets, they spend it, so money is raised through VAT and business taxes.