Even Labour’s own ministers have spoken out against this policy, it genuinely baffles me why they decided to go ahead with this.
It’s s an easy vote steal.
It sounds great the first time you hear about it and if you don’t really digest it much you don’t see the flaws.
Plus, there’s that old ‘all the other countries are doing it, so it must make sense…’ cop out
Appeal to popularity is a common fallacy.
What if you’re competing in a popularity contest?
Political parties aren’t trying to do what is best in the long term, they are trying to get voted in at the next election (sometimes this involves doing what is best in the long term, but not that often).
I hate how true this is.
I really hope the voting public will see this for what it is.
A way to reduce their bills at the supermarket?
A receding tide lowers all boats?
I don’t really know where I’m going with this, I just thought it was funny
The rising tide is the dumbest thing economists ever thought of. It actually typifies the short sighted scientifically illiterate nature of economics thought.
I guess they never realised there was a finite amount of water in the world and rising tides in one place meant ebbing tides in another.
This is brilliant - thanks!
I gotta say I’m not particularly impressed with the big two at the moment, like many I thought this sounded great at first but in reality it’s just a nonsense
I’m really glad people are seeing through this actually.