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@PatriciaNPino
Jul 29, 2018 • 3 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
Ok, here I go. Some names I can rely on for great commentary:

@J_MoAGoGo
@PDWriter
@suziegeewizz
@Socialismilucra
@aylesburyowl
@A51m1999
@consbyname
@joejglenton
@GowerInitiative
@tonywestonuk
@RobRile81713045
@kcldav43
@BedlamGas
@SUP3RNAT1JRAL

#SocialistSunday
There are many others so forgive me if I haven’t included you and u know u should be there. 😉
Btw @kcldav43 will be offline for the next week. By will follow everyone back after that.

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Aug 21, 2018
Greece was never bailed out. They bailed out German & French banks, who held Greek debt. This stabilized Germany & Frances economies post crisis, while the Greek ppl were punished w severe cuts and forced to run a fiscal surplus. They never saw the money.
The bailout allowed Germany & French Govts 2 keep political face in their countries (They had lost control of banks lending in the run up to the crisis), While presenting Greece as lazy & irresponsible.

They also promoted the narrative that they were “saving” Greece.
The Greek were forced to accept the terms of the bailout with threats of closure of banks, immediate cut of subsidies,etc. When ElectedGovts didn’t comply, They replaced them.

Hundreds/thousands have died & Greece’s public assets have been pillaged by profit hungry corporations
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Aug 7, 2018
Today’s Economic tips:

“The Market” does not set yields on Govt “debt”. Govt does.

Govt issues “debt” & offers whatever interest rate it wants to pay for it.

The purpose of issuing “debt” is not to fund Govt spending. Is to offer savings accounts to the private sector.

>
“Debt” (bonds) don’t have to be issued every time we run a deficit. Govt can choose not to.

There is no reason why issuing bonds corresponding to a deficit would be more or less inflationary than not doing so.

Can we now stop being scared of the “Govt Debt” bogeyman?
Interest on Govt bonds is not paid for with taxes. It’s paid for with newly created money & constitute a relatively ‘small’ additional income to the private sector (Think pensioners investing in bonds).
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Jul 30, 2018
The European Union was never about left wing cooperation.
It really bothers me how disingenuous ppl seem to be about the contents of the Maastricht agreement which founded the EU as we know it today. It was a full-fat neoliberal treaty designed to embed austerity in Europe.
google.co.uk/amp/s/www.inde…
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Jul 28, 2018
“I expect crocodile tears to be shed in Brussels over our fire victims, and similarly hypocritical posturing by the Greek government. But I do not expect any reversal of the organized misanthropy afflicting Greece just because nearly 100 people died in a single day.”
This is not the first horror story related to the brutal cuts imposed by the Troyka, which created a recession in Greece comparable to that if the Great Depression.

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Anyone in my TL would do well to read Yanis book “Adults in the room” to understand the true extent of what the EU is capable of.

And then you might understand why some of us suspect foul play on the side of the EU in Brexit negotiations.
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Jul 26, 2018
A note on why I support leave:

When I signed up to the Labour movement, I signed up to fight Austerity.

Why? Because I consider it to be a fundamental aspect of that destructive ideology called “neoliberalism”, >
Which is behind the social injustices, the destruction of the environment & the erosion of democracy that has brought much the western world to the edge of global demise.

But I wrongly assumed those beside me where interested in the wider battle. >
And would not make exceptions for the EU.

Austerity, neoliberalism is bad anywhere. We cannot as a nation prop up entities who support it.

& if that entity imposes it undemocratically upon nations & regardless of what the ppl might want, then that entity has to b dismantled.>
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Jul 23, 2018
I hear a few ppl say that #MMT applies only to the USA & not the U.K. I don’t know where this comes from, but they’ve made up so much stuff about MMT that I’m not surprised about this. so lets clarify some things:

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1) MMT applies to all nations that have a fiat currency & r monetarily sovereign.

2) the UK has a Fiat currency. So does the US, Australia, Japan, and many others. This means their currencies r not pegged to gold or any other currency or commodity.

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3) these countries are also monetarily sovereign. That means that their national govts are the monopoly issuer of the currency.

4) in all these nations, commercial banks also create money through credit. But this is not the same as “currency”, which is a net asset to us.

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