Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
Well that makes perfect sense once you strip out the tens of thousands of people who pay tax and national insurance via the thousands of businesses linked to the airport. But who needs employment and a world class international hub airport? (We do!) Just a jolly extravagance really, I mean it's not as if we need to trade our way to close a £32.3B deficit and pay down a debt of £1.82TRILLION.
I note these are the good years, we need the money, we really do.
The British ability to have a good moan is legendary, but the economy is beginning to resemble pyramid scheme, sometimes real infrastructure investment is really what you need
Surely the same economic multiplier argument could be applied to £20bn going into the NHS/Education/Northern Powerhouse, etc?