In message , Doctor Drivel
writes
harry wrote:

I think we could solve our problems if (when this cockup is resolved)
we have law to the effect that the government can't borrow money, the
national budget must always be balanced.

Idiotic, senile nonsense by a Daily Mail reader with no idea of
economics. HMG borrowing compared the total wealth of the UK, private
and public, pails into insignificance.


Yup, they borrow by the bucketful. Current public debt 1.4 trillion by
end of this parliament. Private debt over 1 trillion
--
hugh