Nein bitte!
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbruck (I’m afraid I can’t manage an umlaut) has rather neatly summed up the efficacy of Alistair Darling’s VAT cut.
100% correct. The cut is an expensive expedient which will do very little to stimulate spending.
"Are you really going to buy a DVD player because it now costs £39.10 instead of £39.90? All this will do is raise Britain's debt to a level that will take a generation to work off."
100% correct. The cut is an expensive expedient which will do very little to stimulate spending.
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