William Martin

Runner, Atheist, Vintage HP collector/repairer. Psychosis survivor. Accies fan in memory of Dad. “No, I can’t understand why we let someone else rule our land”.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

Delivered in time for Xmas! As a 1980s High School student in Edinburgh, I was actively discouraged to speak Scots and Scottish history was never taught, but both have been kept alive for me to rediscover, thank you @billykayscot

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@edinbuggerthis @LiberateScot @citizentommy Remarkable that someone so concerned with brain function typed that with apparent confidence. Geographically confused and charmless. Quite the combination. Do take care.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@crawfy68 @LiberateScot The Fringe has been making the establishment uncomfortable since 1947. Some things don’t change.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@ianboydsnr @RepublicanSons @afneil OK, you’ve gone quiet. Here’s a helping hand for further constructive debate. My position is that there’s a strong and well-documented relationship between a country’s stability and the value of its currency. Your go.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@ianboydsnr @RepublicanSons @afneil So is there or is there not a correlation between stability and currency value. As a reminder, you said: “The value of currency has no correlation to how stable a country is”?

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@ianboydsnr @RepublicanSons @afneil … and, in case you need brought back on topic, your claim was “The value of currency has no correlation to how stable a country is”. I contested that, your response is still that stability (by whatever means) supports a stable currency, so there is a correlation or not?

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@ianboydsnr @RepublicanSons @afneil @RepublicanSons will definitely be best placed to debunk this but my go would be that a country’s currency value isn’t perfectly tied to stability, but saying there’s “no correlation” ignores basic economics.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@RepublicanSons @SnpNot @mstewart_23 And guess what, he’s blocked me, there’s a surprise. @SnpNot well done with your frankly appalling attitude toward those less fortunate, I hope Karma bites. Your derisive (Billy Kay books dig) and puerile attitude to anyone who challenges you speaks volumes. You take care.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@SnpNot @RepublicanSons @mstewart_23 The topic was tax and public spending. You’ve given me deflection, a playground metaphor, and now amateur psychology. I’ll take that as your concession.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@SnpNot @RepublicanSons @mstewart_23 Cheers for proving it again, “marra”.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@SnpNot @RepublicanSons @mstewart_23 You’ve deflected so many times you’ve lapped yourself. Impressive. Most people just avoid the question once.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@SnpNot @RepublicanSons @mstewart_23 “Lazy bastards”? The majority of benefits go to pensioners, carers, and people with disabilities or serious illness, people who didn’t choose their circumstances. Your attitude towards those less fortunate is rather illuminating.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@SnpNot @RepublicanSons @mstewart_23 The tax didn’t fund it, it just moved it. The spending happens regardless.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@SnpNot @RepublicanSons @mstewart_23 Also, your cut taxes = growth = inflation argument skips a few steps. Unfunded cuts + heavy borrowing = government debt crowding out private investment. Sometimes the cure slows the patient, e.g. part evidenced by the Liz Truss mini budget in 2022.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@SnpNot @RepublicanSons @mstewart_23 The discussion was focused on taxes funding government spending so why are you changing tack to consumer spending?

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@RepublicanSons @SnpNot @mstewart_23 Indeed, as you have consistently pointed out to others, the idea that taxes fund government spending was made up by Mrs Thatcher and is, therefore, rhetoric not reality.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@SnpNot @RepublicanSons @mstewart_23 You have a BSc in Economics so it surprises me somewhat you need an explanation of Modern Monetary Theory; taxes don’t fund spending, they drain excess money to control inflation and drive demand for sterling. Most economists know this. Few politicians will say it.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@DannyConway1875 @Aodh_MagUidhir @DW80000 @Douglas_Haribo @thomsonchris @ScotlandsUnico1 @SymbolStones @RepublicanSons ‘I work, therefore I deserve more’ is just feudalism with a payslip. The whole point of a society is that the lucky and the unlucky alike are caught by the same net, including the one that’ll catch you if ever your luck runs out.

[William Martin @afishcalleddave]

@DannyConway1875 @Douglas_Haribo @Aodh_MagUidhir @thomsonchris @ScotlandsUnico1 @SymbolStones @RepublicanSons So, @Douglas_Haribo has presented a position, backed by research and fact. Your “I’m just not wasting my time” is a lame cop out for a lack of any solid evidence to the contrary.