@RussInCheshire Being a patriot is not the same as being a good citizen. I will try to be a good citizen and if being a patriot means vandalism, small minded flag weaving bigotry then I'll let others be patriotic
@RussInCheshire Encouraging people to work longer will help. Tax people who work over the age of 65 at 15 or 20%, give employers tax breaks for hiring older staff. That would go some way to fixing it.
@tweetcmw@RichardJMurphy Good article - Ha Choon Chang makes a similar view in his 21 Things they Don't Tell You About Capitalism book. - that the number is arbitrary, and that there is some evidence that economies without this target do better over the longer term (assuming my memory is correct!)