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Originally Posted by DCM
Actually, the one of the reason LDV went bust, is because local government and government agencies were forced to seek savings, so instead of buying LDV vehicles, and support the British industry, now we have lost it. Where we the government could buy British, it should, like when it orders millitary equipment, it is a sneaky way of subsidising industry.
France does it, Germany does, Spain, so why not us? The more we have to buy in, the bigger the defecit, the harder it is to pay back the debt.
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You missed the bit about our taxes going up to pay the extra for LDV. Also, the deficit affected by that is the balance of trade, not budget deficit (except the lost tax back in by paying our taxes to UK businesses for them to then pay tax on).
The fact is, we had this manufacturing Utopia in the 70's, and that went just great didn't it!! Even without the same competition that's out there now!