Originally Posted by
Mixbury
Second, people furloughed can argue whatever they like, but when you borrow money it is repaid in the future and not from taxes already raised, therefore from future tax payers, and in this case, future generations of tax payers.
Originally Posted by
Dan72
So what you're saying is the historic taxes of those on furlough went to others before them, yeah?
What Mixbury is saying is that the majority of the money being paid to furloughed workers is coming from government borrowings which will be repaid by taxes charged to future taxpayers. And yes to an extent historic taxes paid by anyone before today went to pay off government borrowings given to others (do you recall the taxpayer funded bail out of RBS?)