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The year-end issue of the Beano features a cartoon about Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos escaping Earth to live amongst the stars, but not before stealing our air and water to take with them.
Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending! 🧵
Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending! 🧵
The founding economic myth of the dying old world is that we can't afford to pay for a better one.
It's a lie.
Watch Richard Murphy to find out why youtube.com/watch?v=Q03G...
Then reject this tall tale for the rich at every chance you get.
It's a lie.
Watch Richard Murphy to find out why youtube.com/watch?v=Q03G...
Then reject this tall tale for the rich at every chance you get.
Why the government is nothing like a household
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The founding economic myth of the dying old world is that we can't afford to pay for a better one.
It's a lie.
Watch Richard Murphy to find out why youtube.com/watch?v=Q03G...
Then reject this tall tale for the rich at every chance you get.
It's a lie.
Watch Richard Murphy to find out why youtube.com/watch?v=Q03G...
Then reject this tall tale for the rich at every chance you get.
Rejecting the household budget fairy tale, by protest and in the voting booth, is a powerful way to speed up the arrival of another, more hopeful world.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rejecting the household budget fairy tale, by protest and in the voting booth, is a powerful way to speed up the arrival of another, more hopeful world.
More cuts, more inequality, more fiscal conservatism will mean more division, rage and desire to blame.
Farage will be ready and waiting to do the bidding of his far right billionaire backers and point the finger at immigrants, the poor, the sick, and 'the woke.'
Farage will be ready and waiting to do the bidding of his far right billionaire backers and point the finger at immigrants, the poor, the sick, and 'the woke.'
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
More cuts, more inequality, more fiscal conservatism will mean more division, rage and desire to blame.
Farage will be ready and waiting to do the bidding of his far right billionaire backers and point the finger at immigrants, the poor, the sick, and 'the woke.'
Farage will be ready and waiting to do the bidding of his far right billionaire backers and point the finger at immigrants, the poor, the sick, and 'the woke.'
If Reeves takes the household budget route in her budget, she’s adding more fuel to the far right fire that is threatening to consume our democracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If Reeves takes the household budget route in her budget, she’s adding more fuel to the far right fire that is threatening to consume our democracy.
The household analogy depoliticises budget decisions.
It makes big economic choices look inevitable by intoning 'we must live within our means'.
When really budgets are political statements about whether a government governs for all of us - or just the super-rich.
It makes big economic choices look inevitable by intoning 'we must live within our means'.
When really budgets are political statements about whether a government governs for all of us - or just the super-rich.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The household analogy depoliticises budget decisions.
It makes big economic choices look inevitable by intoning 'we must live within our means'.
When really budgets are political statements about whether a government governs for all of us - or just the super-rich.
It makes big economic choices look inevitable by intoning 'we must live within our means'.
When really budgets are political statements about whether a government governs for all of us - or just the super-rich.
In reality, governments issue their own currency.
Their constraint is not 'running out of money' but managing resources in the real world like infrastructure, people and jobs.
Their constraint is not 'running out of money' but managing resources in the real world like infrastructure, people and jobs.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In reality, governments issue their own currency.
Their constraint is not 'running out of money' but managing resources in the real world like infrastructure, people and jobs.
Their constraint is not 'running out of money' but managing resources in the real world like infrastructure, people and jobs.
Why does this matter?
Because treating the state like a household justifies austerity, cuts to public services, and fear of 'overspending'.
Enabling every government since Thatcher to refuse to invest to make our lives better even when they could and should.
Because treating the state like a household justifies austerity, cuts to public services, and fear of 'overspending'.
Enabling every government since Thatcher to refuse to invest to make our lives better even when they could and should.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Why does this matter?
Because treating the state like a household justifies austerity, cuts to public services, and fear of 'overspending'.
Enabling every government since Thatcher to refuse to invest to make our lives better even when they could and should.
Because treating the state like a household justifies austerity, cuts to public services, and fear of 'overspending'.
Enabling every government since Thatcher to refuse to invest to make our lives better even when they could and should.
When Reeves talks about balancing the books like her mum’s household, she’s not making a nostalgic anecdote.
She’s repeating and normalising a core Thatcherite myth.
She’s repeating and normalising a core Thatcherite myth.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When Reeves talks about balancing the books like her mum’s household, she’s not making a nostalgic anecdote.
She’s repeating and normalising a core Thatcherite myth.
She’s repeating and normalising a core Thatcherite myth.
Murphy argues this comparison is not just wrong — it’s actively dangerous.
Governments don’t operate like families.
They are macro-economic institutions with money creation and taxation powers that households simply don’t have.
Governments don’t operate like families.
They are macro-economic institutions with money creation and taxation powers that households simply don’t have.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Murphy argues this comparison is not just wrong — it’s actively dangerous.
Governments don’t operate like families.
They are macro-economic institutions with money creation and taxation powers that households simply don’t have.
Governments don’t operate like families.
They are macro-economic institutions with money creation and taxation powers that households simply don’t have.
The household budget analogy is Thatcher’s most pernicious legacy.
The idea that a national government must manage its budget just like a household.
The idea that a national government must manage its budget just like a household.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The household budget analogy is Thatcher’s most pernicious legacy.
The idea that a national government must manage its budget just like a household.
The idea that a national government must manage its budget just like a household.
Rachel Reeves will boost Farage and his fascist friends - by delivering a budget built on a dangerous fairy tale.
It's the household budget analogy. The dirty secret of every billionaire-friendly government since Thatcher.
Top economist @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains..🧵
It's the household budget analogy. The dirty secret of every billionaire-friendly government since Thatcher.
Top economist @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains..🧵
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rachel Reeves will boost Farage and his fascist friends - by delivering a budget built on a dangerous fairy tale.
It's the household budget analogy. The dirty secret of every billionaire-friendly government since Thatcher.
Top economist @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains..🧵
It's the household budget analogy. The dirty secret of every billionaire-friendly government since Thatcher.
Top economist @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains..🧵
Forgive me - are we agreeing here or am I missing the point you are trying to make?
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Forgive me - are we agreeing here or am I missing the point you are trying to make?
Oh, I'm sure they've found every loophole and of course Rothermere and Murdoch are non-Doms. But they can't shift their physical assets aka properties or their businesses overseas (the root of the 'rich will all leave if we tax them' lie)
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Oh, I'm sure they've found every loophole and of course Rothermere and Murdoch are non-Doms. But they can't shift their physical assets aka properties or their businesses overseas (the root of the 'rich will all leave if we tax them' lie)
Former national newspaper journalist here. Three billionaires, Murdoch, Rothermere & Lebedev, who own our press don't want to pay inheritance tax. So they've instructed their editors to campaign against it. This is a desperate attempt to find an 'ordinary person' impacted by it.
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Former national newspaper journalist here. Three billionaires, Murdoch, Rothermere & Lebedev, who own our press don't want to pay inheritance tax. So they've instructed their editors to campaign against it. This is a desperate attempt to find an 'ordinary person' impacted by it.
P.S. If you’re wondering why Keir Starmer appears in the spaceship, he was looking for a Taylor Swift concert and ended up there by accident. 😆
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
P.S. If you’re wondering why Keir Starmer appears in the spaceship, he was looking for a Taylor Swift concert and ended up there by accident. 😆
The cartoon ends with the most optimistic prediction we’ve heard for a long time: “2026 is officially the Year of Mischief. DON’T MISS IT.” 🥳✊
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The cartoon ends with the most optimistic prediction we’ve heard for a long time: “2026 is officially the Year of Mischief. DON’T MISS IT.” 🥳✊
As we accelerate towards collapse there will come a point where young people no longer accept billionaires destroying their future - and this is of course the greatest fear of Musk and co.
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
As we accelerate towards collapse there will come a point where young people no longer accept billionaires destroying their future - and this is of course the greatest fear of Musk and co.
It’s a little sad that young Beano readers have to be confronted with such a disgustingly plausible scenario for their future, but the good thing is: the cartoon shows them how to fight back through direct action. 👍
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It’s a little sad that young Beano readers have to be confronted with such a disgustingly plausible scenario for their future, but the good thing is: the cartoon shows them how to fight back through direct action. 👍
The kids are initially distracted by holograms and AI before realising: “all we had to do is remember that real life is the important thing”.
Yes - young people are starting to ignore the distractions. 💚
Yes - young people are starting to ignore the distractions. 💚
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The kids are initially distracted by holograms and AI before realising: “all we had to do is remember that real life is the important thing”.
Yes - young people are starting to ignore the distractions. 💚
Yes - young people are starting to ignore the distractions. 💚
The billionaires are thwarted by the kids taking back the air and drinking water and replacing it with “trump air” - i.e. methane - and British river water which is of course undrinkable.
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The billionaires are thwarted by the kids taking back the air and drinking water and replacing it with “trump air” - i.e. methane - and British river water which is of course undrinkable.
The year-end issue of the Beano features a cartoon about Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos escaping Earth to live amongst the stars, but not before stealing our air and water to take with them.
Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending! 🧵
Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending! 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The year-end issue of the Beano features a cartoon about Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos escaping Earth to live amongst the stars, but not before stealing our air and water to take with them.
Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending! 🧵
Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending! 🧵
Amazing story, right? Love a tale where the bad guys get their comeuppance and the heroes build a better world.
Why we started this account - it happens more than the billionaire media want us to know.
Sadly someone else got there before us with the book: www.amazon.co.uk/Icelands-Sec...
Why we started this account - it happens more than the billionaire media want us to know.
Sadly someone else got there before us with the book: www.amazon.co.uk/Icelands-Sec...
Iceland's Secret: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con
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November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Amazing story, right? Love a tale where the bad guys get their comeuppance and the heroes build a better world.
Why we started this account - it happens more than the billionaire media want us to know.
Sadly someone else got there before us with the book: www.amazon.co.uk/Icelands-Sec...
Why we started this account - it happens more than the billionaire media want us to know.
Sadly someone else got there before us with the book: www.amazon.co.uk/Icelands-Sec...
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We should be more Icand!
Iceland did something after the 2008–09 crash that the US, UK and EU pretend is impossible as Trump and his vile ilk ride rough shod over our democracies.
It confronted and punished its corrupt bankers and failed politicians.
And rebuilt a fairer society from the rubble. 🧵
It confronted and punished its corrupt bankers and failed politicians.
And rebuilt a fairer society from the rubble. 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We should be more Icand!
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