True, to a point.
When it comes to international recessions, on a worldwide scale, there's little a national government can do to protect itself.
Though building lots of nice, new, shiny hospitals, schools, colleges, etc, using PFI's, whose exorbitantly high repayements will cripple the country for generations to come, is only a wise thing to do if you're an imbecile.
Thatcher sold off the family silver, Brown went one better, and sold off the country's gold reserve when prices were rock bottom.
That Scottish inbred shouldn't have been allowed to count the church collection, nevermind been allowed to attempt to run the economy.
I am Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister, and Chancellor.
When it came to U.K. P.L.C., I put the 'I' into run, and created ruin.
