I was making 3 points about UK govt sector deficits
1 It is a historical reality
9 years in 10 for 400 years
2. It has never been easier to achieve
floating international exchange rates
non convertability of pounds to gold
3. It has never been more necessary...
sorry for the types and one very important mistake
if the uk private sector runs a balanced budget with its govt sector it will be
driven into the RED by the external trade imbalance
and about 30% of UK GOVT debt is held by the Bank of England
Now like Japan and USA the interest on this "debt" is positive income for the treasury
if half of all new bond issues were purchased by the BOE the interest on all new "debt " would be fiscally neutral
It all comes down to power ...