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One immediate measure the Government could take to boost the plunging, or perhaps cliff diving, economy would be to drastically raise the level of benefits paid to pensioners, the unemployed, those on incapacity & invalidity benefits & non employed parents.

This would stimulate local economies much quicker than infrastructure projects, since those on benefits are more likely to spend any increase on locally available goods & services they could not previously afford.

I see city centre restaurants filled with booming claimants, bustling markets, a renaissance in local arts, leisure & entertainment. Bands investing in new equipment, new venues opening as the market for live music blossoms. I want someone to tell me what's wrong with this idea.

There are those who would oppose this proposal on the grounds that giving more money to a section of society that might include the feckless, the workshy, the chemically dependant & the sexually incontinent is immoral. This however is not an argument against the purely ecomomic good sense of taking such measures.

A 50% across the board increase in Benefits payments implemented now would give a significant boost to overall consumer spending within less than a fortnight.

Contact your Local MP by email & get them to see the economic sense of turning liabilities into assets by making benefits claimants engines of growth.

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