2026-08-23T21:44:27Z https://nostr.now Ken Milmore https://nostr.now/npub1puqj96zkfuc7ex3yzdeqdumvxexetzu0zntqtu6j8p99n558x8fqpz5zfl https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/113/013/615/970/790/735/original/148fdfaba8c93967.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/113/013/615/970/790/735/original/148fdfaba8c93967.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05cx2nwapk8z2e42a76tulajl0wrqy4mkahmnsjm769hlwa2nhlgzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay97fgt7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxphtaruzw6v3wfyu9uj40weze4e87aelursfsm5uzelx5jtzcagg58wjwn'>nevent1q…wjwn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am reminded of Paul Merton on HIGNFY some years ago despairing that we aren&#39;t all flying around with jet packs like he&#39;d once been promised. Sometimes we have a false expectation of what technology will bring us. 2026-06-13T08:31:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0zzal8sz5lrdrpk8qgdp64f9v4qks98uy7qccycusyns6600ejvczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayq8006e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswmhgqjp3afd7p5wtn06a9c0l3w6e0n22tl0sdjf7ke6wdyxzp3egjees5h'>nevent1q…es5h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But that doesn&#39;t seem to be the prevailing narrative: If the bond markets lose confidence then the government is forced to give a higher return on bonds. Is that not what happened to Truss/Kwarteng? (Albeit they wanted to implement tax cuts instead of spending).<br/><br/>If money is all about trust, then I&#39;d say there is serious a trust problem between the government and the private sector. And that does materially limit government spending. 2026-05-31T17:05:09Z