011: Spanking The Treasury - (Mini) Budget Special

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Who really benefits from Kwasi Kwarteng’s changes to taxes and government investment? Marina & Jemma trawl through Twitter to make sense of what the government is describing as a “fiscal event”, whilst some people online are describing the trickle down illogic as “a raid" on the economy.It’s a weird week when even Julia Hartley Brewer – a staunch supporter of Brexit and the Tories - says that she’s `’struggling with this mini Budget. I’m largely pro cutting taxes and smaller government, but millions of families and businesses desperately need help thanks to disastrous energy policy and lockdowns. SO why cut taxes for the rich – the only people who don’t need help.”Plus duh-duh-duh, there’s some light relief from Sam Fender’s crowd, satirist Rosie Holt, and one of the best phone-ins to the radio… EVER!Seen a great tweet? Twit us @TheTrawlPodcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetrawl.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tax Act can think of a million things more fun than filing taxes.
0:04.0	Tax Act is going to name some now.
0:07.0	Sitting in traffic.
0:08.0	Folding a fitted bed sheet.
0:11.0	Listening to your coworker talk about his fantasy team.
0:14.0	Digging a hole.
0:16.0	Digging an even larger hole next to that original hole.
0:19.0	Unfortunately, Tax Act's filing software can't make taxes fun,
0:24.3	but Tax Act can help you get them done.
0:27.4	Tax Act, let's get them over with.
0:30.1	You're not going to like this package if you care more about the poor.
0:33.5	You're not going to like this package if you care more about the poor.
0:36.5	You're not going to like this package if you care more about the poor. You're not going to like this package if you can't worry about the poor.
0:39.5	You're not going to like what's package.
0:40.8	If you can't know about the troll.
0:45.8	The show where we scroll through Twitter so you don't have to.
0:48.8	I'm Marina Perkis.
0:50.1	And I'm Gemma Forte and heads up listener.
0:52.2	This is a bit of a mad trawl today.
0:54.1	It's a little extra
0:54.7	trawl if you like. It's an emergency trawl. Because Marina and I have literally been losing
1:00.2	our minds and I've actually lost sleep as well. And I'm not being dramatic. I did. I had
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