How do we pay for all this?
Where does it come from?
As the outgoing chief secretary to the treasury Liam Byrne once wrote, "I'm afraid there is no money".
Theresa May: "There is no magic money tree". This has served as the excuse of governments for the last few decades, that there is simply no more money left to invest in infrastructure.
But the government seems to have shaken the money tree very vigorously when in
March this year it spunked £500 million over to France so Macron would stifle border crossings (500 arrests so far)...
And the poor tree will face another brutal wrenching should the government axe its inheritance tax, which raises over £6 billion per year.
We can't afford not to...
Financial flora metaphors notwithstanding, YIMBYsoc believes that building shit will pay for itself. No doubt you have already been regaled with stories about the transregional economic hub that will spring up on the advent of HS2, but this is not all!
Wind turbines in Scotland and the North East will turn Great British weather into Great British power. No doubt Britian will become a Green Super Power; the Saudi Arabia of Wind!
The construction of cheaper housing will drive prices down as private landlords are forced to compete, leaving consumers with more money to spend.
YIMBYism will pay for itself.