Simon White

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448 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 11 Sep

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Merryn Talks Money · Markets Wrap: Bessent's Big Bet, Bond Yields and the AI Bubble · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

And a Treasury insider, this was too political, said um, that the low hanging fruit

It's done.

The only welfare cuts are really left.

So I don't think it really is a right versus left thing anymore.

It's just a practical accounting thing.

Well, this is it.

I mean, I mean, to be fair.

we've got the

taxpayers to thank for that, really.

Yeah, I think they've essentially indirectly funded this this welfare that otherwise probably should have been spent or some of it on defence.

Like frontline defense.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, I mean that that's it's all uh hang t here as well.

They talk about like th they included in the the budget what they they pay essentially for payments for veterans.

Yeah.

And you're like, okay, but this is maybe not the sort of thing where you should be trying to equivocate and obfuscate with the the language.

It's just like it feels like there's an urgency.

Well is it is well it isn't, it isn't.

But I think, yeah, I mean I think if you're obviously a recipient of that, it's a hard sell to you.

Um and I think well that's that you you've ended up with a kind of quote unquote client state 'cause the more people you've got on benefits, you more you've got a franchise.

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