Businesses hold key (and cash) to X'mas Good Cheer
Putting more money into pay packets injects money much more effectively into real economy, and that's precisely what is needed now
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IT was approaching Christmas time and old Ebenezer Scrooge sat hunched at the desk of his counting house (bank) in the City of London. He was wearing a threadbare overcoat and warming his hands over a candle that served as a substitute for a fire. "Bah! Humbug!", he growled.
Turning to his hearty and smiling young nephew who had come by to wish the joyless Scrooge a "Merry Christmas", he barked: "Why should I give that snivelling clerk of mine, Bob Cratchit, a pay rise? He will only go out and spend it if I do."
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