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"Higher interest rates will force the Bank of England to make a loss of £150bn from the sale of bonds bought to shore up the UK’s financial system over the last 14 years
The bill will need to be paid by the Treasury out of current spending, hitting Whitehall departmental budgets, after successive chancellors failed to set aside funds to cover the losses."
It's almost like we're debt slaves.
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."