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Session 04 · Episodes 10–11

Budgets & Debt

Where public money actually comes from, where it actually goes, and why debt without consent is a claim on the future you didn't sign.

Session outline

  1. 01The path from tax to ward — the flow of public money
  2. 02Public participation in the budget is a constitutional requirement
  3. 03Odious debt: a doctrine, not a slogan
  4. 04The 15% floor and what devolution really moved
  5. 05Discussion: pick one local project and try to trace its funding

Full session script coming.

The complete read-aloud script for this session — adapted from the source podcast episodes — is being finalised. In the meantime, the outline above is enough to run a first meeting: read a heading, discuss, move to the next.