Finance Quote of the Week – 26/11/10

 "We're going to have a system where the middle classes are discouraged from breeding because it's jolly expensive. But for those on benefits, there is every incentive. Well, that's not very sensible."

New Conservative peer Howard Flight drops a clanger, during an interview with the London Evening Standard, when asked about the government's child benefit cuts.

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