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Dick S
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Greed is greed at both ends of the spectrum.
Greed is greed at both ends of the spectrum.
You keep harping on Bill Gates as your poster child for greed. As far as I can tell he is donating his vast fortune to charity? Is that a bad thing? Also most of us use Microsoft products everyday but we do not have to. There are Google apps, Linux, and more. I think envy really needs to be addressed.
Guys, you got me all wrong...
I take it none of you have even seen the show I was referring to... the character I was referring to in the show is Rich yes, but I only referenced Bill Gates, because in the show the character invented a computer software company that revolutionized the way people and the world worked, hence the reference to Bill Gates...
I actually think that Bill, seems to be a decent guy with all the donations he makes, and he has worked hard to get where he is today, and Microsoft employees so I believe are paid pretty well...
I am certainly not envious of rich people, many of them deserve what they have worked for... Branson...Sugar...etc
Some people however do not, such as Investment Bankers...etc... these people bought the world to it's knees, and seemed to have got away with little or no consequences to themselves, hell the very next year they collapsed the worlds economy they were picking up Bonuses for doing such a good job....
Tax avoidance is done by all sensible folk, hence the popularity of ISAs. It is upto governments to set in place laws etc to stop it were it should be stopped.
Brian
I keep changing my mind if I want to get involved ina thread were SCott raising objections at the obvious in equalities in the world, is accused of being jealous. I think scott has more to him than that.
Its not as if wondering if a system of foodstamps and foodbanks in the west for the poor, whilst at the same time producing multi multi billionaires who can choose to dole out money if they feel like being useful with it, is jealousy.
Scott some of your critics don't seem to believe in a system that treats the ill if they are poor. Maybe poor ill people are dismissed as jealous too.
I think it may be fairer if Gates paid his tax - like the little folk do.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...EVERY-YEAR-using-Luxembourg-tax-loophole.html
I think it may be fairer if Gates paid his tax - like the little folk do.
I'm already seeing the barter system come back into play. People are getting fed up with it. To the upper class outt here: when the barter system spreads, you'll no longer see profits. I bet you'll wish you paid your employees their fair share then.
Bladerunner
Thank you for replying to my last post I had hoped that that a definitive answer based on the insurance conditions would be possible , but I guess not.
I won't pursue it on this thread as there are two other threads on social medicine v insurance based.
Brian
I don’t remember all the details, and don’t have time to research it but the essence of the article was that when the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock were starving it wasn’t from a lack of food. It was that all work, all eat. Well when Pilgrim A decided that he was going to play pickup sticks this week instead of working out in the hot Sun, Pilgrim B said, hey me too. When it finally got down to only Pilgrim Z doing any work the Governor finally said ever man for himself. Then they had enough food. Until reading that article I never did understand why they were starving. Being brought up near that area I knew of all the wild food available.
Unfortunately, the politicians are owned by the people avoiding the taxes. It's a losing situation until the middle class get fed up and realize they are victimized just as much. They are too busy not realizing that the rich are not protecting their interest by not raising wages, even in the case of middle class business owners. The interest is purely on their own. Scrutinizing the poor and victimizing the rich is their grand scheme.
I think this was the response to Brian's post."Tax avoidance is done by all sensible folk, hence the popularity of ISAs."
Rem, there are only TWO classes in the socialism and that is the RULING class and the WORKING class. If your not in those classes, you dead or dying (in their mind, the faster the better). for those out there that want all those parts of socialism, ask your self this one question. Which class will I be in.\
Have a nice day :>)
Bladerunner
You liberals are a gullible lot for sure.
Have a nice day :>)
Bladerunner
Liberal? Me? Hardly. I'm just me. I think anyone who is so stuck on one party are the gullible ones. If you agree and vote for everyone and everything one party wants, you're the gullible ones.
The two party system will aid in the fall of this country.
In the USA we need a dictator. Let him go through and clean house. When he has finished, you simply cut the bastard's head off.
Funny. You just described EXACTLY what is happening already with Capitalism.
Liberal? Me? Hardly. I'm just me. I think anyone who is so stuck on one party are the gullible ones. If you agree and vote for everyone and everything one party wants, you're the gullible ones.
[/QUOTE]The two party system will aid in the fall of this country.