Here's what I think of our government

My Only Wish is that Guy Fawkes was Caught just as he was about to Blow up the Houses of Paliament in 1605, They should have let him go and Awarde him a Medal for doing it,RIP Guy. In the 1990s he would have been known as a Hero

The government has just said they are putting up national insurance, they also said that they considered putting up vat instead, but decided on the former idea,

So, if you already have loads of cash, you are lucky, its buying power is still there,

However, if you still have to go out and earn it, it is now taxed more, it is called..........

"looking after the rich" by the Labour government.

Personally I've never had a problem with lyres. Harps, on the other hand, now there's an instrument you can't trust at all!

grumpyoldwoman

I am always saying it all politicians are lyres and thieves when they are not kissing babes they are pinching there lollypops. So what as changed since robin hoods days? Well robin is long dead but the thieving sheriff lives on.

MikeP,
I would like to point out that in your comment of 23-sep 21:26, You made the following spelling error
"the rich get riched"
It should have been "the rich get richer"
You see?
It happens to all of us.
Think about that next time you point out somebody elses errors.

Is the market in which a slave is sold a free market?

How much of the capital value of a firm can be attributed to its labour force?

How much benefit do the workers in that corporation benefit from "part-ownership" of that capital? [None in my experience.]

In this world of globalised monopolistic corporations, there is no free market for labour.

"Too much".

There, in a nutshell is the crux of the matter.

How to define "too much"?

From the perspective of the beggar then perhaps someone who has £100 is too wealthy. From the other end of the spectrum - £40bn may not be enough.

Do you define "too much" as more than you have, or more than the 'average' wage, or some random number, or what? It is, dare I say, entirely subjective.

And as for the 'point' of wealth, well that is just the way it is, it was and always will be. Even in the depths of Soviet communism there were commisars and proles. Rich and poor. Powerful and powerless.

I am content to accept that inequality is a fact of life and, provided I never pass a (genuine) starving beggar on the streets of Douglas or Ramsey (and there are one or two) without handing over a donation (I always do) then I can live with myself.

What is the point of a single person having $40.0 billion wealth?

When is too much, too much?

When does wealth generation just become the simple looting of the resources of a nation or the world?

Is being super-rich being Green?

Was Genghis Khan evil?

What justification is there for capitalism?

Capitalism tends to degrade into pure monopolism which is of no advantage or good whatsoever for the consumer or workers. It is the avowed aim of every corporation to wipe out its competitors, or to take them over.

"As soon one class gets ahead it exploits the others. Generally the rich get riched and the poor get poorer, really poor"

It's called capitalism, Señor Che, and your system never really worked. Hay que entender un poco del historia del mundo, amigo.

ou brainwashed people are all suffering from brain haemorrhages. You have all had massive strokes.

There is only one way to run an economy and that is fairly. As soon one class gets ahead it exploits the others. Generally the rich get riched and the poor get poorer, really poor. The average wealth of a person in such an economy is far, far poorer than in a sharing economy.

It stands to reason that our nasty, greedy Thatcherite economy has gone far too far. Our lazy good for nothing aristocrats have had it too good for too long.

It is about time we spread a little reason in this world

Long live the Revolution.

Grumpy old woman, your last comment is probably correct, I could realy see this happening.

" There are always people coming up with this argument of sharing things out equally"

It's called communism and whilst in theory it has some merit, it has been proved in practice to be unworkable as it goes against the basic tenets of human nature and interaction. It was a failed experiment which costs the lives of millions through war, poverty, and genocide. It blighted countries across the world and many are still suffering as a consequence.

All you little pocket socialists, weirdos and lefties need to catch a wake up and understand that the class system, wealth and poverty, slavery, whatever you like to call it, is here to stay.