tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post1895013861683883219..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: It's about how wealth is distributedJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-31065432643640459892020-10-06T19:04:33.761+01:002020-10-06T19:04:33.761+01:00"Do you think I'm a little bit angry abou...<i>"Do you think I'm a little bit angry about something?"</i> Not without justification. I agree with the points you make - it's amazing, though, how many people are taken in by the 'government creates nothing' myth. John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-81605081729686606092020-10-06T14:28:49.590+01:002020-10-06T14:28:49.590+01:00It is this process of sucking out money from the p...It is this process of sucking out money from the public coffers into relatively few private holdings that constitutes the "great theft" of the privatisation era. While selling shares (or homes) at knock down prices was the device that made people think they "belonged"the real objective has become more apparent - the progressive impoverishment of masses for the benefit of the relatively few. The so called middle class is already feeling the pain with only the escalating values of houses supporting the illusion of wealth. Near zero interest rates on anything remotely "safe" has already reduced fixed incomes to a pittance and the more bold are now heavily exposed to stock market volatility if they have diverted savings into equities. Bonds etc are worth next to bugger all unless the investor has ventured into the riskier end of that market. And who's doing well ? The institutions and the seriously wealthy who are creaming off profits in the form of fat cat salaries and dividends from service companies (offshore?)shielded from the leaner dividends of the listed shares available to us the common herd. <br /><br />The mantras about wealth creation are now overworked just as "trickle down" has failed abysmally. Not much point enabling a spiv to earn millions p.a. if his workers are on near minimum wages and variable/zero hours, especially if the little prick is allowed to shunt his money offshore to evade paying his fair share of the tax burden. At heart Boris just wants to be one of these guys. All his verbal flatulence is just a sham, he's just a front for a bunch of real bad bastards. <br /><br />Do you think I'm a little bit angry about something ? dafishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216920242825385976noreply@blogger.com