Economics for idiots

[Jairzinho]

3 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Guess I'm only on ignore when it suits him

 

Anyway. Sir Jim Ratcliffe. 

DuffMan has already given him the example of Dell as well.

[Boss]

6 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Bill Gates is so keen on paying more tax that he pays tax in countries that he has fuck all business in.

 

Bill Gates doesn't even run Microsoft. He's just a board member.

[Captain Turdseye]

[Jairzinho]

2 minutes ago, Boss said:

Bill Gates doesn't even run Microsoft. He's just a board member.

I bet barely a day goes by without him making the case for paying tax in the countries Microsoft makes all its money in.

 

[Bjornebye]

29 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Sir Jim Ratcliffe. 

[Strontium]

1 hour ago, Duff Man said:

Imagine making up a quote, denying it when it's there for all to see, then changing tack to the pedant game and being just plain wrong about that, too. Quite an achievement.

 

It's really weird that the super rich are almost always against raising taxes, but can't wait to tell you about their new foundation. It's a real mystery.

 

Got any examples yet?

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, Sixtimes Dog said:

 

It's really weird that the super rich are almost always against raising taxes, but can't wait to tell you about their new foundation. It's a real mystery.

 

Got any examples yet?

Sir Jim Ratcliffe ! 

[Strontium]

1 hour ago, Jairzinho said:

DuffMan has already given him the example of Dell as well.

 

I missed that. So, great, we've got one. A man who doesn't trust government not to spend money on bombs and shit so would rather give it directly to good causes of his choice.

 

Being honest, I think we're going to need more than one to sustain the "almost always" claim, but it's a start, at least.

[Duff Man]

1 hour ago, Jairzinho said:

DuffMan has already given him the example of Dell as well.

Utterly futile to point it out to him, of course.

[Bjornebye]

3 minutes ago, Duff Man said:

Utterly futile to point it out to him, of course.

Can you please post 'Sir Jim Ratcliffe' just to stop him weasling. 

 

 

[Jairzinho]

8 hours ago, Duff Man said:

Utterly futile to point it out to him, of course.

This is true. 

 

[Jairzinho]

8 hours ago, Sixtimes Dog said:

 

I missed that. So, great, we've got one. A man who doesn't trust government not to spend money on bombs and shit so would rather give it directly to good causes of his choice.

 

Being honest, I think we're going to need more than one to sustain the "almost always" claim, but it's a start, at least.

Oh he's anti-war campaigner.

 

Certainly an interesting version of reality. 

[Mudface]

Has anyone posted Jim Ratcliffe yet?

[Pidge]

Never heard of him.

[s(k)aturation]

8 hours ago, Sixtimes Dog said:

Got any examples yet?

 

This isn't getting us anywhere.

Perhaps we need an example of an example.

 

[Jairzinho]

32 minutes ago, skaro said:

 

This isn't getting us anywhere.

Perhaps we need an example of an example.

 

An acceptable one doesn't exist. Which leads us back to DuffMan's point.

[s(k)aturation]

2 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

An acceptable one doesn't exist. Which leads us back to DuffMan's point.

 

I'm far too confused to fathom that.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

2 hours ago, Mudface said:

Has anyone posted Jim Ratcliffe yet?

Great shout 

[Mudface]

24 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Great shout 

Cheers mate, been trying to think of a suitable billionaire all night.

[deiseach]

2 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

An acceptable one doesn't exist. Which leads us back to DuffMan's point.

 

2 hours ago, skaro said:

I'm far too confused to fathom that.

No true Scotsman.

[s(k)aturation]

2 minutes ago, deiseach said:

 

No true Scotsman.

 

Worse than that.

 

I come from thick, Tsarist and Turkishly-subjugated ancestry.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

Isn't it funny that a certain person swerved this thread when he was getting embarrassed for being a lying gobshite 

[Bjornebye]

Yet again 

[Boss]

I'm trying to figure out this conundrum.

 

Karl Marx - Indirectly caused the death of millions of people with his ideological aims. Allowed his kids to die in poverty whilst refusing to work. Had a baby with his babysitter and kept it secret from his wife. Hero

 

Andrew Carnegie - Built the American railroad, thousands of public libraries and Carnegie Mellon University. Gave away $350,000,000 towards world peace, charities and good deeds during his life time. Villain

[aRdja]

10 minutes ago, Boss said:

I'm trying to figure out this conundrum.

 

Karl Marx - Indirectly caused the death of millions of people with his ideological aims. Allowed his kids to die in poverty whilst refusing to work. Had a baby with his babysitter and kept it secret from his wife. Hero

 

Andrew Carnegie - Built the American railroad, thousands of public libraries and Carnegie Mellon University. Gave away $350,000,000 towards world peace, charities and good deeds during his life time. Villain

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