General Discussion
It shows these are desperate times when we have to resort to gambling to try and get some funding to regenerate the Town, but since it has got to this state here in Dawlish, we may as well have a go anyway.
Workfare is a bad idea if it means subsidising businesses. The best thing would be for people to do community work, such as clearing up litter, restoring church buildings, etc. Unfortunately, this is seen as 'punishment' in this day and age. When you think about it, it is a screwed up system when a Judge can sentence someone to work! Is work really punishment? If so, I may put in an appeal.
That is a good idea except there is not a lot of choice out there.
It has always amazed me how some people (ThomasTheRymer included it seems) actually think that it is the duty of the state to fund benefit lifestylers. "And what would you suggest a single mother actually do to pay for themselves?" - well get a job for starters. So what if she has to pay money to a carer? At least she will be contributing to and supporting the economy. Then there will be 2 jobs + ...
Just looked at the independent article and it says Hester is due for an extra £3.3 million bonus on top of the £900K. Also to date he has "earnt" £35.54m in pay. So there is no one that could have run the bank for say a £100K salary or a £200K salary, even £800K or even a £1.6 million salary? I mean David Cameron runs the country for £100K (tempted to put the 'i' in the 'run' there but seriously, ...
I've argued that housing benefit should be scrapped. It is just another prop propping up over-inflated house prices. £20 billion a year (which is what the tax payer bill is) would build a lot of council houses. We will need these for the next generation of workers since there will be no chance of them being able to buy a house whilst Mervin King and his gang deliberately prevent house prices from ...
I watched Channel 4 news also. I think the main issue is that Bankers believe they should be the most highly paid people on the planet whereas the rest of us don't. The problem is that the bankers have established a platform over the last few decades that allows them to self indulge. If any outsider tries to interfere then they threaten the world with economic mayhem. Alister Darling said that ...
Cassandra, I think the tax argument has worn thin and is not used by bankers and politicians anymore since the economic damage and loss caused by banks far outways any tax revenue. I read someone that for every 1 million a banker made over the last decade it costs the tax payer 5. I meant Vince Cable, but you are right, I just googled it and Vince Clark was in Erasure. I was probably mixing ...
I've been reading some of the arguments about why Hester should receive a large bonus. They are all based on the idea that he has turned the company around. There is nothing in his contract that obliges a bonus. If this is the case, why is is the share price 28p? It doesn't look like the markets have any faith in RBS. The true reality is, the bankers and their cartel are running the show and no ...
So much for petitioning... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16751691 Just goes to show how weak polititians are. They always talk the talk, but when it comes to action they are just a bunch of cowardly c*ck suckers. And they wonder why it ends in riots. Where are my shares anyway?
