Quote from: Hookeysmith on January 09, 2025, 04:44:11 PMI am sorry but what a load of shitI see the huge queues at job centres by the thousands of people arriving in the country illigally each month / year taking good honest British peoples jobs. They are not here to take peoples jobsI do see that they drain working people resources by putting nowhere as much back into society than they take. Unlike a lot of philanthropic billionaires who actually do put something back into the local areas they operate in.Yep, that’s it, it’s all the fault of the foreigners. Billionaires are good. Poor people from abroad are bad. Thick as mince.
I am sorry but what a load of shitI see the huge queues at job centres by the thousands of people arriving in the country illigally each month / year taking good honest British peoples jobs. They are not here to take peoples jobsI do see that they drain working people resources by putting nowhere as much back into society than they take. Unlike a lot of philanthropic billionaires who actually do put something back into the local areas they operate in.
Well just as the view that all billionaires are objectionable ****** is somewhat limited, the accusation that everyone espousing it must be a communist is so laughable it’s embarrassing. This has been my Centrist Dad TedTalk, thanks for coming.
I'm just glad that we have such great owners, and that we're all so appreciative. UTV!
Quote from: AV82EC on January 09, 2025, 06:27:04 PMWell just as the view that all billionaires are objectionable ****** is somewhat limited, the accusation that everyone espousing it must be a communist is so laughable it’s embarrassing. This has been my Centrist Dad TedTalk, thanks for coming.I disagree but I think there needs to be a bit of clarity, there may be billionaires who are good people in many ways but it's impossible to generate anything like that amount of money without someone, somewhere being exploited.If you could line the same lifestyle you enjoy currently with 1% of your wealth then, without question, you have too much money, especially living in a country where people are homeless, use food banks, etc
This should probably be in off topic but H&V is so wonderfully fluid, following the profit and tax mitigation wherever it may flow. Full story here, but the key points are:QuoteNext has announced that it will raise prices on some clothing to offset "an unusually high" £73m increase in staff wages and taxes. The High Street retailer said that costs will grow due to measures announced in the autumn Budget, including higher National Insurance payments by employers as well as an increase in the National Living Wage.Next expects profits to rise by 3.6% to more than £1bn next year.To put it another way: "We don't want to pay more tax or give our low wage grunts a tiny raise. After all, we have to increase our enormous profits." Or, if you prefer, genius people with only philanthropy at heart being stomped on by the woke boot of communism.
Next has announced that it will raise prices on some clothing to offset "an unusually high" £73m increase in staff wages and taxes. The High Street retailer said that costs will grow due to measures announced in the autumn Budget, including higher National Insurance payments by employers as well as an increase in the National Living Wage.Next expects profits to rise by 3.6% to more than £1bn next year.
Quote from: Olneythelonely on January 09, 2025, 04:52:37 PMQuote from: Hookeysmith on January 09, 2025, 04:44:11 PMI am sorry but what a load of shitI see the huge queues at job centres by the thousands of people arriving in the country illigally each month / year taking good honest British peoples jobs. They are not here to take peoples jobsI do see that they drain working people resources by putting nowhere as much back into society than they take. Unlike a lot of philanthropic billionaires who actually do put something back into the local areas they operate in.Yep, that’s it, it’s all the fault of the foreigners. Billionaires are good. Poor people from abroad are bad. Thick as mince. Careful your halo doesn't slip.If only we could all be right like you.You don't know me so ease off with the personal insults pal
Quote from: Olneythelonely on January 09, 2025, 04:52:37 PMQuote from: Hookeysmith on January 09, 2025, 04:44:11 PMI am sorry but what a load of shitI see the huge queues at job centres by the thousands of people arriving in the country illigally each month / year taking good honest British peoples jobs. They are not here to take peoples jobsI do see that they drain working people resources by putting nowhere as much back into society than they take. Unlike a lot of philanthropic billionaires who actually do put something back into the local areas they operate in.Yep, that’s it, it’s all the fault of the foreigners. Billionaires are good. Poor people from abroad are bad. Thick as mince.Just because you dont agree with someone doesn't mean they are thick and think its outrageous your allowed to get away with that.I dont agree with a majority of his post but he is allowed to have a opinion without being insulted
Who is the 'we' to which you refer ? Next is a public company, which means the executives making these decisions don't necessarily own the company (the stockholders do) and the C-suite bear a fiduciary responsibility to the stockholders to maximise returns. If you own stocks and many people do, either directly or through pension funds, then you are one of the owners of that business. The whole system is corrupt and biased in favor of the wealthy (money talks) but in reality most people will still support businesses that exploit workers, eg. how many people have refused to buy Apple products, or Nike, or Microsoft, or from Amazon, etc, etc....The corruption relies on apathy and convenience (mine included) to subdue the injustice and sadly I don't see this changing in a hurry.