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Post by DADDY O on Jan 19, 2017 9:46:26 GMT
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Post by sherri on Jan 19, 2017 12:28:57 GMT
This is a bit off topic but I noticed she was commenting that the world was enjoying an unprecedented amount of wealth.
I was reading in the paper just the other day that 8 men own as much as the poorest half of the total world population.
Pretty amazing thought.
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Post by DADDY O on Jan 19, 2017 20:06:46 GMT
When you consider the "Billions" of people who live in China, India, etc. that own nothing, but work at beyond menial jobs manufacturing crap that we Americans, Brits, Aussies, Canadians, etc. buy, it's really not too hard to believe those numbers. I look at as it's not that 8 men control 1/2 of the wealth in the world as much as it is as 1/2 of the world population work for countries like China, India, et. al. who look on their citizens as just another cheap resource. Instead of taxing the living crap out them like our countries do, they make their money off of their people's backs.
This is one of the reasons why I give Andy so much shit on the other board. He's bought into that scheme where human life is not as important as quality of life.
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Post by sherri on Jan 19, 2017 21:34:08 GMT
I wonder if any of those countries have much in the way of regulations or a minimum wage.
I remember reading years ago about a gas leak from a pesticide company in India. Bhopal. Union Carbide owned most of it. Apparently a lot of safety systems weren't functioning at the time. in any case, it probably was not being run up to the standards that would be required in a first world country.
And that's the thing, isn't it. A lot of American chemical companies quite happily sell drugs and chemicals that may have been banned as unsafe in US. When it comes to money, for many businesses, ethics go out the window.
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Post by DADDY O on Jan 19, 2017 22:22:54 GMT
Very sneaky of you, and yes they do because the government lets them do it. And it's not just Americans, but Aussies and Brits as well.
Remember the BP Oil Rig in the Gulf of Mexico...............worst oil spill in the history of the world.
Thank you British Petroleum for destroying the fishing market in the Gulf for almost a year, not only all of the fishing related jobs, but all of the wildlife dead on the beaches due to the largest oil spill ever.
I like tits for tats.........know which one is my favorite?
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Post by DADDY O on Jan 23, 2017 21:49:01 GMT
Golden Girl will be here at the end of this week. I wonder if she'll stay in the "Lincoln Bedroom" or in the "Golden Room" in Trump Towers?
She's trying to get a trade deal with the USA. I hope she is successful....that should quiet down the anti-Brexit crowd for a while.
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Post by sherri on Jan 23, 2017 22:15:17 GMT
Very sneaky of you, and yes they do because the government lets them do it. And it's not just Americans, but Aussies and Brits as well. Remember the BP Oil Rig in the Gulf of Mexico...............worst oil spill in the history of the world. Thank you British Petroleum for destroying the fishing market in the Gulf for almost a year, not only all of the fishing related jobs, but all of the wildlife dead on the beaches due to the largest oil spill ever. I like tits for tats.........know which one is my favorite? Haha, I can guess. I wasn't meaning to imply only American companies are opportunists. Just about all of them are. They will push things as far as they are legally allowed.
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Post by mrp on Jan 27, 2017 9:01:50 GMT
Thank you for being a friend...
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Post by DADDY O on Jan 31, 2017 20:20:42 GMT
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