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23-05-2012, 20:27
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Originally Posted by teenyweeny
The people i dislike the most are those who inherit, who have never had two pennies to scratch their bums with..and come across as holier than though attitude and love to see their family struggle and others..They make me sick as they squander their money.
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You have got someone in particular in mind. I can tell! 
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23-05-2012, 20:28
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What makes me laugh is how totally "self-made" they like to think they are, even though it is the road, hospital, law enforcement and social housing infrastructure (all of which are provided by the state) that have created the condusive environment in which they are able to operate.
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But the same 'condusive environment' is open to everyone, yet not everyone becomes 'self made'. Some greatly succeed, some greatly fail, and most of us muddle along to various degrees in the middle.
So there clearly IS something about how different individuals respond to the condusive environment around them. It is each individuals combination of skill, vision, determination, (and an element of luck), that seperates the self made from the rest.
To suggest that people are primarily a product of a government-provided environment is simply false.
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23-05-2012, 20:29
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Is it national grudge week or something?
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23-05-2012, 20:30
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******STEALTH THREAD*******
this thread is really about banning inheritance. don't play the game
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23-05-2012, 20:31
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Originally Posted by discodown
******STEALTH THREAD*******
this thread is really about banning inheritance. don't play the game
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So how much did daddy give you then? 
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23-05-2012, 20:33
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So how much did daddy give you then? |
Nothing. He died a poor man after working all his life.
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23-05-2012, 20:33
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And they think they're so clever and classless and free, but they're still******* peasants as far as I can see.........John Lennon.
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Old John wasn't above earning a few quid in his time. I'm not sure a lot of it went to help the starving poor, but I could be wrong. I was the youngest of a very socialist family in Sheffield as a kid, until I joined the Royal Navy, which was conservative to the core. I found most of the middle class were too, not monsters at all, just trying to make a living like you and me. Many ran small businesses, which employed good skilled people without having the unions trying to break them.
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23-05-2012, 20:34
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Legislation could prevent it and it could be policed.  |
You're going to legislate to prevent parents buying things for their children?
Good luck with that. It sounds like a real vote winner! 
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23-05-2012, 20:36
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You're going to legislate to prevent parents buying things for their children?
Good luck with that. It sounds like a real vote winner! |
In a previous thread the OP (or another alias of, the posting style is very similar) claims he had a huge inheritance and gave it all away to make his own way in life. Now he wants everyone else to do the same.
This thread is a thinly veiled attempt to get around to that subject. Don't play his game!
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23-05-2012, 20:36
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Originally Posted by buck
Old John wasn't above earning a few quid in his time. I'm not sure a lot of it went to help the starving poor, but I could be wrong. I was the youngest of a very socialist family in Sheffield as a kid, until I joined the Royal Navy, which was conservative to the core. I found most of the middle class were too, not monsters at all, just trying to make a living like you and me. Many ran small businesses, which employed good skilled people without having the unions trying to break them.
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Thanx redneck.
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23-05-2012, 20:37
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Originally Posted by discodown
In a previous thread the OP claims he had a huge inheritance and gave it all away to make his own way in life. Now he wants everyone else to do the same.
This thread is a thinly veiled attempt to get around to that subject. Don't play his game!
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WOW......what have you been on. SEND ME SOME!
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23-05-2012, 20:42
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Each to their own, you make your decisions and have to pay the consequences. There are quite a few people, or rather people who class themselves as Conservatives, at our meeting rooms and they generally get short shrift. They never have friends and tend to see everyone as a competitor, even their wives and members of their own family. They are the type of people who want state-financed services of support but once they have directly benefited from state handouts they want the drawbridge pulled up so nobody else can benefit from the services. They enjoy being vulgar and generally resort to making unecessary comments about their wealth, i.e. vulgar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHo2pXO_XAI
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23-05-2012, 20:42
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I'd be happy to still have my parents alive but were it not for them we'd still be renting so bugger you and your silly ideas. I'm alright jack 
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23-05-2012, 20:42
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23-05-2012, 20:52
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Originally Posted by Mecky
Each to their own, you make your decisions and have to pay the consequences. There are quite a few people, or rather people who class themselves as Conservatives, at our meeting rooms and they generally get short shrift. They never have friends and tend to see everyone as a competitor, even their wives and members of their own family. They are the type of people who want state-financed services of support but once they have directly benefited from state handouts they want the drawbridge pulled up so nobody else can benefit from the services. They enjoy being vulgar and generally resort to making unecessary comments about their wealth, i.e. vulgar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHo2pXO_XAI |
Those sketches are greatly amusing. The sad part is that they would not be funny in the slightest if such people did not exist. Unfortunately they do exist in quite large numbers.
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23-05-2012, 20:53
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Originally Posted by Kerrangaroo
I'd be happy to still have my parents alive but were it not for them we'd still be renting so bugger you and your silly ideas. I'm alright jack |
The honesty is so refreshing. 
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23-05-2012, 21:01
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Originally Posted by Sebtine
It seems to me that some people simply wallow in the downfall of their fellow human beings. They appear to take great delight from their suffering and inability to cope at what the world throws at them. It is particularly noticeable from tories who are ok for cash because of what mummy and daddy gave them.
Why are some people like this? I have noticed it on various threads on here over the last few days. The daddy bought me this and mummy gave me that brigade are always the worst people. They love to gloat and tell others "I'm alright Jack"  |
The self made man or woman are far worse,since they imply all people can replicate their material success.
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23-05-2012, 21:03
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Originally Posted by Jim Hardie
Maybe Tories are ok for cash because they believe in working for a living. Just a thought.
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A thought yes,thought out,no!
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23-05-2012, 21:09
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This is why we should make inheritance illegal and thus create true equality.
Imagine it, for the first time in history...people are really born equal. |
Cant be done as parents would give away their assets before the died;most prudent people do this anyway to avoid IHT.What about inherited intelllgence and other traits which advantage the fortunate elite?
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23-05-2012, 21:12
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Originally Posted by gnvqsos
Cant be done as parents would give away their assets before the died;most prudent people do this anyway to avoid IHT.What about inherited intelllgence and other traits which advantage the fortunate elite?
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The inequality in wealth redistribution is much more easily addressed. It is an excellent starting point.
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