Wealth inequality stands at its highest since the turn of the 20th century - the so-called 'Gilded Age' - as the proportion of capital held by the world's 1,542 dollar billionaires swells yet higher. The report, undertaken by Swiss banking giant UBS and UK accounting company PwC, discusses the roles technology and globalization play in the status quo, and appears two weeks after the IMF recommended that the rich should pay more tax to address the enormous disparity.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday October 29 2017, @04:34PM (10 children)
Strawman. I said people can be civilized without the government forcing them, not that there should be no government. There is a vast gulf between small government and no government.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by jelizondo on Sunday October 29 2017, @10:20PM (9 children)
Give me an example of the type of government you believe exists that is qualitatively different from the government of the U.S., U.K., France, Germany or any other ‘civilized’ nation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @03:46PM
Buzzy doesn't give examples and doesn't explain his opinions beyond superficial ranting. He is a small minded fool whose only real argument is "why do you think it is OK to steal MY money to pay for someone else.". That is it, fill stop. Logic begins and ends right there for him.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday October 30 2017, @04:04PM (7 children)
(Score: 2) by jelizondo on Tuesday October 31 2017, @12:58AM (6 children)
Either TMB forgot to switch accounts or you can read his mind!
Assuming TMB is a straight arrow and would not be trying to fool us with multiple accounts, I gather you know what he's thinking. So tell me, where does he keep his stash?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 31 2017, @04:33AM (5 children)
And if we are to believe the story, we're in the midst of a second gilded age despite the far larger governments of the present. Funny how they spend so much more without getting so much more.
(Score: 2) by jelizondo on Tuesday October 31 2017, @04:38AM (4 children)
Maybe I should have highlighted the part that reads 'you believe' as in referring to TMB?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 31 2017, @05:44AM (3 children)
(Score: 1) by jelizondo on Tuesday October 31 2017, @07:09PM (2 children)
I want TMB's opinion, that is all. Not any opinion, but his.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 31 2017, @11:43PM (1 child)
(Score: 2) by jelizondo on Wednesday November 01 2017, @01:50AM
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. I went back to my post and realized that it can be read perfectly as anybody/everybody being asked and that was not my intent. I apologize.