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    Quote Originally Posted by Raceworx View Post
    again with the communism, COMMUNISM IS NOT SOCIALISM!! but isnt one of the fastest growing countrys in the world (China) a communist one sitting back laughing at us all as we desperatly try and buy its overpriced goods so we can look well off..
    Cannot ........ stand ......... irony of this .... comment ......

    Seriously dude, read a bit and come back, you are obviously interested but you are waaaaaaaaaaaaay off the mark, Im not even going to point out where but you can start with China, "the only way capitalism works" and "Risk assessment and insurance claims: why private services are 1000 time more expensive than they used to be"
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    I get the feeling that this would only work if we could pursuade Ernest Borgnine to drive the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth hovercraft.
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    After I shave my balls swarfega helps soothe, but means the hair grows back quite quickly, so give it a go

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    Quote Originally Posted by docwra View Post
    As for pensions, plenty of people in the private sector have lost most or all of their pension funds that they paid their own money into. Excuse me if I dont shed a tear for people who had a final salary pension with no contribution required that now have to put in 5% to be matched 15% by the government, at least they are still getting something.

    Regardless, pension reform is not the same as denying an individual a promised bonus, not a valid argument for me.
    To me it is a valid argument, as its something that was promised when the job was started, then taken away whilst the people are working.
    Same as promising a bonus to a banker and taking it away (although in the case that began this discussion, I don't believe it was taken away, he just ended up pushed into not taking it?).
    bovvered?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghazoobe View Post
    To me it is a valid argument, as its something that was promised when the job was started, then taken away whilst the people are working.
    Redeuced, not taken away, and as someone who has seen first hand his Dad lose the entirety of a contribution pension through mismanagement of his former company, what you are talking about isnt quite the same for me, certainly not as this was a reward for acheivement.
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    what people wearing green glasses needs to ask themselves is this :-

    if you are not in a job which offers PERFORMANCE related earning capacity ( not a bonus for just turning up as some daily mail readers would have you believe ) ask yourself why not?

    what do you contribute to your company or employer?

    do you GENERATE income and earnings.

    if yes and your not being rewarded then go somewhere else where you will be

    if no then ask yourself what drives you to be angry at these PERFORMANCE AWARDS, is it just outrage or are you just jealous?

    and the pensions argument is conpletely moot as it's not the same. you can turn up and be shit at your job in the public sector and still earn a pension contributionand income in retirement

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    ^^^ This

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    its 100% jealousy .... face it some guy has landed a job that get him a £1m bonus ..... practically none of us will ever earn that much money let alone recieve it in a lump sum bonus

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny View Post
    its 100% jealousy .... face it some guy has landed a job that get him a £1m bonus ..... practically none of us will ever earn that much money let alone recieve it in a lump sum bonus
    Is it though?

    I dont see the public calling for public floggings of Richard Branson, Alan Sugar, Duncan Bannatyne et al.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prior View Post
    Is it though?

    I dont see the public calling for public floggings of Richard Branson, Alan Sugar, Duncan Bannatyne et al.
    thats probably because they have public personas.

    The media has convinced everyone all bankers are cnuts and crooks, do fook all work and spend all their time in sw@nky wine bars taking the piss out of the working classes

    This has been on the news every night this week and every night i have wanted to stab milliband in the neck
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    Quote Originally Posted by Prior View Post
    Is it though?

    I dont see the public calling for public floggings of Richard Branson, Alan Sugar, Duncan Bannatyne et al.
    That's because their wagesaren't on the front page of the daily fail / the sun / insert tabloid here

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    Heresy a good one mark zuckerburg man behind Facebook.

    Worth 16bn dolla . floating in march while gain him about another 5bn.

    he essentially stole the idea from someone else and then bought then off.

    Why is this not receiving public condemnation.

    Bill gates. warren buffet. all people who make our bankers bonuses look like loose change down the back of rhd couch

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    thats probably because they have public personas.

    The media has convinced everyone all bankers are cnuts and crooks, do fook all work and spend all their time in sw@nky wine bars taking the piss out of the working classes

    This has been on the news every night this week and every night i have wanted to stab milliband in the neck
    Quote Originally Posted by Kieran_e1 View Post
    That's because their wagesaren't on the front page of the daily fail / the sun / insert tabloid here
    Whether the media advanced this hatred or not, its a well known fact gross (criminal?) financial mismanagement at the very top nearly bankrupted this country. Thats where the anger comes from, not from a jealousy that a CEO is getting near £2m a year in salary & bonuses.

    Im in the camp that agrees the aggression shown towards Hestor is unfair and he should get whats entitled to him, but to say people are only pissed off because they are jealous is too simplistic. It doesnt help with top city bosses come out en masse to damn the decision to strip Fred the Shred of his knighthood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kieran_e1 View Post
    Heresy a good one mark zuckerburg man behind Facebook.

    Worth 16bn dolla . floating in march while gain him about another 5bn.

    he essentially stole the idea from someone else and then bought then off.

    Why is this not receiving public condemnation.

    Bill gates. warren buffet. all people who make our bankers bonuses look like loose change down the back of rhd couch
    Because Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates havent caused global recessions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kieran_e1 View Post
    Heresy a good one mark zuckerburg man behind Facebook.

    Worth 16bn dolla . floating in march while gain him about another 5bn.

    he essentially stole the idea from someone else and then bought then off.

    Why is this not receiving public condemnation.

    Bill gates. warren buffet. all people who make our bankers bonuses look like loose change down the back of rhd couch
    If any of those people feck it up and go bankrupt it wont cripple the economy though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daz View Post
    If any of those people feck it up and go bankrupt it wont cripple the economy though.
    If warren buffet went under then the ramifications would be globally horrific.

    Probably gatestoo but that's never.gonna happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kieran_e1 View Post
    Heresy a good one mark zuckerburg man behind Facebook.

    Worth 16bn dolla . floating in march while gain him about another 5bn.

    he essentially stole the idea from someone else and then bought then off.

    Why is this not receiving public condemnation.

    Bill gates. warren buffet. all people who make our bankers bonuses look like loose change down the back of rhd couch
    Quote Originally Posted by Kieran_e1 View Post
    If warren buffet went under then the ramifications would be globally horrific.

    Probably gatestoo but that's never.gonna happen.
    My bad, didnt know who he was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prior View Post
    Whether the media advanced this hatred or not, its a well known fact gross (criminal?) financial mismanagement at the very top nearly bankrupted this country. Thats where the anger comes from, not from a jealousy that a CEO is getting near £2m a year in salary & bonuses.
    Yes some cnuts fooked it up but now people have stepped in to turn it around and are still getting treated like cnuts.

    And why is no one going after Labour for allowing house prizes to get out of control which lead to 100% mortgages being common practice as people on £20k cant afford a £150k house otherwise. In 1993 my house was valued at around £60k, in 2007 we paid £163k for it. Thats fooking mental
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kieran_e1 View Post
    Probably gatestoo but that's never.gonna happen.
    Yer could you imagine the impact of there being no Microsoft !!!!!! People may laugh and go 'good, no more fooking IE' but the amount of systems around the work reliant on MS is pretty major.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    Yer could you imagine the impact of there being no Microsoft !!!!!! People may laugh and go 'good, no more fooking IE' but the amount of systems around the work reliant on MS is pretty major.
    just think how many jobs would be created in the IT sector as people would need to recode, migrate and support all the new software and OS's

    it would go a long way to recovering the global economy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    Yes some cnuts fooked it up but now people have stepped in to turn it around and are still getting treated like cnuts.

    And why is no one going after Labour for allowing house prizes to get out of control which lead to 100% mortgages being common practice as people on £20k cant afford a £150k house otherwise. In 1993 my house was valued at around £60k, in 2007 we paid £163k for it. Thats fooking mental
    There isn't the frenzy in the media about house prices because a good chunk of the population bought before the boom so are sitting on the false sense of acomplishment with increased equity. I know for a fact my auntie & uncle who bought their £500k house in 1992 for £110k dont give a flying f*ck about how hard it is for first time buyers.

    Even our generation weren't too worried until 100% mortgages were withdrawn.

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    Quote Originally Posted by docwra View Post
    I think the proof of the fact that Capitalism does work and communism doesnt might be ......... lets see, the collapse of communism on a global scale and the continued success, including the uptake of capitalism itself to replace communism, of the capitalist countries over the last 40 years?
    To be fair, capitalism would have collapsed too if various governments hadn't come over all socialist and stepped in.

    Sure, its not perfect, but when the whole frickin country is up in arms about immigration, dole bludgers, unneccessary/unjust welfare payments, union strike action and a lack of respect from an entire generation its probably not the best time to be advocating a return to socialism to me
    In the circumstances, it's not a great time to be advocating capitalism either TBH

    Neither system works without the checks and balances required to ensure moderation. It’d be nice to think we’ve learnt that lesson but I imagine the same was said in the 1930’s.

    This thread has gone way off topic but IMO Hester should have got his bonus. No one will benefit when RBS becomes the next British Leyand

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