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26-04-2015, 08:16 AM
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Billionaires

Apparently there are thirteen more Billionaires in Britain, (BBC News) than last year, see here's the problem, if you had a Billion Pounds, in pound coins, it would take a Ball Park 32 years to count it all.
Is having more Billionaires good for Britain, and are we all richer as a result?
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26-04-2015, 08:36 AM
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Re: Billionaires

Well I'm not richer as a result
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26-04-2015, 09:05 AM
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When there is so much poverty in this country I think it is disgusting. People sleeping in the streets and those rolling in more money than they could ever spend to generate productivity!
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26-04-2015, 09:08 AM
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I don't have a problem with it they will probably be spending quite a bit giving employment to others...
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26-04-2015, 09:10 AM
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Re: Billionaires

I won £10 on the lottery last night-when I get to being a billionaire I will let you know.
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26-04-2015, 09:10 AM
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I want to agree with Meg but the employment is likely NMW or zero hours so I think I have to agree with Moyra.
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26-04-2015, 09:15 AM
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We have one in charge of my cities football team, Mike Ashley, or Cashley as he is known up here, very much despised as he has ran the club into the ground my milking it for profit, but i guess thats how these people make their cash. Big on zero hours contracts for his employees at his other firms, many of the new ones seem to be from outside the UK, and apparently the queen has dropped out of the top 300 rich list in the UK.

Whip round anyone, i am considerably poorer that i was this time last year, getting worried as my gutter is becoming overcrowded.
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26-04-2015, 09:16 AM
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Re: Billionaires

Originally Posted by Older git ->
I won £10 on the lottery last night-when I get to being a billionaire I will let you know.



Better go and do me scratch cards quick
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26-04-2015, 09:35 AM
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Re: Billionaires

Well would you believe it, here's another thread for the disaffected to give the successful go getters another good bashing.

Perhaps instead of bitching about the wealth of others some of you should go out there yourselves and start a multinational company employing thousands and paying qullions to the country in tax.
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26-04-2015, 09:46 AM
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Ooo I don't know about that - a lot of tax dodgers out there .......
 
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