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Originally posted by AtW View PostThat's not true.
EU, USA and NATO don't want to do tulip - whilst Turkey is on the sharp end of all this.
EU specifically should have paid Turkey a lot of money to make sure their border is airtight.
Not much Arab Brotherhood there.Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAmerica should force Saudi to take Syrian refugees.
Not much Arab Brotherhood there.
Anyway would you as a refugee rather go to Turkey, Lebanon or Saudi Arabia? Two where you would be allowed to follow a more liberal version of your religion or one where you have to follow Wahhabism. <shudders>"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAmerica should force Saudi to take Syrian refugees.
Not much Arab Brotherhood there.Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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Originally posted by barrydidit View PostIt's this kind of nonsense that reduces our collective productivity to less than that of France.
A Frenchman is more productive than an Englishman. What does this mean? The Frenchman produces more "value" for his boss than the Englishman.
Or to put it in other words. He works harder. He doesn't get paid more. And the 10% of his Countrymen who are unemployed don't produce anything at all.
So we're unproductive. At least we have jobs and we can p*ss around in meetings all day.
I blame CUK for at least part of the problem.Comment
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Originally posted by tomtomagain View PostWe have to challenge this notion that being productive is somehow a good thing.
A Frenchman is more productive than an Englishman. What does this mean? The Frenchman produces more "value" for his boss than the Englishman.
Or to put it in other words. He works harder. He doesn't get paid more. And the 10% of his Countrymen who are unemployed don't produce anything at all.
So we're unproductive. At least we have jobs and we can p*ss around in meetings all day.
I blame CUK for at least part of the problem.
Companies on French employ employ less workers as it costs more and is harder to sack them.
Companies in the UK employ more workers as it costs less and they don't have to be permanent employees. Many of these workers do a few hours here and there, and many of these companies are smaller.
So a French retailer in France would look more productive as they employ 1 person to do a job for 35 hours there as in the UK you would employ 3.Last edited by SueEllen; 22 February 2016, 06:38."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Where you have lots of cheap labour you don't need to be productive, or pay them more.
In a market without growth this drives down pay rates."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Originally posted by cojak View PostWhere you have lots of cheap labour you don't need to be productive, or pay them more.
In a market without growth this drives down pay rates.
Another is refusal of business owners to invest in their business as they rely on the domestic economy to buy their products and their ultimate aim is to sell their business on as soon as possible. If you are an exporter you tend to have a more highly skilled and so better paid workforce."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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N. Korea warns of 'pre-emptive' strike against South, U.S.
We "are ready to immediately and mercilessly punish without slightest leniency, tolerance and patience anyone provoking the dignified supreme headquarters even a bit," the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army said in an English statement carried by the Korean Central Agency.Comment
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