Accountants, Lawyers, Bankers and other non-wealth generating parasites ...

[TykeMerc]

He attempted to join way back when. But baulked at the idea when his Psychometric Test Results bracketed him as having the same military effectiveness as a sandbag!!! But with less sex appeal!!!

That's going far too far.














Sandbags can be quite useful.

[AtW]

Dunno, but RBS are trying hard. Their Dutch office is right nextdoor to the Dutch national debt, known to the world as ING Bank, opposite a casino in Rotterdam. They've even had their very own zebra crossing built for convenience.

You mean stock exchange?

[AtW]

German bank managers can be quite strict about lending money for frivolous expenditure.

You right... they put money into "AAA" grade subprime tulip in USA - had better ROI, at least on paper!

[Doggy Styles]

What about firemen? They only work a small fraction of the time they're paid for.

In London's Burning they used to kip on the night shift like my mate in the print industry.

[xoggoth]

Damn, I'm agreeing with SAS on economics again. I must have caught some lefty brain worms.

I don't think our industry is quite as minor as some imagine but we could certainly use a major shift towards production. The obvious problem with a service based economy is the ease with which other countries could take it over, it needs major investment to make machinery.

Solicitors and accountants are largely unecessary, or would be if we had simpler laws and an effective arbitration system. Bring most of the precedent and common law stuff they spend time arguing about into statute law.

[SueEllen]

What about firemen? They only work a small fraction of the time they're paid for.

In London's Burning they used to kip on the night shift like my mate in the print industry.

Least there is a risk of them not surviving their shift and they have to see horrible things like the aftermath of road traffic accidents.

Bankers, accountants and solicitors only risk is that the client complaints to one of their regulators and they get to hear about it.

[Sysman]

What about firemen? They only work a small fraction of the time they're paid for.

In London's Burning they used to kip on the night shift like my mate in the print industry.

When I lived next door to a fire station they all were running their own private businesses.

Much more productive than kipping.