Why we want more rich people

[istvan]

I'm in. Please send me money, and I promise I'll give 50% of it away to charity.

It has been proven that people are generous with money they do not have. They would give away a large sum if they had won on lottery. Then they win lot of money and all is forgotten. In fact they go broke, they are so careless (money should not be given to the poor, they do not know how to handle it). Democrats are eager to give away moneys of the rich as long as they are from the opposition party...

[DimPrawn]

If you want people to get rich we have to bring back capitalism, rather than the current system of oligarchism and corporatism whereby the financial sector is not as concerned with lending money to small businesses as it is with making profits through arcane financial instruments in order to enrich its directors.
Whilst this state of affairs continues, the UK will continue its decline to penury.

WHS.

Now, is gold going up or down from here?

[IRMe]

Mau Zedong and Stalin's policies killed more people than Hitler's ever did. They never mention that.

Score another for Godwin, and in only 11 posts. Good effort.

[DodgyAgent]

If you want people to get rich we have to bring back capitalism, rather than the current system of oligarchism and corporatism whereby the financial sector is not as concerned with lending money to small businesses as it is with making profits through arcane financial instruments in order to enrich its directors.
Whilst this state of affairs continues, the UK will continue its decline to penury.

But you are quite right much as I loathe agreeing with you

[Scoobos]

In fact a bit like Lord Ashcroft has done - only he is a Tory

Can't wait to find out the dirt on what hes been doing. Do you think he lost it and went cottaging when thatcher died in a kind of breakdown and unsatisfied lust mix?

[xoggoth]

If you want people to get rich we have to bring back capitalism, rather than the current system of oligarchism and corporatism whereby the financial sector is not as concerned with lending money to small businesses as it is with making profits through arcane financial instruments in order to enrich its directors. Whilst this state of affairs continues, the UK will continue its decline to penury.

Forgot to log in and thus read a SAS post that would normally be on my ignore list and I entirely agree. Wow!

[bobspud]

An interesting take on charity can be heard here

Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

Not sure about his views but I can see his point.

[d000hg]

Most capitalists are of no use to anyone. they care only about their own wealth whilst caring not a jot about the poor. If they really cared they would donate their vast fortunes of money to the poor through charities.

FTFY

[AtW]

Lord Ashcroft to give away half of his fortune - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

40% would have been taken as inheritance tax anyway? Suprised Labour did not introduce "higher rate inheritance tax" band at 50%+

[AtW]

If you want people to get rich we have to bring back capitalism, rather than the current system of oligarchism and corporatism

That's the dead end of capitalism road anyway, old chap.