Maybe A Silly Question But Where Is All The Money Coming From.

[SparklyKid]

Extended furlough, half the cost of the earlier meals ( I did not go, could not stand the queue)

Goodness knows how many additional benefits.

We all owe a death, some sooner than others, naturally.

Why don't all the worlds millionaires give vast amounts to the cause.

Maybe our Queen could give a few quid,lol.

[dannyk13]

It will come from increased taxes at some stage.

[SparklyKid]

Hi dannyk13. Yes, I fear it will.

[maggiebee]

Maybe Boris has a printing press in his rose garden and Nicola has one in Holyrood.

[SparklyKid]

How is the world's wealth distributed?




half of the world's net wealth belongs to the top 1%, top 10% of adults hold 85%, while the bottom 90% hold the remaining 15% of the world's total wealth, top 30% of adults hold 97% of the total wealth.






Distribution of wealth - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

[tiggerblue10]

I'd like to think that Jeff Bezos at al are helping out with funds around the world.

[Peter Pedant]

Why don't all the worlds millionaires give vast amounts to the cause.
didnt work
doesnt workI thought asquith had given 1/6 ( 17%) of his fortune to the treasury and no one followed suit

where does moolah come from - we borrow it and have to pay back later

[SparklyKid]

where does moolah come from - we borrow it and have to pay back later


Hi PP, borrow from who ? Soz, another silly question

[Peter Pedant]

sounds like the begining of the politics of envy ...

[Peter Pedant]

uvva people who have the moolah
you know the 1%

[richtee]

The millionaires of this world become that way because they keep their money to themselves- thats how they get to be millionaires!!

[bhg481]

Money is strange stuff in that it doesn't really exist; it's just a cunning way of measuring how much useful work you've done. A rich person might have a painting worth £millions but it's only of any value to a person who wants it, so giving it to someone who needs food is only of any use if they can find someone who has food to swap it for. It always fascinates me when something becomes valuable just because it was created by a certain person or belonged to someone "famous".

[aelmpvw]

i heard a rumour that tax on rum was being quadrupled . . .

[SparklyKid]

We have sufficient for our meagre needs. Why do the likes of Kim Kardashian need billions of dollars.

[SparklyKid]

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i heard a rumour that tax on rum was being quadrupled . . .


11:52 Sun 01st Nov 2020

That thought scares me more than this virus whatnot.

[Ellipsis]

> half of the world's net wealth belongs to the top 1%, top 10% of adults hold 85%, while the bottom 90% hold the remaining 15% of the world's total wealth, top 30% of adults hold 97% of the total wealth.

Where do you reckon you come in that list?

Top 1%
Top 10%
Top 30%
Bottom 70%

[Sunk]

// I'd like to think that Jeff Bezos [is]helping out //

As a result of Covid, Amazons profits have DOUBLED in the last 6 months.

// Locked-down shoppers drove sales 40 per cent higher, year-on-year, to $88.9bn, helping the company record $5.2bn in net income for the three months to the end of June. //

[SparklyKid]

Hi Ellipsis. Way down at the bottom, even further down.

[HansUrbancka]

Tottenham's Topknot Taff could afford to donate a few weeks pay to help out.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/gareth-bale-wages-tottenham-real-madrid-salary-comparison-harry-kane-652772

Hans.

[naomi24]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50504151

[SparklyKid]

I always say there is enough for the needy but not for the greedy.