Re: Mind's Eye Radical banking

Yes- we must adjust to the impact of politics but somehow keep it in
check or we would go mad. :-)

On Oct 24, 10:33 am, Lee Douglas <leerevdoug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Heheheh ohh Rigys, it breaks my heart too, but we must.  Life and politics
> are the same thing.  Unless you live by yourself far away from the rest of
> the world that is. We could do that though, but I think the only place to
> go would be (as Homer Simpson would have it) 'Under the sea'
>
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> On Wednesday, 24 October 2012 06:25:35 UTC+1, rigsy03 wrote:
>
> > O dear- are we going to sink into politics?
>
> > On Oct 23, 9:24 pm, Francis Hunt <francis.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > A tax mechanism straight from Romneyworld, with the proceeds going
> > directly
> > > to the 1%
>
> > > On 24 October 2012 02:13, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > Banking is estimated to contribute between 8 and 14% of UK GDP.  It
> > > > will be smaller in most other countries, but is still held to be
> > > > vital.  I doubt the figures but this doesn't really matter  At 14%
> > > > banking matches manufacturing contribution in the UK.
>
> > > > In a business account we always want to reduce bank charges to a
> > > > minimum.  Financial services are a cost to be reduced to minimum.  I
> > > > can never see why we have fallen for the idea that moving money around
> > > > has anything to do with a productive economy.  We would hardly
> > > > organise hard work like clearing farm land by matching the number of
> > > > us breaking our backs with a similar number of bankers sitting in
> > > > armchairs.
>
> > > > I tend to think banking is just a front for organised thieving.  We
> > > > cut out all kinds of management and jobs in manufacturing and it's
> > > > hard to see how piling bank buildings high with staff makes any
> > > > sense.  In science we generally try to reduce resources going into
> > > > control to a minimum.  We need some radical ideas on how Al Capone is
> > > > getting away with all the banking going on.  My guess is banking is
> > > > really just a tax mechanism we don't get to vote for.
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