SWP's back said:depps said:Well if it helps you sleep at night....
Your original comment was about how you work so hard to make your money that you shouldn't have to pay taxes to support scroungers. I'm simply showing that that comment is bullshit, which it is. You pay to provide others who by an accident of birth aren't as lucky as you with similar opportunities to those you we're given. You also pay to maintain the society without which you would be nothing no matter how hard you work.
Not at all. I know 3 people from my school that were given the same opportunities that I was and they now sell drugs in Manchester (and Ibiza during the summer) whilst claiming benefits for having M.E (as it difficult to diagnose and also difficult to rule out).
Same chance that I had but chose a different route. I haven't grassed on them as they were friends (though not so much now) but I would understand someone else doing so.
Prestwich_Blue said:You remember the Tudors? You don't look your age Sharon.mackenzie said:And if you want to get into a debate about the Tudor reign then just ask.
mackenzie said:
Wow - understatement of the year there love.
(BUt I think the dissolution of Catholicism in the country and destruction of virtually all monasteries (including Lindersfarne) was not just to do with raising a penny or two)
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You really don't get sarcasm do you?
And if you want to get into a debate about the Tudor reign then just ask.
Skashion said:Prestwich_Blue said:Mainly UK's failure to put away money for a rainy day when times were good.
That doesn't tally with the fact that of the G7 economies we were one of the ones with the least national debt prior to the recession.
depps said:SWP's back said:Not at all. I know 3 people from my school that were given the same opportunities that I was and they now sell drugs in Manchester (and Ibiza during the summer) whilst claiming benefits for having M.E (as it difficult to diagnose and also difficult to rule out).
Same chance that I had but chose a different route. I haven't grassed on them as they were friends (though not so much now) but I would understand someone else doing so.
That doesn't invalidate my point at all though. Benefit fraud is still insignificant as a proportion of your taxes.
That they chose not to take advantage of the opportunities that we're provided for them is a shame but it isn't a reason not to continue to provide others with those opportunities in the future.
mackenzie said:Prestwich_Blue said:You remember the Tudors? You don't look your age Sharon.
I like them. They are interesting. And yes, I don't look my age. ;-)
And it annoys me when I am called "love." Especially when I know my subject.
without a dream said:Hmmm Clegg has agreed to a cap on immigration considering how opposed he was to this in the debates that's a bit odd.
SWP's back said:mackenzie said:Wow - understatement of the year there love.
(BUt I think the dissolution of Catholicism in the country and destruction of virtually all monasteries (including Lindersfarne) was not just to do with raising a penny or two)
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You really don't get sarcasm do you?
And if you want to get into a debate about the Tudor reign then just ask.
it hit a nerveSWP's back said:maineman said:well you told me, and then asked a mod to remove it
I stated I was a financial advisor (investments and pensions - ie people give me money and I try and make them more) and you tried to make out I was a loan shark (kinda the opposite). I think that was what I objected to was it not?
SWP's back said:Source (you wont find one as it is not true)
SWP's back said:depps said:That doesn't invalidate my point at all though. Benefit fraud is still insignificant as a proportion of your taxes.
That they chose not to take advantage of the opportunities that we're provided for them is a shame but it isn't a reason not to continue to provide others with those opportunities in the future.
But if we do not use the anecdotal evidence that we pick up during our lives then what else do we use?