I really have nothing against success and wealth, what I see wrong is the hoarding deliberate avoidance of tax.. and passing laws so they do not have to pay tax,, personally I think capital gains of minimum tax of 35% no deductions,.. Hidden money 85% plus all cost of locating the funds plus a 10% reward tax free to anyone locating these hidden funds. Allan
On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 3:12 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Some wealth is not evil, Allan. It depends on how it is acquired and > used. Like it or not, it is one of the markers of success. > > On Sep 30, 7:58 am, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rigsy I really feel sorry for those people who are hide from their > > responsibilities especially for greed.. the soul in this human vehicle > has > > to return to the mandala where their greed will be held in account.. if > > it is perfectly legal is a viable excuse well all I can say is good > luck. > > Allan > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 2:37 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > But people can "hide" their wealth in the USA anyway via trusts, > > > certain investments, taking advantage of laws in other states for tax > > > purposes. These and other methods are perfectly legal. > > > > > On Sep 28, 9:02 am, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > that is a cool idea preventing people from hiding to avoid paying > > > taxes,, > > > > > > evil wicked laugh > > > > Allan > > > > On Sep 28, 2012 2:34 PM, "rigsy03" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > P.S. Re: that video that showed over-testing- sometimes dangerous > or > > > > > nonsense- but I don't remember if they mentioned that the medical > > > > > profession is terrified of malpractice suits. > > > > > > > Greece wants their super- rich who have moved to other nations to > pay > > > > > taxes. Can they extradite them? > > > > > > > On Sep 27, 9:14 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The basic motive is competition and profit so corners are cut or > > > > > > falsified sometimes. Also, it is a game to sharp traders. And I > think > > > > > > it goes further back than the Middle Ages- how about ancient > > > > > > mythologies? The trickster deities were warnings- "buyer beware". > > > > > > > > Somewhat related; "Money & Medicine" > > > > >http://video.pbs.org/video/2280765671 > > > > > > > > Had a back molar pulled yesterday. My neighbor took me over, > waited > > > > > > and drove me home- he is a dear. Advice: if one MUST smoke, use a > > > > > > cigarette holder away from the socket; follow advice about cold > packs > > > > > > and pain meds; keep foods interesting like polenta with butter > and > > > > > > parmesan, carrot-ginger soup, scrambled eggs, etc., avoiding > > > > > > extraction site and keep to a sane diet till healing is complete. > > > > > > > > On Sep 27, 6:10 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The 'official speak' of my postmodernism is 'Lakatosian > paradigm in > > > > > > > decadence' - regulations are cheated. It's getting more > difficult > > > to > > > > > > > cheat in sport these days because of drug-testing, referees > and the > > > > > > > video replay. Just as his was happening in sport, 'someone' > > > decided > > > > > > > to let all the rules go to pot in finance. I had a very lovely > > > friend > > > > > > > who cheated at Monopoly - the cheating being part of the fun > of the > > > > > > > game with no damage done. My feelings are much like rigsy's - > I > > > just > > > > > > > think ethics require public scrutiny, ideology prevents this > and we > > > > > > > could do the refereeing better. My guess is the problem is > > > essentially > > > > > > > economics and business practices that are medieval and trapped > in > > > > > > > animal genetics. Simples! > > > > > > > > > On 26 Sep, 07:44, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Where do you feel Rigsy's stick of despair? She sounds very > up to > > > > > date > > > > > > > > to my ears, criticizing our fast unculture (modern positive > > > keyword: > > > > > > > > sustainability). > > > > > > > > > > And Neil posted numbered to do lists in order save the world > at > > > least > > > > > > > > twice, as far as I remember. You would have liked them if > they > > > had > > > > > > > > sprung off your mind. ;) > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Vam <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Rigs, you seem to be beating here, there and everywhere > with > > > your > > > > > stick of > > > > > > > > > despair ! Modernism has only changed the form of effects > of our > > > > > failures. > > > > > > > > > Even Neil's post-modern theory of ethics seems needlessly > > > complex. > > > > > > > > > > > It's us. Period. Ethics requires people who are moral. > Which, > > > in my > > > > > > > > > perspective, translates as men who are evolved ... > spiritually > > > > > evolved ... > > > > > > > > > with whom, conscientiousness is supreme virtue. > > > > > > > > > > > Contemplation will take us back to that Truth, of which I > > > tried to > > > > > share not > > > > > > > > > so long ago. > > > > > > > > > > > Honesty is a corollary of truth. It's us. The society you > are > > > > > beating is us. > > > > > > > > > Technology and wealth are neutral and inert. If inebriation > > > was in > > > > > alcohol, > > > > > > > > > the bottles should dance ! > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:21:10 PM UTC+5:30, rigsy03 > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >> The ethics are already in place, Allan- they are just not > > > > > practised. > > > > > > > > >> You could include "greedy" imperialistic nations, berserk > > > > > cultures, > > > > > > > > >> grasping political parties. More's "Utopia" stressed > humanism > > > > > which is > > > > > > > > >> under stress due to science and technology today- the new > > > darling. > > > > > > > > > > >> On Sep 24, 10:00 am, Allan H <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > Ethics are going to be definitely reinvented getting > greeedy > > > > > individuals > > > > > > > > >> > and corporations under control. > > > > > > > > >> > Allan > > > > > > > > > > >> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:59 PM, rigsy03 < > [email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > > A recent example: "Reinventing Ethics" by Howard > Gardner > > > > > > > > http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/reinventing-ethics/?s. > > > .. > > > > > > > > > > >> > > On Sep 24, 7:50 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > > > The government decides how to spend/mis-spend the > taxes > > > and > > > > > fees > > > > > > > > >> > > > they > > > > > > > > >> > > > raise because we thought it wise at one time to give > > > them > > > > > that > > > > > > > > >> > > > power. > > > > > > > > >> > > > Banks have altered their function and don't forget > > > credit > > > > > cards as > > > > > > > > >> > > > unsecured loans. Somehow, my mind drifted to Plato's > > > > > "Republic"- but > > > > > > > > >> > > > there are many examples of attempts to organize > society- > > > > > none of > > > > > > > > >> > > > which, imho, has done a very good job. There is an > > > > > impossible lack > > > > > > > > >> > > > of > > > > > > > > >> > > > control particularly since the advent of Liberalism. > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > On Sep 22, 6:29 pm, archytas <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > I think the germ of the idea is in this Don. All > > > money > > > > > > > > >> > > > > essentially > > > > > > > > >> > > > > comes from government - what we get from banks is > > > debt. > > > > > Street-up > > > > > > > > >> > > > > decision-making isn't all of it as rigsy points > out. > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > On 22 Sep, 12:26, rigsy03 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > You still have to deal with priorities on that > list, > > > > > however. > > > > > > > > >> > > Stadiums > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > might trump infrastructure. > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > On Sep 22, 5:22 am, Don Johnson < > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044416580457800851. > > > .. > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > This is what I'm talking about! > Decentralization > > > is > > > > > key. I > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > believe > > > > > > > > >> > > this is > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > your busy bees at work Neil. > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > "Peer networks don't have to involve digital > > > > > technology. > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Twenty > > > > > > > > >> > > years ago, > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre pioneered a > > > > > radical new > > > > > > > > >> > > technique called > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > "participatory budgeting." Each year, the > city's > > > 16 > > > > > regions > > > > > > > > >> > > conduct general > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > assemblies in which neighbors debate > priorities > > > for > > > > > the > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > budget: > > > > > > > > >> > > school > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > construction, sewer repair, bridge building. > The > > > > > assemblies > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > create > > > > > > > > >> > > a ranked > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > list of projects, and the government disperses > > > funds > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > accordingly. > > > > > > > > >> > > The money > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > comes from the state, but the decision of > what to > > > > > fund comes > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > >> > > the > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > street." > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > dj- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > >> > > -- > > > > > > > > > > >> > -- > > > > > > > > >> > ( > > > > > > > > >> > ) > > > > > > > > >> > |_D Allan > > > > > > > > > > >> > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > > > > > > > > > >> > I am a Natural Airgunner - > > > > > > > > > > >> > Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly.- Hide > quoted > > > text > > > > > - > > > > > > > > > > >> > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > --- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > --- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > > -- > > ( > > ) > > |_D Allan > > > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > > > I am a Natural Airgunner - > > > > Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > > > > -- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. 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