O dear- are we going to sink into politics? On Oct 23, 9:24 pm, Francis Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > A tax mechanism straight from Romneyworld, with the proceeds going directly > to the 1% > > On 24 October 2012 02:13, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > 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. > > > -- > > -- > Francis Hunthttp://francishunt.blogspot.de/- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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