https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/09/paradise-papers-offshore-billionaires
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Christopher M. Quigley <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 1:00 AM Subject: Fwd: Christo To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> Michel, Quote today on Jesse's Cafe Americain: ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------- "In reality, though, it was never about us and our economy at all. Today it is obvious that all of this had only one rationale: to raise up a class of supermen above us. It had nothing to do with jobs or growth. Or freedom either. The only person’s freedom to be enhanced by these tax havens was the billionaire’s freedom. It was all to make his life even better, not ours... We endure potholes and live in fear of collapsing highway bridges because our leaders wanted these very special people to have an even larger second yacht. Our kids sit in overcrowded classrooms in underfunded schools so that a handful of exalted individuals can relax on their own private beach. Today it is these same golden figures with their offshore billions who host the fundraisers, hire the lobbyists, bankroll the think tanks and subsidize the artists and intellectuals. This is their democracy today. We just happen to live in it." Thomas Frank, *We Built a Paradise For Offshore Billionaires <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/09/paradise-papers-offshore-billionaires>* *Christopher* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher M. Quigley B.Sc. (Maj. Accounting), M.I.I. (Grad.), M.A., QFA. Qualified Financial Adviser. M: + 353-(0)-86-8118-600 E: [email protected] Legal Disclaimer <http://www.wealthbuilder.ie/disclaimer.htm> -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/
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