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Thread: Note to Labour - No I won't pay for your claptrap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacko View Post
    What I do with my aftertax income is nobodys business except my own
    Shush! There's alot of 'wealth tax' fans here who look at after tax income the way you and I look at a carafe of vino, ie to be emptied.
    "A govt big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have" Thomas Jefferson

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeDroit View Post
    Shush! There's alot of 'wealth tax' fans here who look at after tax income the way you and I look at a carafe of vino, ie to be emptied.
    leDroit you have to stop agreeing with us evil PS people or you reputation as a ruthless capitalist will suffer!

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    Quote Originally Posted by firefly123 View Post
    leDroit you have to stop agreeing with us evil PS people or you reputation as a ruthless capitalist will suffer!
    Oh you're fooling no one. A PS worker is a ruthless capitalist as soon as the money becomes 'theirs'. I sell to them all the time, they're tight as a nun!
    "A govt big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have" Thomas Jefferson

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeDroit View Post
    Oh you're fooling no one. A PS worker is a ruthless capitalist as soon as the money becomes 'theirs'. I sell to them all the time, they're tight as a nun!
    Thats why we all have VILLAS in france.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeDroit View Post
    Oh you're fooling no one. A PS worker is a ruthless capitalist as soon as the money becomes 'theirs'. I sell to them all the time, they're tight as a nun!
    Are you based in Newry?

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    Quote Originally Posted by firefly123 View Post
    In the private sector, do you all play fair? Is it just a big ol hugfest or do you maximise your profits for the benefit of the share holder or whatever B/S excuse you can find in order to cream as much as you can?
    In my case I maximise my turnover and therefore my profit by playing a fair game with my customers, that's what brings them back to maximise my turnover again and again and again.
    no pasaran!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tonic View Post
    In my case I maximise my turnover and therefore my profit by playing a fair game with my customers, that's what brings them back to maximise my turnover again and again and again.
    I put out fires and treat sick people on the side of the road. We cant really be benchmarked can we.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baron von Biffo View Post
    Are you based in Newry?
    I am EVERYWHERE.
    "A govt big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have" Thomas Jefferson

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    The Governor of the European Central Bank has urged governments to cut spending and public sector wages as the best way to fix their national accounts.
    RTÉ News: Governments urged to cut spending
    Oh dear! Is the Croke Park agreement edible?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gijoe View Post
    Oh dear! Is the Croke Park agreement edible?
    I suspect that like PS contracts of employment it will ultimately be employed at the end of the digestive process.

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