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  Rich people don't create jobs

  by slimboyfat in

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  just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.

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  What makes someone "rich" is very subjective

  I don't think so...I think that you can consider the 1%, that hold most of the wealth in the world, 'rich'. It is not subjective.

  

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_of_wealth
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  Rich people don't create jobs

  by slimboyfat in

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  just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.

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  Even if there are jobs, some poor people dont want them, it interferes with their early retirement. The rich are not being over taxed. The only people that pay their full share of tax are the low and middle income earners. Wealthy people generally have accountants that will find every tax loophole available to them, of which there are many. Early reitirement? Living in poverty is not early retirement. Only a person who has never experienced living in poverty would consider saying such a thing. You will always have some people who do not want to work. That is not limited to the poor...there are plenty of wealthy kids that are just like parasites living off their parents wealth. The few at either end of the scale do not represent the majority.
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  Global warming and Desertification

  by still thinking in

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  if you haven't seen this video i highly recommend it.

  allan savory is discussing a way to not only stop climate change, but to reverse it.

  this idea is very different to what is presently being promoted.

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  If you haven't seen this video I highly recommend it.

  Allan Savory is discussing a way to not only stop climate change, but to reverse it. This idea is very different to what is presently being promoted. And makes a lot of sense to me.

  If we are going to solve this problem I suspect it will be working WITH nature and the evolutionary process and not against it.

  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. It left me feeling very positive about the future.

  Here is a snippet about the video....

  "Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to about two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it. He now believes -- and his work so far shows -- that a surprising factor can protect grasslands and even reclaim degraded land that was once desert".

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI
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  The Bad Science Scandal - Research Fact Fabrication - UK News article.

  by *lost* in

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  the independent neswpaper uk - tues 18th june 2013 .

  the bad science scandal - how fact fabrication is damaging uk's global research name.

  after a string of high profile cases, a new agreement between scientists and the people who fund them aims to usher in a new era of .

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  I agree with that *lost*

  Organic farming helps to provide all the nutrients we need and is natures wonder. I was refering to the bigger picture.

  And speaking of farming methods. Have you seen this? (not trying to derail your thread but this is absolutely about science working WITH nature and a possible way to stop, maybe even reverse global warming). I might start a new thread with this video.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI
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  The Bad Science Scandal - Research Fact Fabrication - UK News article.

  by *lost* in

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  the independent neswpaper uk - tues 18th june 2013 .

  the bad science scandal - how fact fabrication is damaging uk's global research name.

  after a string of high profile cases, a new agreement between scientists and the people who fund them aims to usher in a new era of .

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  I think you would only believe everything on earth is beneficial to humans and supporting human life if you believe a god created it all. Otherwise...Its just nature. Nature is neither kind nor loving. We just happen to have been very prosperous because we adapted well.

  But everything does seem to have a job to do, even if its just surviving...I'm not sure what the job is of mosquitos though
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  Demonic things take ages to burn!

  by Julia Orwell in

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  those watchtowers and awakes took forever to burn.. the neighbour's kid put her head out the window and said, "why is there a fire?

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  "i'm burning junk.

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  I hope you used the ash on your garden Awake magazines make juicy tomatoes.
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  The Bad Science Scandal - Research Fact Fabrication - UK News article.

  by *lost* in

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  the independent neswpaper uk - tues 18th june 2013 .

  the bad science scandal - how fact fabrication is damaging uk's global research name.

  after a string of high profile cases, a new agreement between scientists and the people who fund them aims to usher in a new era of .

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  So..if a scientist creates a plant that supposedly reduces the need for pesticide spraying...but then discovers down the track that the insect has developed a resistance to this chemical because of over use...what do you call that? Working with Nature?...comprehending how evolution works? Or ignoring evolution and Nature to make a quick buck? Experience has shown us that overuse of chemicals (eg antibiotics) has created super bugs. They are now ignoring this information (nature/evolutionary process) and creating new problems with super weeds and super insects. And why? Money.

  THAT is what I refer to as ignoring nature...and how it works.

  I think nature is balanced to the extent that it will self correct or adjust...with or without humans. And not necessarily how humans would like it. More species have become extinct than exist today...nature carries on regardless of what we do or don't do, species come and they go. We just think we are so important we can do better and manipulate it with no consequences. I have no doubt that the world will continue long after the human species has become extinct and there will be new species. And the way we are going with the aid of corporate greed...that may be sooner rather than later.

  I don't have some airy fairy idea that the earth is peace and love and harmony...natural disasters attest to that. But if we attempt to work against nature...I suspect in the end, we will lose. It was here long before us...and it will be here long after we have gone.

  Just look at what this nut job Bill gates is proposing to do about climate change....What will be the long term consequences of this action if it is approved. This could be irreversable.

  A small group of leading climate scientists, financially supported by billionaires including Bill Gates, are lobbying governments and international bodies to back experiments into manipulating the climate on a global scale to avoid catastrophic climate change.

  The scientists, who advocate geoengineering methods such as spraying millions of tonnes of reflective particles of sulphur dioxide 30 miles above earth, argue that a "plan B" for climate change will be needed if the UN and politicians cannot agree to making the necessary cuts in greenhouse gases, and say the US government and others should pay for a major programme of international research.

  Solar geoengineering techniques are highly controversial: while some climate scientists believe they may prove a quick and relatively cheap way to slow global warming, others fear that when conducted in the upper atmosphere, they could irrevocably alter rainfall patterns and interfere with the earth's climate.

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/06/bill-gates-climate-scientists-geoengineering
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  Rich people don't create jobs

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. current

  just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.

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  Governments play on the illusion that the wealthy create employment...and thats why companies need incentives. Tax breaks etc. But that is utter nonsense. No amount of tax breaks will create a job. All it does is give more money to investors. It increases profit. Not jobs.

  Corporations will more likely invest money into systems that replace workers, than increase employment costs. Profits are not made by employing more people. If you can get your workers to do longer hours for less pay reducing the need to employ an extra person, many companies will. They aren't in the business of making sure unemployment levels drop. They couldn't care less about unemployment or low wages.
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  Rich people don't create jobs

  by slimboyfat in

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  just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.

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  Once the wealthy 1% have accumulated ALL the money in the world..(which they are rapidly doing). Then what? How can anyone earn anything if they have it all hoarded away making even more money and interest?

  No matter how hard anyone works, there will only be so much money left to go round. Being rich creates nothing for anyone but themselves.

  Demand creates jobs. Need for goods and services create jobs. Wealthy people hoarding money creates poverty for everyone else.
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  The Bad Science Scandal - Research Fact Fabrication - UK News article.

  by *lost* in

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  the independent neswpaper uk - tues 18th june 2013 .

  the bad science scandal - how fact fabrication is damaging uk's global research name.

  after a string of high profile cases, a new agreement between scientists and the people who fund them aims to usher in a new era of .

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  Science is often driven by corporate greed. And the complete inability to work WITH nature as opposed to manipulating it to do what they want it to do is pure ignorance and arrogance on their part. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

  The problem with science is the same problem we see when church and state combine...but this time it is science and corporations. Corporations use their 'science' to manipulate and control. THAT is bad science. They only care about profit and shareholders but claim the moral high ground as though they are saving the planet while they may be doing irreparable damage.