Protestors Against Bank Bailout Clash With Police In London

mewbie_2

withabix wrote: »

Oh look, a small crowd of people who have collectively contributed virtually nothing to the British economy in their entire lives...

Commonly known as 'spongers'.

Oh come on, we need a police force...

withabix

mewbie wrote: »

Oh come on, we need a police force...

He He He!

I actually thought about adding that bit myself earlier :beer:

GracieP

chewmylegoff wrote: »

doubt it. the ones that bothered to attend this protest are probably rather unlikely to be generating a lot of future tax revenue for the country, being anti capitalist and all that. it doesn't sound as if they're going to be paying 40% tax on city bonuses any time soon...

I used to go to lots of protests in my student and post-uni/pre-settled days. On an ideological level I'm an anti-capitalist. But I've paid an awful lot of tax, some while I was working through uni and through my hippy days and quite a bit more once I started on my career. (Not as much as I would have in the private sector, but by working for charities I contributed much more to society than many high tax-payers.)

My husband who shares my politics and went to most of the same protests I did does earn a higher income than most and contributes a significant proportion of his income in tax. More than I earned most years.:eek: We also pay vat, tax on our savings interest and we've paid stamp duty.

The point is that these protestors are mostly students and it's easier for them to object to the capitalist system because they just don't have the type of the responsibilities they will when they are older. In 10 years time 95% of them will be working in jobs, many of them paying higher level tax. Or at least they will be if the recession allows. They might be opposed to the system, but unless they do manage to change it, which is unlikely, they will find a way to live within it as best they can.

mizzbiz

also paying back student loan with interest, the wonderful labour 'graduate tax'

dopester

I was just thinking of how many poor looking scruffs were among the protesting crowds and saw them as no threat - but then noticed unstoppable Jason Bourne had joined their ranks.

Ian_Griffiths_Halifax

GracieP wrote: »

I did however think it was funny that a lot of the protesters were carrying "OUT - of Iraq and Afghanistan" placards. I'm actually opposed to the bailout and I'm hacked off enough to protest against it, but on the evidence of that picture I'm glad I didn't know about it in advance.

:rotfl:

I can imagine the phone calls that day.

Tarquin: We're having a protest march today.
Farquhar: Oh goody, what for?
Tarquin: Don't now. It's just a protest.
Farquhar: Which placard should I bring?
Tarquin: Bring that one from last summer.

Ian_Griffiths_Halifax

dopester wrote: »

Caption Competition.

The guy top right of the Policeman - Oh I say old boy, would you mind passing the caviar?

Generali

Hmm. Communists protesting nationalisation. What next? BNP march in favour of immigrants' rights?

GracieP

Generali wrote: »

Hmm. Communists protesting nationalisation. What next? BNP march in favour of immigrants' rights?

We all know that this is not nationalisation in the traditional sense. This bailout will benefit many of the people who caused this problem at the expense of those who will suffer most. It would hardly compare, for example, to Hugo Chavez' nationalisation of Venezuela's oil fields. I'm all for making fun of things that are funny, but let's not make remarks that sound clever but aren't if you know the facts. There are more than enough genuinely ridiculous things about the SWP to laugh at.:D

And there is quiet a big difference between communism and socialism, just don't ever make the mistake of asking a member of the SWP about it.;)

Woby_Tide

mizzbiz wrote: »

:mad:

So shortsighted.

These are the people that, thanks to student loans, wioll be paying this 'bailout' back at treble the rate of everyone else for the rest of their lives!!

so yo're technically against the government handing out [STRIKE]student loans [/STRIKE]bailouts at preferential interest rates then?