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to think we could take'em?

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AnotherEffingOrangeRevel · 10/02/2016 10:24

There has - rightly, I think - been a lot of talk recently about the fact that half of the world's wealth is owned by 62 mega-rich people. The thing is, there's more than 7 billion of the rest of us - I fancy our chances. What are we waiting for? I'll go for Buffet....

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-62-people-who-are-as-wealthy-as-the-poorest-half-of-humanity-combined-a6818766.html

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GruntledOne · 10/02/2016 12:48

I think we should start with the Waltons, that family alone would account for a hell of a hefty whack.

I take it we're boycotting Waitrose's buffet nibbles?

TotalConfucius · 10/02/2016 12:51

Yeah, them Waltons have done right well for themselves. Seems like only yesterday hey were piss poor country dwellers making a big fuss out of saying good night to each other.

Spudlet · 10/02/2016 12:52

Since there are sausage rolls, I'm in.

I'll do some cheese and pineapple on sticks - stuck into a tinfoil covered grapefruit, naturally. When all the cheese and pineapple is eaten, we can stick the sticks back into the grapefruit and lob it at a random gazillionaire.

MooPointCowsOpinion · 10/02/2016 12:55

X wing pilot signing up to serve the rebels.

Down with those 62 tosspots! I'd happily take Trump.

LadyLuck81 · 10/02/2016 12:55

Oh aye Rebecca, I've pluck coming out of my ears.

JennyBunn · 10/02/2016 12:57

I'd like to help, really I would. But there was talk of balloon modelling and I have a latex allergy.

If you could absolutely guarantee an allergen-free rebellion (and include salt'n'vinegar Chipsticks on the buffet table) then I'm well up for it.

Thanks.

LadyLuck81 · 10/02/2016 12:58

I also reckon we could turn Gates to our side. He's properly philanthropic. If we could show a mechanism for actually fairly distributing all the wealth he'd do it. For the right persuasion.

Maybe we could let him keep his house. I bet he knows some decent hackers he could recruit to the cause too.

MooPointCowsOpinion · 10/02/2016 12:58

Oh I see we've moved on. Buffet it is.

Could all talk of beige food be kept at a minimum, some of us have just recovered from the stomach bug of doom And can only handle a nibble of a rich tea.

coffeeisnectar · 10/02/2016 13:02

I'm in!

EeyoresTail · 10/02/2016 13:04

You had me at mushroom vol au vents.
I'm in!

AnotherEffingOrangeRevel · 10/02/2016 13:04

I think we should probably be nice to them once we've taken them, of course. I mean, they can have some of the cheese and pineapple if they're hungry. It's just that they'd want ALL the cheese and pineapple. And ALL Worra 's chicken wings. And they'd take them all off and hide them somewhere and use them to wield power over governments and find morally dubious ways of making them grow to grotesque proportions. And no one likes a grotesquely proportioned chicken wing, even when it IS used to beat David Cameron over the head with.

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AnotherEffingOrangeRevel · 10/02/2016 13:06

Alright, Jenny, we'll keep the balloon modelling out of it. I can think of somewhere else to stuff the balloons.

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JennyBunn · 10/02/2016 13:10

Thanks Another!

Gazelda · 10/02/2016 13:12

Will we be home in time for Come Dine With Me?
I can knock up a flan.

APlaceOnTheCouch · 10/02/2016 13:22

Are we still getting to sail on a posh boat with lots of gin? Or is it just mushroom vol-au-vents now? I reckon I could take the Google guy.

PinanNidan · 10/02/2016 13:28

Can i asked a stupid question?
Can anyone give me the reason why if the UK economy owes blah amount to x country we cannot just print out that amount in money and be debt free? [dumb]

Why can't we print enough money for our hospitals and benefits etc?

BusyCee · 10/02/2016 13:29

Couch - together we can (wo)manhandle it off the reef he parked it on. Frankly our seamanship can't be worse than his.

Surely he'd have some trestle tables on board, that we could load the buffet into? I'll bring some carrot sticks and guacamole to off-set the beige

APlaceOnTheCouch · 10/02/2016 13:33

I'll bring pancakes (lots of ingredients left over from yesterday!) and a few life-vests just in case.

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 10/02/2016 13:42

Gates and Buffet are arguably spending their billions far more effectively than the UK government, who are frittering our taxes away on trivia like libraries, cycle lanes, IVF, teaching assistants, eczema treatment, road sweepers, fire brigades and a standing army. Gates (and Buffet who's essentially given control of his dosh over to Mr &Mrs Gates) are spending the money where they can get the absolute most utilitarian bangs per cent in saving lives. From a strict utilitarian perspective I should probably be helping them overthrow the UK state and impound the Treasury.

Which is not to say that there aren't some other billionaires out there who totally need taking out. Unfortunately they tend to be quite heavily protected by large men with machine guns, and in some cases actual armies. I'll be cheering you on from a distance.

WhatchaMaCalllit · 10/02/2016 13:44

PinanNidan - I think it has something to do with expansionary policy but I could be wrong:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_creation

AnotherEffingOrangeRevel · 10/02/2016 13:48

Pinan, ultimately, it is banks and not governments which make money in our debt-based money system. It's pretty shocking once you look into it.

This is a good link:

positivemoney.org/

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Dawndonnaagain · 10/02/2016 13:54

I'm in. This is the Chief Executive of Amazon China and now a N.E.D. for the DWP, meaning he will be enabling those who remove further monies from people with disabilities. Nice. Hmm

to think we could take'em?
TheCatsMeow · 10/02/2016 13:55

He's got such a punchable face.

PinanNidan · 10/02/2016 14:10

Thank you!

MissFlight · 10/02/2016 14:21

He's got such a punchable face
I agree

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