23-04-2009, 11:04 AM
The mid-wealthy 1% are up in arms that they are being taxed an additional 10%, hence the headlines. The problem is that the bank heist is supposed to be paid by the low and average paid workforce. That's what they're there for.
The truly wealthy are, obviously, protected and by various clever tax loopholes to insulate them from picking up the tab.
On your last quest Magda, If anyone ca truly unpick the who owes to whom debt riddle they'll be doing a grand job. The UK owes debt to other nation, but those other nations also owes debts to the UK.... and other nations too. It's a very cuddly arrangement I think, and one that even Gandalf wouldbe hard pressed to unravel without his wizard's staff functioning on full power.
The truly wealthy are, obviously, protected and by various clever tax loopholes to insulate them from picking up the tab.
On your last quest Magda, If anyone ca truly unpick the who owes to whom debt riddle they'll be doing a grand job. The UK owes debt to other nation, but those other nations also owes debts to the UK.... and other nations too. It's a very cuddly arrangement I think, and one that even Gandalf wouldbe hard pressed to unravel without his wizard's staff functioning on full power.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14