tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244931229580757973.post2755522848728398486..comments2023-09-10T01:14:39.109+10:00Comments on HAZEL DENE: Sunday Rant - FiguresHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16577208643431414375noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244931229580757973.post-47799902134652545592011-11-07T11:51:45.644+11:002011-11-07T11:51:45.644+11:00What does $9 billion dollars look like, I wonder? ...What does $9 billion dollars look like, I wonder? If I work for the next 30 years earning my current wage, I still won't know what it looks like when I turn 60. What can you possibly do with THAT much money? <br />~S.xo.sorcha.oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17431135816635778553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244931229580757973.post-22860520274196647952011-11-07T05:00:41.887+11:002011-11-07T05:00:41.887+11:00Thought provoking post Hazel. Society in general h...Thought provoking post Hazel. Society in general has become so materialistic, so focused on consumerism and material possessions that they lose sight of essentials and finding happiness in the simplest of things. Sigh! To the garden for a bit of escapism :)Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244931229580757973.post-32341750327593739152011-11-07T03:15:11.092+11:002011-11-07T03:15:11.092+11:00The boss of Barclays Bank (Bob Diamond) recently g...The boss of Barclays Bank (Bob Diamond) recently got an annual bonus payment of £6.5 Million. But I suppose that's only fair, since he only gets the paltry annual salary of £250,000! :(Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244931229580757973.post-7645289785196525732011-11-06T22:48:29.703+11:002011-11-06T22:48:29.703+11:00Great post Hazel, it really does make you stop an ...Great post Hazel, it really does make you stop an think how to share the message.Fiona from Arbordale Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05196630415124998431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244931229580757973.post-26839951623460760132011-11-06T19:29:25.918+11:002011-11-06T19:29:25.918+11:00Becky, that is one of the points I wanted to make....Becky, that is one of the points I wanted to make. We could all do better with less. Congratulations on being a lighthouse of sense in a mad materialistic world.<br /><br />Liz, the reason the statistic was not all over the news and newspapers is because they are all controlled by the same family/people with friends in high places. You have to know where to look to get a more balanced view....ABC Radio and current affairs, Crickey,com., The Drum, and Get Up,Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577208643431414375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244931229580757973.post-19299802658640680422011-11-06T14:52:10.349+11:002011-11-06T14:52:10.349+11:00How was this statistic not all over the news, news...How was this statistic not all over the news, newspapers etc when they were proposing the original mining tax? <br />Large (Australian) mining firms profit margins: 46.1% <br />Large (total global) mining industry profit margins: 30% <br />The governments PR machine is really truly crap isn't it. How hard is it to counter the old "all the business will go offshore argument with this? Astounding!Lizhttp://www.suburbantomato.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244931229580757973.post-1959426370401213822011-11-06T08:15:48.779+11:002011-11-06T08:15:48.779+11:00God, that's ridiculous. What a world we live i...God, that's ridiculous. What a world we live in.Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613979981355164437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244931229580757973.post-56970106544192213402011-11-06T06:58:48.628+11:002011-11-06T06:58:48.628+11:00Well, I have to say that we are definitely below t...Well, I have to say that we are definitely below the poverty level ourselves but we have never been hungry. You don't need a lot of money to live decently and keep from being hungry. It is just that most people don't know how or have been spoiled into thinking they should have everything they want.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244931229580757973.post-29661178811708226362011-11-06T03:30:18.783+11:002011-11-06T03:30:18.783+11:00Those stats make you sick don't they?
I have j...Those stats make you sick don't they?<br />I have just finished reading Paul Gilding's "The Great Disruption" - I wish I could force every millionaire to read it, but I'm not sure it would make any difference, at the moment they can just buy themselves out of any crisis - be it economic or climatic. sad isn't it?garden girl in SAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684429162780759994noreply@blogger.com