Lure of London makes Britain a billionaire haven

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  1. liberalminority

    liberalminority Well-Known Member

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    Looks like England is repeating the mistakes of the US, having a place for the wealthy to reign over the peasants. London now has the most billionaires on the planet, because their tax laws allow for hiding money in Switzerland unlike the United States.

    It is a very cold place, the weather is rainy and isn't one where the wealthy would typically enjoy, there are no good beaches, and the food is terrible. Though this is all not enough for the wealthy to leave, as the tax laws don't redistribute their wealth, and its a safe place with order where guns are banned to keep the underclasses from 'rising up'.

    http://news.yahoo.com/lure-london-makes-britain-billionaire-haven-103851217.html
     
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    It may be the result of the current immigration policy that allows the super rich to immigrate to the UK no matter where they come from and the barriers to immigration are almost non-existent for Arab princes and princesses whose fortunes exceed £1 billion. The Tories are known to implement policies strongly in favour of the upper classes and Britain's top tax rate was slightly reduced under the current government, while welfare benefits were cut drastically, and they succeeded in luring overseas billionaires to invest and do business in the UK. Moreover, there are close to 6 million Polish immigrants in the UK who mostly engage in menial jobs which native Britons do not take up and normal immigration from non-EU countries has been severely restricted.

     
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    It's typical Tory sell out - now we are in the hands of the Russians - sanctions against Putin? = :roflol:
     
  4. Sab

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    1) London is not 'very Cold' you have clearly no knoweldge of London.London very rarely freezes it averages in the teens (celsius obviously)
    2) London is on the east Side of the Uk so it doesnpt rain a lot
    3) The food is amongst the best in the world. Every cusine is represented and it has a vast number of Michelin star rated restuarants
    4) Why do billionaires need beeches? They own Yachts

    Billionaires like London because:

    It is incredibly safe, it has incredible levels of culture restauaranst,shows,museums, shopping etc etc. London is the worlds financial services capital' London is also the worlds most visted city by tourists (just overtaken Paris)


    The ONLY comparible city in the world to London is New York which is more dangerous ,has worse weather and is nowhere near any other country.

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    In no way in gods earth are there 6 million poles in the UK. I think you are out by an entire order of magnitude
     
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    It's good to be attracting this sort of people bringing their wealth into the country. Hopefully we'll keep attracting them.

    Like everything else, this is an issue we'd be wise to ignore the Left on. The Left have no idea whatsoever about how wealth is created.

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    According to the 2011 census there are around 521,000 Poles in the UK.
     
  6. Reiver

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    Through entrepreneurship. That doesn't typically come from the hyper-rich. All we're seeing is further distortion of the British economy through London-specific effects. Anyone supporting such distortions is anti-English if you ask me. Will they vote English Democrat cry in their St George flags?
     
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    The Left discourages entrepreneurship whenever they are in power by taxing wealth. It completely and utterly discourages people from making money through entrepreneurship. That's why French entrepreneurs are fleeing Socialist Republic France and going to London. London is France's sixth largest city as a result.

    You Scots will discover this to your costs when you become a Socialist state if you become independent.
     
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    Pro-Consul Banned

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    They cant afford it.

    Initially I was in favour of keeping Scotland a part of the union but now I cannot wait for them to see how Scottish problems are in fact Scottish.
    I'm tired of hearing of hearing about Scots blaming the English for everything. Hell they still blame us for the land clearances.
     
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    worse weather than NY? I dont think so...like NY the attraction isnt the weather, its the culture, its a business center...and if you're a billionaire the beaches of spain and france are just a private jet and a couple hrs away...
     
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    Yeah I have the same feeling about Quebec, I'd like them to remain part of canada because the Quebecois add to our societies culture...but if they choose to go we'll be rid of a perennial financial drain on our economy...

    Ukrainians should view their eastern provinces the same away, its an economic plus to be rid of them and join the EU...
     
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    Clear falsehood. It is class limitation which harms entrepreneurial spirit. And what delivers that class limitation? Right wing economics.
     
  12. Sixteen String Jack

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    Even though it was Scottish landlords who did that.
     
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    Exactly. Everyone needs someone else to blame.
     
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    usual Drivel from Reiver.
     
  15. Reiver

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    No argument from you? Shocked, truly shocked!

    Right wing economics delivers social immobility, underclass and poverty. It is an open assault on individualism. The sheep that vote for it of course fail to see the obvious
     

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