Quote Originally Posted by Elite_Pie View Post
I don't hate the rich. How do you know I'm not one of them? What I hate is the way the poor are exploited by some of the rich. I don't go for the 'everyone equal' communist theories, but the fact that the top 5% own 75% of the world's wealth is obscene in my opinion. I think those who work harder, have good ideas and take a few risks deserve a bigger slice of the cake, but not to current extremes.

ps You are wrong about kids up chimneys. I used to be sent up a couple before school, then did a shift down pit after the last lesson.
Aye ..... I bet you did! .... a Bevin boy whilst still at school, well done! You must be older than me!

But as I said earlier (talking locally) would it be fair to suggest that the very rich families I mentioned did an awful lot of good for the people of Nottingham by their generosity to their workers and others?

I seem to remember you telling all you spent your entire working life with Spray & Burgess - and that to me shows great loyalty and deserves credit. You mentioned you retired at 55 which is great but unless you stole it or were left it, I cannot see you being rich. Certainly comfortable which you deserve, but not rich in the context of today's meaning of being rich.

Finally I agree to a certain extent about exploitation and wealth distribution but this happens all over the world. Always has and always will, irrespective of either a person's or country's political beliefs.