Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Do not give Money to Rich People - they have enough already.

You may have read how 1% of the population now have the vast majority of the money. What can we do about this? Don't give them any more! How do we do that? With some difficulty. However - there are some pointers. To begin - in any transaction in which money changes hands there is a winner and a loser - contrary to received wisdom. Most of the time the winner is the person who gets the money. Most goods and most services are not worth what we pay for them. Much food and drink is junk, much clothing is poorly made, poorly designed and largely worthless, more walking and fewer bus journeys are healthier, TV and Movies have little relevance to real life etc etc.
So - first action - do not buy anything you do not actually need. (In the 1960s in USA civil rights groups encouraged supporters to try to buy only food and medicine in an attempt to influence the largely white owned business community to change its attitudes).
Secondly - choose where you shop. Buy from smaller businesses rather than large conglomerates. The family who own Asda are among the richest in the world!