When this all ends

[Mullberry]

When this all ends!
When this current situation ends, and it will, there will be winners and losers and I don’t mean people who survived or died. Winners and losers should better be described as losers and non-losers.
All the statements made here are my take on info generally found on the net, I can’t guarantee its 100% accurate but I feel sure there are some underlying truths.

Yes argue/correct/dispute my figures but its the underlying point i want to get across.

A few examples,
Richard Branson, a businessman, net worth about £4,000,000,000 (billion) has a private island and uses it as a tax haven for his companies, pays minimal taxes for year after year but now wants a government bailout help………………………………….when this ends  LOSER

Lady GAGA, entertainer, net worth $320,000,000 Works with a charity and WHO to raise money to buy protective equipment for health workers. So convinces the general public to donate their money but takes credit for the money………………………………When this ends LOSER

Disney corporation, registers its ships under the Bahamas flag and is not bound by USA minimum wage laws, pays minimum taxes but now asks US Gov for bailout………………….. When this ends LOSER

U2, Irish rock band, appear to have donated £10,000,000 of their own money to purchase PPE equipment for front line staff……………………………………………………………. When this ends NON LOSERS

George Clooney and wife, pledged $1,000,000 of own money to assist the NHS and the Lombardy region of Italy……………………………………………………….. When this ends NON LOSERS

Various singers performing web concerts to help us poorer people get through the situation, later we will find the videos plastered with adverts on youtube which we all pay for when we purchase products, Of course the "artists" will take a cut of the add revenue as they own copyright...........LOSERS

Bill Gates, net worth $100,000,000,000 (billion) is donating a few billion( exact not specified) to fund laboratories fighting corona virus, donates about 40% of income to charity/causes, about $40,000,000,000 in the last 20 years…………………………………………. When this ends NON LOSER

Jeff Bezos, Amazon company worth $1,000,000,000,000 trillion$ , personal net worth $114,000,000,000 (billion) donated $67,000,000 million in 17years most as a tax write off. Income last year $11,000,000,000 billion and paid no US federal taxes Now asks the public to contribute to a fund to support his employee’s …………………………………………………….When this ends LOSER

These are just a few examples, there are hundreds more  which fall into both camps.

All these companies/persons income came from you and me, yes I enjoyed watching the films, listening to the music (but not actually Lady Gaga), using the software, using the services but ultimately the money came from you and me. Now I have never objected to anyone making large/obscenely large amounts of money but to now ask me to DONATE more through a government bailout or charity is to sum it up in a few words TAKING THE PISS.
Would be interested to hear your comments.

[Judi_bk]

I totally agree with all that ---except "I have never objected to anyone making large/obscenely large amounts of money".  I have and do.  Becoming rich, that's fine but hoarding billions is no different from hoarding loo roll except in the scale and seriousness of the deprivation it causes

[frankie]

I wonder at what point some of these mega earners cease to see just how much money they have and it becomes almost meaningless?  I am assuming that they are donating money to a cause on the advice of an accountant, so when does one billion mean about as much as  one thousand?  Are they actually aware of what their actions mean?
I take exception to footballers who are only prepared to take a 30% wage cut.  That's peanuts when considering how many thousands they get in just one week and that the minions at some grounds are having to take Govt. money in order to feed families and pay mortgages (even if banks are giving them a 3 month delay).