Underground Knowledge — A discussion group discussion

62 people own the same as half of the world, claim Oxfam:

https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pr...

If the figures are correct or close to the truth, I think the growing gap between the super rich and the rest of the world, coupled with the knowledge or suspicion that some avoid paying taxes as they should or do other tricks and thus don't bear their proportinate share of the burden, represents, in my opinion, one of the major internal risk factors for the current Western world as we know it.
In the current era of information technologies the knowledge is available and can be procured. The moment hostile/unfriendly to the West organizations or states learn how to play social media to 'rock the boat' and instigate and stage mass unrests, we might see disastrous results of violance and riots.
The "Occupy wall street" protest in the US in 2011 and "Social justice" one in Israel are the precursors...
Professed by an unknown author - Nik Krasno -:)
What do you think?

Nik wrote: "62 people own the same as half of the world, claim Oxfam:

https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pr...

If the figures are ..."

I think public anger is rising Nik - especially as the media is telling people there is not enough money available for basic social services, and yet there is untold expenditure for the global war machine, private institutions on the verge of bankruptcy are bailed out and the elite throw pretty decent parties for themselves also!

James Morcan wrote: "I think public anger is rising ..."

I think so too.
Here is the peaceful protest example of people fed up paying much more taxes than huge billion dollars worth corporations:

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/ne...

Similar 'tax riot', as tagged by Israeli TV, is gaining momentum in Israel, inspired by the UK example and by discovery that those enaged in promoting sites on Google pay more taxes than Google.

And speaking about 'decent' parties, how do you like a 1 Bil. $ wedding?:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03...

The actual number might be inaccurate, but it reflects the general magnitude of the event, I guess.

Good to hear the movement is taking off in Israel, Nik.

P.S. Who was the unknown author you mentioned in the first post? I only am aware of the KNOWN author Nik Krasno - the other guy refer to must be a poor imitation :)

Also, do the combined bank accounts of (the likes of) Clinton, Putin, Obama, Bush and Queen Elizabeth might have something to do with where the (public's) money went?
We, the people, got robbed in the magnitude of quadrillions (not trillions) in my estimation after studying the expenditures relating to declassified documents, black budgets etc.

So the only question in my mind is...

Will a 21st Century Robin Hood appear to steal back from the elite and return it to the poor (who should be rich)?

James Morcan wrote: "Good to hear the movement is taking off in Israel, Nik.

P.S. Who was the unknown author you mentioned in the first post? I only am aware of the KNOWN author Nik Krasno - the other guy refer to mus..."

Yeah, right! It's Tolstoy and me basically -:)

James Morcan wrote: "Also, do the combined bank accounts of (the likes of) Clinton, Putin, Obama, Bush and Queen Elizabeth might have something to do with where the (public's) money went?
We, the people, got robbed in ..."

I wouldn't go as far as to accuse the above in anything specific as long as I don't have any solid proof, and I can only hope that if there are those who do, they get a chance to investigate the suspicions. On a general note though I wouldn't be surprised how rich some of the modest civil servants become while serving their people and how poor the served people become in their turn.
I go even a step further and I ask, suppose those 62 or whatever amount of families made their fortune in a perfectly legal way, is it a desired outcome?

Or how about this:
If the below data, claiming that 21 Trillion USD !!! is hidden offshore is even partially correct:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/frederick...

Or this: claiming that biggest US corporations hold 2.1 trillion USD overseas to avoid taxation:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa...

the natural question that comes to mind is how fair are the societies we live in?
And I say, nobody needs to steal. In a supposedly democratic societies the majority may decide, inter alia, how the
(re-) distribution of wealth should be, but this issue never rises to the top priority agenda for some reason -:)
Right, silly me, the abortion or non-abortion is much more important.