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That's like putting a band-aid over the problem instead of actually fixing it.



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VGPolyglot said:
That's like putting a band-aid over the problem instead of actually fixing it.

Rather people doing something to stop the problem than sit and drink the blood like most do.



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Ganoncrotch said:
VGPolyglot said:
That's like putting a band-aid over the problem instead of actually fixing it.

Rather people doing something to stop the problem than sit and drink the blood like most do.

But it's not going to stop the problem, that's my point.



Only half?



VGPolyglot said:
Ganoncrotch said:

Rather people doing something to stop the problem than sit and drink the blood like most do.

But it's not going to stop the problem, that's my point.

there's no fucking magic switch someone can flick, just have to do what people can. Not doing steps to counter issues because "it's not fixing everything" is just daft.



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Ganoncrotch said:
VGPolyglot said:

But it's not going to stop the problem, that's my point.

there's no fucking magic switch someone can flick, just have to do what people can. Not doing steps to counter issues because "it's not fixing everything" is just daft.

They're part of the problem, they can't fix the problem while still being part of it.



charities? hopefully they dont just use 1% of the money for the charity while the workers/charity heads take the money for bentleys as is the usual case.



And now they're poor and will get their money back by profiting from those charities. Just another tax evasion scheme.



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VGPolyglot said:
That's like putting a band-aid over the problem instead of actually fixing it.

Their money could easily put an end to most problems but you're right, this way of doing it isn't... or at least isn't going to go far enough. 



AlfredoTurkey said:
VGPolyglot said:
That's like putting a band-aid over the problem instead of actually fixing it.

Their money could easily put an end to most problems but you're right, this way of doing it isn't... or at least isn't going to go far enough. 

No it couldn't, and in particular the money can't solve our biggest problem, climate change because that's a political problem not a revenue problem. Indeed most of our worst problems are political not revenue. It can temporarily alleviate many problems. There are some things the money could permanently solve but putting an end to most problems is overstating things. End of they day, their money is less than half of the annual expenditure of a medium sized developed economy, like Australia.  



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