<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/09/paradise-papers-offshore-billionaires">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/09/paradise-papers-offshore-billionaires</a><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Christopher M. Quigley</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cmqesquire@gmail.com">cmqesquire@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 1:00 AM<br>Subject: Fwd: Christo<br>To: Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">Michel,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Quote today on Jesse's Cafe Americain:<br><br>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>-----<br><br>"In reality, though, it was never about us and our economy at all. Today
it is obvious that all of this had only one rationale: to raise up a
class of supermen above us. It had nothing to do with jobs or growth. Or
freedom either. The only person’s freedom to be enhanced by these tax
havens was the billionaire’s freedom. It was all to make his life even
better, not ours...<br>
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We endure potholes and live in fear of collapsing highway bridges
because our leaders wanted these very special people to have an even
larger second yacht. Our kids sit in overcrowded classrooms in
underfunded schools so that a handful of exalted individuals can relax
on their own private beach.<br>
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Today it is these same golden figures with their offshore billions who
host the fundraisers, hire the lobbyists, bankroll the think tanks and
subsidize the artists and intellectuals.<br>
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This is their democracy today. We just happen to live in it."<br>
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Thomas Frank, <i><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/09/paradise-papers-offshore-billionaires" target="_blank">We Built a Paradise For Offshore Billionaires</a><br><br><br><br></i><div><div><div><div class="gmail-m_3372303172594384351m_2681454670374486071m_5092794455924623368m_-610497688043846048m_4826761118866295747m_2513263798090854851m_-1408848129066825228gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:12.8px"><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Christopher</span><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></i></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>----------------</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Christopher M. Quigley</font></span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">B.Sc. (Maj. Accounting), M.I.I. (Grad.), M.A., QFA.</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Qualified Financial Adviser.<br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:12.8px">M: + 353-(0)-86-8118-600<br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:12.8px">E: <a href="mailto:Wealthbuilder.ie@gmail.com" target="_blank">Wealthbuilder.ie@gmail.com</a><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.wealthbuilder.ie/disclaimer.htm" target="_blank">Legal Disclaimer</a><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(111,168,220)"></span></span></div><div><br></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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