The Great Man

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Two men with the common touch.
Trevor bought a farm near me in 1992.
There was an old hen hut in a paddock nearest the house, the roof long since gone.
Attempts to remove it were stopped by Trevor , who had it re roofed, stone faced and fenced off for hens, a source for fresh eggs.
" When you have an egg, you have a meal " he explained.
His first Irish trained winner was appropriately called "The Hen Hut " .
JP has a similar story for Heads On The Ground , recalling a coin toss with a ticket tout; Mister Donovan named after a heart surgeon ; Pat Hartigan , an All Ireland winning hurler among others.

 

[Slim]

No I didnt say he should be able to. I said he can and if most people could they would and I don't blame him for doing it. Has he broken any laws ?

What do you mean ordinary people do not get to opt out of public obligation.

Are we talking about ordinary people who refuse to go to work and live off the state ? And before you twist it to be people with disabilities or people who genuinely can't find work. Im talking people who choose to live on benefits.

Are we talking about some of the lads ive worked with who earn up to £700-£1000 per week but claim they still live with their mom and dad so the Mrs can still claim full benefits at their real address.

Or are we talking about all the self employed lot with cash in hand jobs and good accountants ?

Or people just working part time because the universal credits will top them up.

Or are we talking small businesses and all the fiddles that go on there give the wife a job there as fart monitor for 12.5k.

Or all the money laundering businesses just brazenly operating down our high streets plain as day.

But let's get something straight. It's the government that allows all that to happen so these ordinary people are all playing the system the best they can the same as JP has done. If you teach all the groundworkers amd plasterers how to apply for Swiss citizenship they wouldn't even blink if it saved them few quid.

What ordinary people are you talking about ?

The likes of me that's who Employee for 30 years worked my arse off paid everything I should and for what ? So I can feel like i did my bit whilst everyone else takes the piss. You might read about it but I'm talking about my life. You get no more working class than a black country, foundry man and shop steward.

JP and his ilk are very special people. You have to be special to make that sort of wealth. If not everyone would have a billion. That's life, its a heirachy special people go to the top. Ordinary folk like me are worker bees.

Governments are failing the people all around the world. Look at where tax payers money has gone over the past few decades. Things like bank bail outs PPE contracts, Look at the mess of HS2. Birmingham Council. Pick anything you like would you trust these fuckers with JP's money. I wouldnt have a clue about your Irish politicians but f%*& me Boris, Starmer, Sunak I wouldnt trust them to run a bath.

It's a shit situation World wide atm but if you think people like JP are the bad guys then you are wide of the mark.

Danny, you write essays, presumably from the heart but don't mistake it for intellect.

 

[Slim]

John Paul McManus was a bond holder in the Irish banks. Can you all save me the bullshit essays when you've no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Danny]

Danny, you write essays, presumably from the heart but don't mistake it for intellect.

Oh I dont. If I were intelligent id be a billionaire not paying tax and donating to and good causes I saw fit.

 

[Danny]

John Paul McManus was a bond holder in the Irish banks. Can you all save me the bullshit essays when you've no idea what you're talking about.

Are you suggesting ( as I dont know ) that Jp lost money in the banking crisis then politicians offered him his money back and he didn't say no ?

Wow.

Waste your time hating the the rich Slim. I always go into discussions willing to lose and learn. You've taught me nothing here I might not be intelligent, in fact I know I'm not but I know the difference between an intelligent argument and boring rhetoric.

It surprises me from you as normally id say your quite an intelligent guy.

Gotta get to work gotta pay my bit. How about you ?

 

[Slim]

Are you suggesting ( as I dont know ) that Jp lost money in the banking crisis then politicians offered him his money back and he didn't say no ?

Wow.

Waste your time hating the the rich Slim. I always go into discussions willing to lose and learn. You've taught me nothing here I might not be intelligent, in fact I know I'm not but I know the difference between an intelligent argument and boring rhetoric.

It surprises me from you as normally id say your quite an intelligent guy.

Gotta get to work gotta pay my bit. How about you ?

I stopped reading after the first sentence. You clearly don't know what a bond holder during the crisis was.

 

[Slim]

Gotta get to work gotta pay my bit. How about you ?

You should be ashamed of this post.

 

[pawras]

Entertaining.

JP has availed himself of the IRE rules and if he's not resident for more than 183 days he doesn't have to pay the 40%+ IRE tax.
Instead he's resident in Switzerland paying 22%.
The gov should reduce the upper tax rate then people wouldn't be inclined to move elsewhere and pay less.
The bleating subjective opinions of others mean nothing.

 

[Ian_Davies]

It always saddens me when two of my very favourite children feud.

Slim seems a passionate crusader for justice, his aversion to a tax exile and distaste for those who fawn over the charitable crumbs he lets slip from his table is understandable, but it is a subject he returns to a rather lot, when there are better things - horses, bets, women and, obviously best of all, chocolate hob nobs - to discuss.

Danny is a self professed working man with zero resentment towards wealthy tax exiles, you could say his respect for them borders on the deferential, but you could equally say it speaks to a man gloriously free of envy and thus at perpetual peace with himself and his lot in life, or at least striving for this utopian goal.

And his writing is to be admired - his powers of articulacy seem self taught and ever evolving.

Two Titans of these Great Virtual Halls Of Debate, but when they fall out their spiritual parent weeps (and in his grief temporarily forgets where he put the biscuit barrel).

And it's a very nice biscuit barrel - Walsworth shoplifted it from Harrods in 1968, or so he claims.

 

[Danny]

My main problem with it is I think its a waste of time pointing out that JP like many other rich business men has within the law found a way to pay less tax. One of the only sensible things Trump said was about him using the tax loopholes and said to was it Hilary if you don't like it change the law.

Slim said something about me suggesting convential rules don't matter if cheque is big enough. Do they not matter if the cheque is too small ? Its either a moral standpoint or is not. Tax evasion of any sort from getting a clever accountant to cook your books or buying the bootlegged fags from the Bob shop. In it's way is all tax evasion. If you single out billionaires then it's just a matter of scale ones bothered about.

If you think if all the billionaires paid their bit that the world would be a better place for the working class I'd doubt that very much. Slim's right in that I'm ignorant to a lot of it, i dont tend to watch T.v or take much notice of the news and certainly have any knowledge of how billionaires operate. To do so would just be a waste of my time and energy on things outside of my control.

No matter what, I think time is better spent looking yourself in the mirror and thinking what do I do wrong, what can I do better. Personal responsibility and accountability will for me always be the way to a better world that's for paupers and billionaires alike. People seem reluctant to lower themselves to make very small improvements but very small improvements add up. Thing seems to be these days though if your not going to be applauded for your efforts or get a million likes or followers then it's not worth doing. If you're waiting for Politicians and billionaires to change, good luck.

When I was out walking I saw some women out picking litter. I said to them you do that for free they said yes I told them they were angels they looked at me like I was crazy but it's those little things that go unnoticed that make the difference.

I dream of the day where I reach that level of goodness.

As for the feud I think Slims a good egg in general. Always thought of him as full of unrealised potential if I'm honest for some reason he makes me feel frustrated in the same way as watching someone unsuccessfully try to thread the eye of a needle. Almost getting it but not quite.

 

[barjon]

“would you sleep with me for a million pounds?” he asked
“Er, yes I think so” she replied
“How about for a fiver then” he said
“ you must be joking, what do you think I am” she said.
“ we all know what your are, madam, we’re just haggling about the price”