I don't think you understand the concept of opportunity.

Whats brought you to that conclusion?

I've just received my letter from Rt Hon Theresa May outlining her vision and asking me to back my local MP Michael Gove! Im unsure why she has sent letters around here as sure as eggs are eggs Surrey Heath will be Blue on June 8. Thoughtful of her all the same.
2 pages long and 'Conservative' doesn't appear once

So it begs the question if it were so easy why haven't these designers put the £20k and cut him out? It could be because they were not prepared to risk the loss and their has to be a return on the risk that capitalism.

The Tories, or more correctly Lynton Crosby, have no doubt decided the Conservative brand makes people retch, whereas Submarine May is infinitely more popular than Jezza, so that's what's on the side of the bus. Not policies, personalities.

T&Cs agreed? The only thing you signed when taking a job there was the opting out of the 48-hour week. It was the most bizarre place I've ever worked. New starters would start on Monday morning then by Wednesday lunchtime they'd go for lunch and not come back. When you asked where they'd gone you were told they'd been sacked for working too slow. After 2 and a half days in the job?????!!!!! Sorry, that's not opportunity in my books. And where exactly do you find it acceptable for a boss to line up every employee and personally walk down the line telling them who and who isn't in danger of losing their job? Or the time one of the lad's wives had a miscarriage so he took the day off to be with her at the hospital, all the boss wanted to know on his return is if he was putting it in as a sick day or a holiday as it was his wife's problem, not his. Talk about compassion!

Ironically, the guy really liked me because I'd already got experience and could rattle off the work, however, the feeling wasn't mutual and when I got a promotion and a pay rise I took it, then pretty much threw it back in his face by leaving for even more elsewhere.

Aren't you lucky.
I'm not sure that the "true" Conservatives of yesteryear would think that she was a True Tory ?
Mind you hitting the poor old pensioners may be an indication that she hasn't washed all of the blue dye out just yet.
And she's still promising to get immigration down to 10's of 000's.
Seven years she's been peddling that lie and it wont happen in the next 5.
Plus an "extra" 8 billion for the NHS, that her representative on "the Daily Politics" couldn't confirm whether it was extra or just the money already promised, which, coincidentally, was £8 billion.

The opportunity for anyone wanting to take a risk as good as they have always been.

There are plenty of people with money willing to risk that money backing what they consider a good idea

I have always found the more you put in the more you get out - if you think everyone owes you a certain lifestyle then you have a problem - no wonder socialism never worked.

On an earlier thread you mentioned there was no opportunity etc, you need to make your mind up. There's 2 in one sentence.

It depends what you mean by socialism. Virtually all the world's current ranked 'happiest' nations have strong social structures in place, which at one time would have been considered socialist policies. They have less extremes of income & generally care for their people more - Scandinavia, Netherlands, Canada, Aus, NZ.

Just because I'm alright Jack it doesn't mean to say I can't discuss those who aren't.

Socialism is a situation where wealth is generated through by the many for the many through the state. I would suggest that wealth generation in all the countries you mentioned is via private enterprise. The difference is the government tax higher and spend on social programs.

Now name a state where the vast majority of the wealth generation is done through the state and I will show a lot of very unhappy people.

Yeah and everyone is dancing in the streets of England, Scotland, the US, India....................

I notice the Tories plan to take my kids inheritance from them now, should I still have a house left to leave to them.

Not only the low earners, but now middle earners with aspiration get clobbered.

Unreal

Just answer the question?

I am sure your altruistic tendencies fall short of actually offering to earn less so others in your company can earn more.

The idea spouted on here that the shopfloor generate the wealth in a business would be laughable if it weren't such a bonkers idea.

I bet the people of England, Scotland and the USA have a lot more to dance about than your average North Korean