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Joe Lewis is defo an evil bond villain. Are we the bad guys?
Hmmm.....not always the case. Chuck Feeney? There are exceptions.Global zionist lobby aside: no-one gets a fortune of billions of pounds by playing nice.
He has been nice giving the fortune away. Bill Gates the same. Many super rich people are philantrophes and gives loads of money to charities, etc. Some for tax reasons, some to be nice and to do good.Hmmm.....not always the case. Chuck Feeney? There are exceptions.
I guess in that respect, one can only differentiate between those like Buffett, Feeney, Gates and the like and those who, like a sickness, accrue as much wealth as they can all their life and hold into it like latter day Ebeneezer Scrooges. No-one out there is truly an angel - none of us but those who use their wealth to make the world a better place (i.e. giving while living) are on a higher level imo.He has been nice giving the fortune away. Bill Gates the same. Many super rich people are philantrophes and gives loads of money to charities, etc. Some for tax reasons, some to be nice and to do good.
But not one single one of them was giving away their fortunes when building them. There are always some children in sweat shops in India, workers in slave like "contracts" at the bottom of the ladder that these fortunes are built upon. Feeney, Gates et al might not have had anything to do directly with exploiting children and workers and poor countries around the world, or to subject their own employees to substandard contracts of work, etc. But they have most certainly not bothered too much about looking for them inside their own companies or businesspartners either.
Feeney started his career selling alcohol and tobacco. And made his fortune providing the world with duty-free such goods. The tobacco industry can not be said to be a "nice" business, and alcohol kills people in throves - and ruins the lives of even more. Being an integral part of those industries, by giving them new arenas to sell their produces: does that make Feeney nice?
Obviously: Feeney has been extremely nice and charitable - let there be no doubt about that! But I doubt that he was extremely charitable as a bussinessman: if he was, he wouldn´t had made that much money. It´s as simple as that.
How many lives were directly or indirectly ended, injured and/or harmed because of Black Wednesday? Or when the Mexican peso was the victim of same financial tactics? If Joe Lewis started to give away his fortune to charities - would that make him a nice guy? Would it make his fortune "nice"?
Absolutely. Lewis' wealth is barely a factor..Personally, I can't get excited like some can about how personally wealthy Lewis is. Even from a selfish point of view, that wealth doesn't benefit the club itself. Lewis is not and never will be a sugar daddy - not saying he should be - but the club is set up to be self-sustainable and we won't win any trophies from where he sits in the wealth index.
I guess when you get a situation such as that which is occurring at Newcastle then you want to think that we also have an owner who can flex their financial muscle but the Saudis and Qatari royals are in this for entirely different reasons. I'm sure that the eventual aim is to turn a profit but it's all about using the club to project a positive image of their country.Absolutely. Lewis' wealth is barely a factor..
ENIC's model is about progressive investment. They are not squeezing us dry but making business decision to increase the turnover and wealth of the club. As the turnover improves so does our wage bill which enables us to attract higher quality players.
The more money lewis has will make it harder and more expensive to sell up
Not sure about that tbh. There is a lot of money in the Premiership and as the wealth of the club increases so does his investment.The more money lewis has will make it harder and more expensive to sell up
His interest in the club is a decent chunk of his overall wealth. He doesn't have £x billion lying around in cash and then all his companies on top of that - he is rich because of the value of those companies. The club is worth what it is worth and ENIC would sell up if they received an offer that they felt sufficiently exceeded that value.The more money lewis has will make it harder and more expensive to sell up
Who is David Pearl ? He’s listed in articles today as our Vice President? And worth £500m I’ve never heard of him. It’s on his wiki page as well.
Property guy.
I'd never heard of him, that's for sure.His name seems to have come out of the blue. He's never been a Director of any Club Group Company as far as I can see.
No-one can afford us that isn't already involved with other clubs.I don't think their plan is to sell up dude. I think they'll be here for a good decade more at least.
His name seems to have come out of the blue. He's never been a Director of any Club Group Company as far as I can see.
His Company Directorships list him as David Pearlman.Very weird if you look on google there’s articles going back to 2010 mentioning him.
Wow let me get this right .....According to the people, from the place where more high ranking NAZIS ended up at the end of the second world war, there is a global "Jewish Conspiracy"Pretty crazy article about Lewis activities in Patagonia Argentina. If even half of it is true it’s astonishing.
The Dark Secret Behind a British Billionaire’s “Parallel State” In Argentina’s Patagonia
A sinister plan lurks beneath the de facto independent state created by billionaire Joe Lewis in the heart of Argentina’s Patagonia.www.mintpressnews.com
Christianity | 31.4% | |
Islam | 23.2% | |
Unaffiliated | 16.4% | |
Hinduism | 15.0% | |
Buddhism | 7.1% | |
Folk Religion | 5.9% | |
Other (includes Judaism, Bahá’í, Sikhism, and Jainism) | 1.0% | |
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Wow let me get this right .....According to the people, from the place where more high ranking NAZIS ended up at the end of the second world war, there is a global "Jewish Conspiracy"
Fuck me they have not even changed the script in75 years since the war and nearly 100 since Adolf wrote Meine Kampf and people still fall for that bullshit.
None of it is true. This insidious anti-semitic crap is boring. There is no Jewish conspiracy, This is not Austin Powers. The worlds core Jewish population today is less than 15million, and around 20million of people that could be identified as Jews. Out of 7.79 Billion. Seriously. When will people drop this stupid stereotypical crap. It is actually racism of the worst kind.
Christianity 31.4% Islam 23.2% Unaffiliated 16.4% Hinduism 15.0% Buddhism 7.1% Folk Religion 5.9% Other (includes Judaism, Bahá’í, Sikhism, and Jainism) 1.0% Pew Research Center, 2015[1]