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' somehow I reckon Rishi Sunak will get ya'all back on a good course over there.'
Maybe, Paul1D, I spoke too soon about Sunak. Perhaps you need Sir Keir in charge 'cos your media were suggesting that Labour voters would ensure a sweeping change these days with a huge majority. Liked your pics of Cambodia but steer clear, Dear Chap, of Rwanda. A few years ago I tried to help one of their upstanding citizens who sought my assistantce. He was down on his luck but assured me he and his charming wife were profound Christans. Later the International Court of Justice found him guilty of massive genocide! Seemingly the UN is watching that whole area at present together with the DR Congo. It might be you who gets " poontanged" .
Paul1D - " Id favour Thailand, Cambodia or Mexico over most places." .I'd be slightly concerned by Cambodian & Thai military dominance historically but here is a link to Mexican taxation. (Bear in mind that Mexico's regime is now " left leaning" .)
https://www.bizlatinhub.com/overview-of-the-taxation-system-in-mexico/
Here also is an extract (via Forbes) which is very relevant, imho, to the USA, especially at present.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RD48bbTv66oiItfWRggWppgMPPVCk-65/view
Paul D ( & Willowman) - Don't get me wrong here because I generally agree with everything you are both putting forward here (including the comments you quoted by Carol Wheeler (of the Bruges Group). But the problems are generally of our own making...hence my final three words, " So now what?"
The US prides itself on being a Capitalist Society. Many people across the world do their damnest to get here and enjoy " The American Dream". Well - I'll tell you the dream. It's all about being a celebrity or a CEO and having enough money to do what you will. Disneyland and Las Vegas can offer you fantasies. But in our " dream" there are millions of Americans who do not get national assistance and go without health care. The " authorities" drop them off on the street outside Hospitals who want to sede their money. Folk in their seventies and even eighties doing two and three jobs a day to survive while you see younger folk often in better " shape" standing at street corners holding plcards to persuade passers by to give them money ( but for what?). Most Brits hardly know the meaning of " low wages". You've got National Health Care, Benefits for just about everything. Look at yourselves. You take in an immigrant of a totally different background or culture, stick em in a hotel, teach them to drive, shell out for their health, stick them in Court for shoplifting and then let them off with a minimum fine ( perhaps not even that) for a promise of future good behaviour behaviour. So don't come back at me " crying in your beer" You are the ones " prioritizing the way you run (or vote). You point out Ireland (Paul) as perhaps a better alternative. So why don't you move there ...it's even in the EU? Sorry about VAT but that's pretty much everywhere across most of Europe. Over here our taxation per capita is a lot lower..My guess would be that we are at least 30% less. For instance our average State purchase tax is around the 8% mark - a lot less than 20%.
The bottom line is you can pay less tax or you can pay more and have a Welfare State. and help those deemed to be in need. I say " deemed" because quite a lot could make more effort to get off their backsides and put their shoulders to the mill. But then you (and we) donate " charity" not just within our own countries....but all over the world to the " disadvantaged" . Who dares to call a halt?. Certainly not the moneyed few 'cos they wouldn't dare drive their Bentleys out in public. Yes, I know I'm preaching to the choir here and we've all got our own dream to be richer....called Ariana!.
My thoughts are that Rishi Sunak with his background in finance and a good education should prove a stable and better leader than his predecessors. Truss imho hadn't a clue and May just didn't get the support of her party. Boris (considered a " mini-me Trump wannabe over this side of the pond was a show-off and clearly different to your average suave, neat Tory politician....I wouln't trust him one inch!. So collectively this kinda makes conservative folk over there hanker for the likes of Thatcher....and over here for Reagan.
Neither were popular with folk who would rather not support the "Right Wing". Personally I have no time either for Tebbit or Farage so I guess that puts me on a collision course, Paul, with your Bruges Group.
Clearly both the UK and the US have a similar problem with migrants who believe they can secure a better personal life style. You have a slight advantage of "policing" your border because of the dangers in getting across The Channel. We have a huge economic disadvantage because of the sheer length of both our southern and northern borders and the greater numbers of people attempting to get in. Most of Western Europe is fairly free of "restrictive government "and its dangers to those inhabitants who disagree with the regime whereas it is a very different situation in Central America and Mexico simply cannot cope with the influx. Likewise there must be similar problems over in France which creates costs for that country.
Trump saw a Wall as the answer and labelled Mexico as a haven for criminals who would otherwise enter the US and commit heinous crimes. Americans (and especially the NRA) are all out for easily acquired guns but fail to recognize that it is the same guns (and gun sales profits) which are shipped across the border into the hands of cartels and Central American gangs. Over in Canada, their PM has drastically clamped down on guns and ownership. (I'm not sure that Brits are aware that gun ownership in Mexico is illegal) .
Now as to your tax becoming a "killer" ......It all comes down to how much a country is prepared to shell out for the poorest people or those who cannot afford a basic standard of life (health or whatever). The bottom line is that Social Welfare has to be paid for and those who don't (or can't ) are in no position to pay.
Personally, as a Democrat here and more likely a Liberal or Labour voter if I was your side of the pond, I can see some relevance in Trade Union thinking which could perhaps be summed up as : Marketing needs to be supervised in the public interests, Public Ownership is Bad, Privatization is Good and the " holy trinity" of Corporates ( High Prices, High Profits and Low Wages ) make the big earners the obvious source to put wealth into the National Budget because the lower earners may not even qualify for tax payments anyway. So now what?
Paul1D - " I have a feeling 2023 if going to be a difficult year, if this slips to 2p at any point I will be purchasing more"
I'd certainly sell off other investments and buy into AAU if the sp fell to 2p but I think we might climb a little more, slowly but surely from hereon - especially if our PR people pull their fingers out and Dr. K takes note of what you and I suggested about dividends.
It's nice to see a rise in sterling price and somehow I reckon Rishi Sunak will get ya'all back on a good course over there. The only one who is going to have a difficult year 2023 is going to be Trumpy. He's virtually done and dusted, his allies will be jailed and Ron DeSantis will be the bright star of the GOP hereon. As for President Jow...I reckon he will be a respected influence throughout the gfobe and history will be kind to him. We will climb out of a very dark hole how on. and so will our friends. God Save The King and God Bless America!
It's quite a change to see the sp climb a little after an Ariana RNS! Obviously it's generated more than the recent average of share sales by PIs too. However imho the basics still amount to lots and lots of drilling in the near future. What should be a prioritized is to be instantly mining what we know is there, start earning more money, pay some regular dividends and we will see our share price upped a lot... The rest (more drilling, permits etc etc can follow on thereafter. Otherwise this latest RNS, although descriptive is rather " same old, same old promising we have endured now for quite some time since Red Rabbit first started actually hauling out and selling off gold. We need the food on the table!
Paul - there are some somewhat minor protests in Brazil follwing Bolsonaro's defeat - not disimilar of the Trumsters complains of vote conspiracies. Also some truckers held up traffic in protest. There were equally counter protests. The bottom line is that it was a very close result and some folk did not like the idea of being " ruled" by what they saw as a former criminal (Lula da Silva).. But overall - no big deal.
Slight change of subject - Take a look at this article by the Atlantic about the Democrat Party which personally I believe is very much on target.: Otherwise right now our own Mid-term is very close indeed. and there are quite a few shocks! I guess it may be Friday before things will be resolved.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/democrats-long-goodbye-to-the-working-class/672016/
Coming back to Ariana though, I don't see anything much to comment about right now - Certainly no price rise or hints of regular dividends. I'm staying with my phosphates and lithium.
What a load of twisted cod's wallop from these " 21st Wire" clowns. The problem was quickly put right and all Parties agreed votes were not invalid. Last I saw on media was that awful Lake woman was badly down on votes for her Governorship run. Finally, you may enjoy this Wikipedia article about Maricopa's infamous former sherriff, Joe Arpaio::
(Trumpy pardoned him! lol)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio
Okay Paul - Fair comment that you had posted views from elsewhere and in my haste to " get back at you" I overlooked that aspect. (Lo siento mucho)..
Having said that though, I am totally " blown" and surprised by your last sentence. Tomorrow will reveal many things of course but meantime our media keep changing their forecasts back and forth but it looks like it is going to be a close match. What could prove Trump's undoing are two things. Firstly the public response to the (Trump majority-appointed) Supreme Court decision on abortion (Roe vs Wade) and secondly the clear rise of Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis who may well sway many Trumpster supporters over to his camp instead. Trump still continues to lie and spread conspiracies whereas DeSantis seems more attuned to Republican ideals.
Whatever the outcome, I really cannot see Joe Biden running for President in 2024 and possibly by then Trump could either be disqualified from holding office or even jailed as a result of the DoJ acting on infrmation gleaned by the current Select Committee about th 6th January attack on Congress.. I don't see either Kamala Harris (D) or Mike Pence (R) being adopted by either party either as a presidential candidate but we may see Ron DeSantis (R) , Pete Buttigieg (R) or even an " unsupported" Republican, Liz Cheney trying her luck as an Independent.
" Electric is derived from oil and gas" . It's also derived from nuclear fission (and right now Rishi Sunak has indicated that Sizewell C is most definitelt going ahead and possibly 7 more sites to follow. . This side of the pond we also have nuclear power, huge areas of land for solar collection and for windmills. Biden has placed a " no-no + on both fracking for gas/oil and allowing a transcontinental pipeline to our Texas refineries from Canada. Then there are shale oil deposits a-plenty...albeit at greater cost of production. But putting it simply...if " push got to shove" we could easily become a nett exporter and Saudi et alia could go crap themselves. (and I haven't even mentioned the thermal pressures sitting under Yellowstone and elswhere which could be harnessed to turbines to produce electricity.
Greetings LoB - and yes I'm quite sure by now the Board have acquired their shares for free. Currently selling them might give them an opportunity to enjoy some extravagance or self indulgence right now.( In time for Christmas? ) However if we are about to see an increase in our share price very soon due to Kerim's unwavering " good tidings" Podcasts and his further expansion programme gets support from our (generally pretty useless )PR people it may be that the Bod may have sold their shares somewhat prematurely.
Having said that, at present there is no sign of an upward trend and I did suggest earlier that unless I could see some action by the end of this year I might well invest elsewhere.. 2023 is almost upon us. Regards DJ
Our BoD have been exercising their share options but I can't quite understand why there are some big sales of shares if Ariana has the " bright future" which Dr K keeps putting about. Surely the temptation should be to wait a while and make some spectacular gains?
Against what you suggested - namely " All the aces are in BRICS+ hands. If Saudi Arabia agrees to accept the gold backed remnimbi for oil. Goodbye to the US Dollar. If BRICS+ introduce a currency outlined above. Goodbye to the dollar."
But of course that has not yet happened and as you must have read there are two other matters which could affect the
position. Firstly if the Republicans take control of Congress as a result of our Mid-Term elections tomorrow , then Joe Biden's recently stated aims could be negated....namely that the US will invervene if China invades Taiwan and, secondly that there has to be some reckoning with Saudi Arabia causing the recent rise, virtually worldwide, in the price of gas as well as the likely assassination of the popular journalist Jamal Khashoggi .
Meanwhile it is become apparent over here that vendors are looking to alternative manufacturers other than China now and that is becoming evident in goods on sale in our shops. Equally, we are moving away from oil & gas to utilise natural resources and electric-driven transport. In my own experience, the quality of Chinese (and Indian) products are lacking and clearly those countries are increasingly been seen as transgressors of human rights. Their economies will undoubtly suffer so....Goodbye BRICS. Once upon a time the British Empire held sway over much of the Middle East. The US moved in but looked for oil profiteering (and military bases). Now it doesn't need either. Finally, given half a chance, the Iranian leadership would seek any opportunity to overthrow the Gulf "Royals" . That could well rattle the oil industry barons and monetary position.
https://carnegieendowment.org/2014/02/18/ominous-divide-shiite-iran-v-sunni-gulf-pub-54574
In to-day's Market, I would prefer to invest in likely quick returns but only providing I could get in at the start by DYOR before the tipsters and financial "gurus" ramped up the prices. Recent examples (which brought me good returns are agriculture (say phosphate) and rare earths and metals (say lithium). One danger is that the " elephant in the room" might be tribal or indigenous factions interfering with the entrepreneurial aims. Otherwise right now I would stay with US$ (perhaps in a short term bank CD). rather than buy gold. Last year bloggers here and elsewhere were all ranting on expectation of the gold price going throught the roof. Well it hasn't!
Having said that, if I felt that the political situation here or in the UK (which has suffered serious monetary devaluation through Brexit) or even the EU changed for the worst (IMHO of course) and gold quickly started a move upward as a result....then I might invest in bullion as an insurance (like some Europeans did just pre WW2.
Maybe if Western Governments hadn't gone off the gold standard it might be a different matter. BRICS will fall apart through serious political differences and the fact that with such large populations they will be competing amongst themselves to get resources which they will need as well as longterm loyalty and committment by third world regimes.
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Johnpwh - Political reference is perhaps more than ever relevant to our personal lifestyle (and investiments). Trump basically " chucked my country under the bus" in the view of many of those countries who shared (or hoped to share) our
democratic principles and our continued prosperity has a direct effect on the currencies and exports of other nations.
Hopefully for us this will now continue....but only if we retain a Democrat majority in goverment (and ultimately in the Supreme Court.
I might well invest in mining but remember I still have a fair amount of money held in UK which has lost a lot of its value against the dollar since Brexit. That same decision has reduced my British-issued annuities probably by nealy 30%. My US brokers do not deal in Ariana shares. If you want to see USD coming your way and boost your exchequer, then you'd better hope we have the right people in the White House. Trump might promise but he either doesn't pay or reneges on most things. It's that simple, my old friend. I'm sorry for taking space on this chat but the bottom line is that I am not just going to roll over while either Deano or Trump demonstrates their own brand of " unpleasantness". I'll stick purely to Ariana henceforth (so don't expect much to comment on (lol). Cheers, DJ
Well johnpwh, I hope you are happy with the response you've just got from PAUL1DEANO. It equates exactly with his mentality of someone who has " gone down the Rabbit Hole". He directs you to a Youtube website , (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa4-aDvb4A0) which is in reality pushing yet another conspiracy theory and Richard Hall (a British " conspiracy author")recommends the article to be downloaded and re-posted because it is vital that every person understands what the proposed changes to the monetary system will mean.
Richard Hall has published books & videos and made money from many "conspiracy theories" his publication "The Manchester Bang" . Here is the detail:-
Richard presents an independent forensic investigation of the 2017 Manchester Arena 'bombing' incident. 14,000 Ariana Grande fans had just finished watching a concert, when a loud bang was heard coming from the arena foyer. The vast majority of people did not witness an explosion because the foyer is a separate enclosure unsighted from the main arena. Immediately after the bang, crowds flooded out of the arena, some of them in panic. The mainstream media quickly reported that a suicide bomber had detonated a 'nuts and bolts' bomb in the centre of the foyer, which they quickly claimed killed 22 people, and injured dozens more. Despite the foyer being comprehensively covered by CCTV cameras, to date, no CCTV footage of the foyer area has been released for public scrutiny. Only 2 short pieces of video footage, and one still photograph, have surfaced showing the alleged aftermath within the foyer. Astonishingly, forensic examination of these videos and still image shows they were produced 15 hours before the time of the alleged explosion. Close scrutiny of first-hand eyewitness testimony, and other evidence, casts doubt on the official narrative and leads to the possibility that the event was a carefully stage-managed exercise involving scores of enlisted participants. With help from two trusted researchers, Richard examines the evidence and builds a picture of what most likely occurred.
With respect, I was not in UK when this occured but I'm sure most of my fellow bloggers know really what happened and over here in the US our media published the faces of those killed in the blast. Accordingly, can you really take the ramblings of Paul1Deano or his filthy expressionism seriously....I can't.