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WOULD YOU TAKE a fiver from a stranger?
It seems that for the Irish, the answer is frequently a surprising ‘No, thanks’ – but maybe that will change today, when a global initiative called (you guessed it) Free Money Day takes place.
Last year, cashback company Fat Cheese tried to give away fivers on Free Money Day, sending a man out with a sandwich board advertising the fact that if you asked him for a fiver, he’d be only too delighted to hand one over.
If you ask me for a €5 note, you can have one.
But as you can see in the video below, not everyone was interested:
(FatcheeseIE/Youtube)
In all, 1,400 people passed by – 200 people took money but 1,200 barely gave him a second glance.
But will things change this year?
Raise awareness
Free Money Day is an event where people are invited to hand out their own money to complete strangers, asking the recipients to pass half on to someone else. You’re asked to pass on two notes or coins at one time.
The organisers say the aim is to “raise awarenesss and start conversations about the benefits of economies based on sharing”. But that’s not all – it also aims to offer a “liberating experience to inspire more critical and creative thinking about our relationships with money”.
For some though, it’s a good way of getting their paws on some cold, hard cash.
Nineteen countries took part in the event last year, and the people behind the day, the Post Growth Institute, say they hope to have more participants in 2012.
Would you take part in Free Money Day?
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Quick , get it out of the ground before some hippy makes a propaganda film about it , then gets all the other scroungers to quote it verbatim as ‘evidence’ of why you shouldn’t do this.
Thank god its not Cavan,it would run away!
They say it was worse than expected but still they are going to mine!!come off it,they found something worth while and want to hide it..
I bet after 10 years it will be “we didn expect as much”
We’re rich, we’re rich, we’re stinking focking rich!!
We’re not rich, we won’t see a nugget I’m afraid. Not a red cent either.
got me pan, me gun ,boots im staking a claim,and ill tell ya .leave me be i tell ya. leave me be
There’s gold in dem hills
Sold off another natural resource to the hands of the wealthy like the oil,gas and fisheries beforehand. No benefit to the states citizens or reducing national ponzu scheme debt.
Actually Conory Gold is an Irish company who employ Irish people.
how do i get there…………..my horse dont know way,,,so he tells me,i think hes after the claim himself he dont fool me
Where’s me shovel and pan!!!
Oil…gold…gas…we’re rich…..rich I tellz ya…
Will be off no benefit to the country – no doubt the minister in charge will have received a brown envelope to create tax loopholes!!
Deres gold in dem dar hillz!
Aw I was going to say that XD
KEY FEATURES of Fiscal Framework for mining
Sole right of working minerals vested in the • State
Royalties fixed by individual agreement. • Currently a percentage of net revenues for base metals, and on tonnage extracted in the case of industrial minerals
Private mineral owners receive • compensation
Corporation Tax at 25% for mines, and • 12.5% on income and chargeable gains from general trading
Capital allowances include exploration and • development expenditure, expenditure on plant, machinery, buildings, up to 100%
Immediate write-off of exploration and • development expenditure
Cost of rehabilitation after closure is tax • deductible
Royalts and dead rent range from 1% – 3.5%
Give it to Shell
The basic facts were not covered by the article were:
(a)How deep is the gold? ( ie: will it be an open pit or underground operation?)
(b) What grams/ton grade is initial drillings
(c) Is it narrow vein or broadcast?
(d) If open pit, what amount of overburden (waste) has to be first removed.
This non-specific type of article gives goldmining a bad name because it
does not critically look at the economic viability of gold mining and makes
the assumption, without adequate facts that a mine is possible.
Mine design and plant details will be obvious once the gold resource is
qualified by JORC drilling. As yet there has been no published results
except hear-say.
Cheers
Moorookamick
Your last paragraph make the first pointless..
What’s the name of the company who hit the contract for the gold that’s actually found, probably ends in Stein or Berger, or maybe even feller or child, heimer. Need I go on?
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