Dear Editor
We have always been and continue to be told we owe our livelihoods to those that have the money to invest, without their efforts we would be in dire straits.
Of course their motive is to get back more than they invest; if not, they will not hesitate to withdraw their investment and in the process if you lose your job, hard luck.
Their commitment in time and effort is minimal when compared with a wage earning employee who spends certainly not less than 50 years of their lifetime working, to this must be added unpaid time in support by family members.
Without people working producing goods of all sorts, money itself is useless – yet those who hold it exercise great power over our lives.
Who, then, by their efforts should get the benefits of the value of goods produced? The producers’ lifetime of work – or a wealthy gambler on the stock market who also has power on whether you have a job or not?
As the title suggests, it is their freedom and their interpretation of justice.
A Delahoy,
Silverknowes Gardens
