[GJM] [Intertax] What Would YOU Really Do? 5.

[robert searle]

--- Gerard Coffey <cafecito98 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear gentlemen,
> 
> there is indeed life in the Tax Justice Network. The
> recent conversation even prompts people like me, who
> generally read but do not communicate, to get
> involved. 
> 
> Just a few general observations. And as I know none
> of
> you personally, I hope my comments will be taken as
> somewhat objective.
> 
> 1. Anyone who makes a statement and later qualifies
> it
> as a joke is asking for trouble (John Kerry is a
> prime
> example) and is generally trying to avoid taking
> responsiliity for his or her (perhaps unpopular)
> opinions.
> 
> 2. Anyone who reacts by saying that if this is not a
> serious conversation then I refuse to take part is
> (a)
> missing the point and (b) probably heading for a
> case
> of burn out.
> 
> 3. The clash between individual and goup desires and
> needs is as old as humanity itself. In my own view
> it
> is entirely 'normal' or 'average behaviour' to
> protect
> one's own interests. This is even more true in a
> society such as our own, in which individualism is
> so
> greatly enphasised and in which money equals power
> and
> status. That this is so does not mean that
> protecting
> one's own interests is necessarily in the best
> interests of society as a whole. For the common good
> it is therefore generally necessary to oppose
> individualism and curb its excesses.
> 
> Internally the Tax Justice Network may indeed be one
> sided, but in the general scheme of things it is an
> absolutely necessary balance to a destructive
> tendency.
> 
> sincerely 
> Gerard Coffey
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 		
>
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