tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post2415315958959986521..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Why are left-wingers invariably allowed to employ the "JK Rowling Gambit"?Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-25854232509594432492012-01-20T18:33:50.365+00:002012-01-20T18:33:50.365+00:00Just read Delingpole on the migrant spongers issue...Just read Delingpole on the migrant spongers issue in the Telegraph (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100131407/why-should-broke-britain-bankroll-immigrant-spongers/). One classic "JK Rowling Gambit" comment below his post is the following: <br /><br />"This article lacks context. I am one of the people who came between 2000 and now (one of the 2.3 million) I set up a business that employed 30 British people, paid tax, sold the company (paid cap gains tax), the company is larger now. I left without using the NHS even once and my children did not use a state school. I have no complaints. The UK was a decent enough place to start a business - not great but decent enough. So my revenue contribution was more than a million pounds. I am not typical but there must be others like me in the 2.3 million who will pay a lot of tax then leave and never draw a pension. This article does not shape or define this but rather identifies a sponger of 25 thousand a year. Without a decent analysis of the 2.3 million and their net contribution I rather feel that the writer is using a cheap and easy way to stir up racism."<br /><br />Yes, Delingpole mentions the Roma sponger begging behind the Big issue while simultaneously fleecing the British taxpayer. But the commente, while asking for context, sort of forgets that Delinpole's main point is the other 370,000 migrants living off our taxes. And, of course, ends up deploying the "Demon Gambit".<br /><br />Classic!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.com