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In reply to the discussion: Largest private yacht in the world is launched [View all]Crepuscular
(1,057 posts)16. Kind of intuitive, don't you think?
Ship building is not exactly like digging ditches and yachts of that caliber are filled with finish work that will be done by highly skilled craftsmen. You seriously think that a ship that cost $600 million dollars, will not provide any high paying jobs?
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They're skilled shipbuilders...they don't get paid "slave wages" because their reputation depends...
OldDem2012
Apr 2013
#58
Hmmm. Let's see....you seem intent on comparing a company that sells things....
OldDem2012
Apr 2013
#71
The only way the wealthy "create" jobs is by spending their ill-gotten gains
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#43
"the owner is likely the royal family of Abu Dhabi" - So, Let's buy a yacht instead of alleviating..
Yavin4
Apr 2013
#12
Oh look, a DU'er saying ignorant shit about the Middle East! It must be Monday
Scootaloo
Apr 2013
#35
So, There's no poverty whatsoever in the muslim world, esp. Yemen and Afghanistan
Yavin4
Apr 2013
#36
All I Said Was That Alleviating Abject Poverty in the Middle East should come before this kind of
Yavin4
Apr 2013
#59
Makes sense to me. How do you award yourself something this ostentatious when...
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#62
I think it's pretty. And as outrageous as this extreme show of filthy lucre is,
gateley
Apr 2013
#76