Seconded! My left-wing grandfather fell out with my right-wing uncle (his son) over the other side of this matter. My uncle has a highly-paid job in Qatar and other parts of the Middle East, in the oil industry. He spends fewer than 90 days in the country and so pays no taxes here, but is still due all the rights and privileges of an English citizen. What riled his father is the time when he needed surgery, and scheduled the operation for one of the few periods that he was back over here, rather than pay to have it done in the company facility. My grandfather called him a parasite for that.
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Date: 2005-03-18 10:39 am (UTC)My left-wing grandfather fell out with my right-wing uncle (his son) over the other side of this matter.
My uncle has a highly-paid job in Qatar and other parts of the Middle East, in the oil industry. He spends fewer than 90 days in the country and so pays no taxes here, but is still due all the rights and privileges of an English citizen.
What riled his father is the time when he needed surgery, and scheduled the operation for one of the few periods that he was back over here, rather than pay to have it done in the company facility. My grandfather called him a parasite for that.