Daniel Boon 🇿🇦

@chrishartZA While I hate capital gains, I understand the intention behind it. Discourages people from hoarding investments and encourages some spending in the economy. Most countries have it and actually Ib think SA has one of the fairer systems.

Capital gains is one of the most counterproductive taxes. To grow an economy and create jobs, capital is core and indispensable to achieve this. Taxing the capital gain (which is a wealth tax largely made up through inflation) helps to diminish the available capital and reduces the investment in the economy. It’s the equivalent of a farmer eating seeds and then wondering why there are harvest is much smaller. There is no emerging market in the world that can justify or afford capital gains taxes against an unemployment problem in a capital deficient economy. The wealth taxes are anti-growth unemployment perpetuators

@RaveMed_ @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur Mine too. And I don’t. And I probably pay more than you.

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur my tax money there... and I fully support it.

Dear Chess parents The @SportArtsCultur paid for all 81 kids participating in Sri Lanka & Uganda competitions, below is the proof of payment. No parent should be required to pay extra because everything is covered.

@Kgosi_Mabe @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur I would rather sponsor the top 3, and take the rest of the money and sponsor athletes from other sporting codes, that works also like world class exposure.

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur Give it a rest. I'm glad taxes are used for kids to get world class exposure, even number 81.

@xavia_poswa @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur Sending 81 kids to a Sri Lankan tennis tournament!? Seriously? Why not send the best 3 or best per age like other richer countries, and use the rest of the money to finance other sports?

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur Hawu!!!🙆🙆nothing this Minister does will ever be enough🤦. It's a catch 22 always with him. If he acts he is doomed, if he doesn't act he is also doomed. Mr Boon how about you run office and see how you would handle these things.

@batmanpolotics @HumbleMan83 @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur 100%. Ridiculous waste of money.

@HumbleMan83 @Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur some olympians can’t even afford to attend these crazy events and they are literally the best in that field. 4million on chess?

@gurumaster281 @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur This is total BS and a complete waste of tax payer money. s1.chess-results.com/tnr1413420.asp…

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur We have a 14 FIDE master Caleb Levitan rated 3000+ Elo, so with the best 81 kids rated above 2k+ and you are not in support of them going.

@HumbleMan83 @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur Don’t be lazy. Pick a sport. You’ll find an event. In fact, look here. It’s worse than I thought. s1.chess-results.com/tnr1413420.asp…. Some of these players aren’t even rated!? Why is South Africa sending so many when rich countries like Aus and Can send very few?

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur Those events you mentioned, are South African athletes invited? Like right now, when those events are taking place?

@gurumaster281 @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur You see, you’re talking shit. No way there are 81 kids rated 2000+. Show me evidence. And PS. While 2000 is a great ELO rating, it’s by no means world class. Many prodigies are already GM by 14. Send the top 3 or 5. Not 81.

@gurumaster281 @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur What is the ELO rating of the best 3 kids in this group of 81? And what what is the ELO rating of the bottom 3?

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur We do, and as a chess player I know and I've been organizing chess events around Gauteng, ..we need more chess players, chess plays a major role enhancing child brains.

@HumbleMan83 @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur No, but there are 1000s and important events taking place all over the world at any given time. Sending 81 kids to Sri Lanka and Uganda is ridiculous. Send 3. Use the rest of the money to fund other talented kids in other codes.

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur Daniel, those other sports codes you mentioned, are they also taking part in Sri Lanka and Uganda?

@Whalezworldwide @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur 81 kids playing chess? Seriously? I say send 3 kids playing chess. Send 3 kids to badminton. 3 to gymnastics. A baseball team. A volleyball tean. Etc. Etc. We don’t have 81 top chess players.

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur Come on man, don't be enemy of progress. 81 kids to represent the whole country is not too much. I guess you would have preferred a minister that would send 1 kid and pocket the rest of the money right? I pity some of you, you better be grateful

@MrThizozo @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur 81 kids playing chess? Seriously? I say send 3 kids playing chess. Send 3 kids to badminton. 3 to gymnastics. A baseball team. A volleyball tean. Etc. Etc. We don’t have 81 top chess players.

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur You people are tiring honestly!!! Is everything going okay at home?

@gurumaster281 @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur 81 kids playing chess? Seriously? I say send 3 kids playing chess. Send 3 kids to badminton. 3 to gymnastics. A baseball team. A volleyball tean. Etc. Etc. We don’t have 81 top chess players.

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur Voetsek Daniel

@Whalezworldwide @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur 81 kids playing chess? Seriously? I say send 3 kids playing chess. Send 3 kids to badminton. 3 to gymnastics. A baseball team. A volleyball tean. Etc. Etc. We don’t have 81 top chess players.

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur Some pple seems to be against what the minister is doing and I cant but feel like some South Africans can be really ungrateful. I come from a country where Ministers will not even send 1 kid to take part but pocket the whole budget. Wen politicians re accountable, appreciate them

@HumbleMan83 @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur 81 kids playing chess? Seriously? I say send 3 kids playing chess. Send 3 kids to badminton. 3 to gymnastics. A baseball team. A volleyball tean. Etc. Etc. We don’t have 81 top chess players.

@Pelsrobman @GaytonMcK @SportArtsCultur They say "you can't make everyone happy"

@RomanCabanac Also quite interesting the turn of phrases they are using to not say “black”.

There are no race laws in South Africa.

@HermanMashaba You’re the most racist person I know.

We would have to be a nation of absolute fools to have such a democratic outcome.

@TateTheTalisman Well, since twitter doesn’t really exist anymore, can one “tweet” anything?

IQ test. Type the exact opposite of this tweet as a tweet below this tweet. Price for the winner.

@Wardrobe0071 @BoknRoll Whatever. Bank account has many zeros.

@Pelsrobman @BoknRoll .... Don't think for a second he likes these sweaty smelly disgusting Indians. He's been given millions to be the new IPL monkey mascot.

This is an absolute fucking moron