3 People (Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos & Warren Buffett) are richer than the poorest 50% of Americans

[Moonglow]

what's wrong with America? WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA?

Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett are richer than poorest half of US

Bill Gates started buying Congress in 1998 and continues to screw the average human being on a daily basis.

I haven't seen any superhumans to have sex with lately..

 

[Indeependent]

what's wrong with America? WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA?

Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett are richer than poorest half of US

Those dirty damn liberals...What makes them think they can be richer than a conservative? Upstarts!

Who's says they're Liberals?
They want Legislation that makes them money.

 

[Vandalshandle]

Moon, the problem with Buffett is that he is always complaining about things like, "My secretary has a higher tax rate than I do". You would never catch a conservative being so whiny....

 

[Markle]

The point is...

Why do we continue to help them accumulate wealth?

It's not their fault that you're not smart enough and disciplined enough to accumulate your own wealth.

How much do they have that they took from you personally?

What makes you believe that the economic pie is limited and if I earn a lot, there is less for you? How does that work?

 

[Moonglow]

Moon, the problem with Buffett is that he is always complaining about things like, "My secretary has a higher tax rate than I do". You would never catch a conservative being so whiny....

Don't talk bad about my mortgage holder, you can in twelve years though..

 

[Markle]

What has Warren Buffet ever done for us?

Provided millions of jobs.

 

[Markle]

No...they belong to a society from which they benefit tremendously

They are expected to contribute

Everyone else should contribute as well. They benefit even more.

 

[Slyhunter]

The point is...

Why do we continue to help them accumulate wealth?

It's not their fault that you're not smart enough and disciplined enough to accumulate your own wealth.

How much do they have that they took from you personally?

What makes you believe that the economic pie is limited and if I earn a lot, there is less for you? How does that work?

The amount of money you can make from me is limited to the amount I have. Once that's gone, it's bread and water until the next pay day. In the Army for about a week out of the month I would live like a king, a very drunken king, and then the rest of the month I would do nothing but sleep, work, and watch a little tv. Then payday comes around and my pot would refill. That is kind of what makes me think there is a limit to the amount of money people can make off of other people.

 

[Vandalshandle]

What has Warren Buffet ever done for us?

Provided millions of jobs.

For crying out loud, Markle, Buffett does not create jobs. He is a speculator. Personally, I like Buffett. He does not install gold hardware in his bathroom, and gold wallpaper on the walls, like Trump does. I am a speculator, too, so I have nothing against speculators, but speculators do not create jobs. In fact, some speculators make a living out of shutting companies down. Rent the movie, "Other People's Money". It tells it like it is.

 

[Markle]

Is there a billionaire that any of the liberals here approve of? I feel like probably no. That's just too much money for one person to have

George Soros and Tom Steyer come to mind as billionaires loved by Progressives.

 

[Markle]

The point is...

Why do we continue to help them accumulate wealth?

It's not their fault that you're not smart enough and disciplined enough to accumulate your own wealth.

How much do they have that they took from you personally?

What makes you believe that the economic pie is limited and if I earn a lot, there is less for you? How does that work?

The amount of money you can make from me is limited to the amount I have. Once that's gone, it's bread and water until the next pay day. In the Army for about a week out of the month I would live like a king, a very drunken king, and then the rest of the month I would do nothing but sleep, work, and watch a little tv. Then payday comes around and my pot would refill. That is kind of what makes me think there is a limit to the amount of money people can make off of other people.

If the best you can do, that's the best you'll ever be.

 

[Markle]

What has Warren Buffet ever done for us?

Provided millions of jobs.

For crying out loud, Markle, Buffett does not create jobs. He is a speculator. Personally, I like Buffett. He does not install gold hardware in his bathroom, and gold wallpaper on the walls, like Trump does. I am a speculator, too, so I have nothing against speculators, but speculators do not create jobs. In fact, some speculators make a living out of shutting companies down. Rent the movie, "Other People's Money". It tells it like it is.

Warren Buffett is a primary shareholder, Chairman, President, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. According to Wiki their products are:

Products Diversified investments
property and casualty insurance
Utilities
Restaurants
Food processing
Aerospace
Media
Toys
Automotive
Sporting goods
Consumer products
Internet
Real estate

Which of those do not provide thousands of jobs? Hint, they employ 367,700 people.

He has also pledged 99% of his fortune to charity when he dies.

Also from Wiki"

"Buffett is a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent[10] of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2009, with Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, Warren founded The Giving Pledge, whereby billionaires pledge to give away at least half of their fortunes."

Warren Buffett - Wikipedia

 

[Vandalshandle]

What has Warren Buffet ever done for us?

Provided millions of jobs.

For crying out loud, Markle, Buffett does not create jobs. He is a speculator. Personally, I like Buffett. He does not install gold hardware in his bathroom, and gold wallpaper on the walls, like Trump does. I am a speculator, too, so I have nothing against speculators, but speculators do not create jobs. In fact, some speculators make a living out of shutting companies down. Rent the movie, "Other People's Money". It tells it like it is.

Warren Buffett is a primary shareholder, Chairman, President, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. According to Wiki their products are:

Products Diversified investments
property and casualty insurance
Utilities
Restaurants
Food processing
Aerospace
Media
Toys
Automotive
Sporting goods
Consumer products
Internet
Real estate

Which of those do not provide thousands of jobs? Hint, they employ 367,700 people.

He has also pledged 99% of his fortune to charity when he dies.

Also from Wiki"

"Buffett is a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent[10] of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2009, with Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, Warren founded The Giving Pledge, whereby billionaires pledge to give away at least half of their fortunes."

Warren Buffett - Wikipedia

Gee, Markle, i am surprised that you did not mention that he also owns S&H Green stamps! (which he does).

But, OK, Markle, the concept of stockholders, not being the same a producers, is beyond your pay grade, so I concede your argument that Buffett spends 24/7 working on creating American jobs, is definitely true!

 

[Indeependent]

What has Warren Buffet ever done for us?

Provided millions of jobs.

For crying out loud, Markle, Buffett does not create jobs. He is a speculator. Personally, I like Buffett. He does not install gold hardware in his bathroom, and gold wallpaper on the walls, like Trump does. I am a speculator, too, so I have nothing against speculators, but speculators do not create jobs. In fact, some speculators make a living out of shutting companies down. Rent the movie, "Other People's Money". It tells it like it is.

Warren Buffett is a primary shareholder, Chairman, President, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. According to Wiki their products are:

Products Diversified investments
property and casualty insurance
Utilities
Restaurants
Food processing
Aerospace
Media
Toys
Automotive
Sporting goods
Consumer products
Internet
Real estate

Which of those do not provide thousands of jobs? Hint, they employ 367,700 people.

He has also pledged 99% of his fortune to charity when he dies.

Also from Wiki"

"Buffett is a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent[10] of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2009, with Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, Warren founded The Giving Pledge, whereby billionaires pledge to give away at least half of their fortunes."

Warren Buffett - Wikipedia

The jobs are good, the Foundation is pure bullshit to cultivate more cheap labor from India and Africa.

 

[Markle]

What has Warren Buffet ever done for us?

Provided millions of jobs.

For crying out loud, Markle, Buffett does not create jobs. He is a speculator. Personally, I like Buffett. He does not install gold hardware in his bathroom, and gold wallpaper on the walls, like Trump does. I am a speculator, too, so I have nothing against speculators, but speculators do not create jobs. In fact, some speculators make a living out of shutting companies down. Rent the movie, "Other People's Money". It tells it like it is.

Warren Buffett is a primary shareholder, Chairman, President, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. According to Wiki their products are:

Products Diversified investments
property and casualty insurance
Utilities
Restaurants
Food processing
Aerospace
Media
Toys
Automotive
Sporting goods
Consumer products
Internet
Real estate

Which of those do not provide thousands of jobs? Hint, they employ 367,700 people.

He has also pledged 99% of his fortune to charity when he dies.

Also from Wiki"

"Buffett is a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent[10] of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2009, with Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, Warren founded The Giving Pledge, whereby billionaires pledge to give away at least half of their fortunes."

Warren Buffett - Wikipedia

Gee, Markle, i am surprised that you did not mention that he also owns S&H Green stamps! (which he does).

But, OK, Markle, the concept of stockholders, not being the same a producers, is beyond your pay grade, so I concede your argument that Buffett spends 24/7 working on creating American jobs, is definitely true!

Do you believe businesses run without management?

 

[Markle]

The jobs are good, the Foundation is pure bullshit to cultivate more cheap labor from India and Africa.

 

[Indeependent]

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Abbreviation BMGF
Formation 2000; 17 years ago[2]
Founders

• Bill Gates
• Melinda Gates

Type Non-operating private foundation
(IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3)[1]
Purpose Healthcare, Education, Ending poverty
Headquarters Seattle, Washington, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Method Donations and grants
Key people
Bill Gates, co-founder and co-chair
Melinda Gates, co-founder and co-chair
William H. Gates, Sr., co-chair
Susan Desmond-Hellmann, CEO
Endowment US$44.3 billion as of 31 December 2014[3]
Employees
1,382[3]
Website gatesfoundation.org
Formerly called
William H. Gates Foundation
(1994–1999)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), also known as the Gates Foundation, is a private foundation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It was launched in 2000 and is said to be the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world.[4] The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology. The foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, is controlled by its three trustees: Bill and Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett. Other principal officers include Co-Chair William H. Gates, Sr. and Chief Executive Officer Susan Desmond-Hellmann.[5]

Buzz meaning "cheap labor".

 

[hadit]

You might want to ask Rachel Maddow about that.

If you get your news from prime time TV, that explains a lot, Hadit.

I don't. I do, however, believe that Trump's tax return showed that he pays millions, instead of the none the haters claim.

I am sure that you are going to post a link to Trump's tax return, right after you finish your lunch.....

Why would I do that since Maddow already did a show on it?

Translation: I have no link to Trump's tax returns. Therefore, I will do what Trump did, which was simply to ignore the issue.

Of course, in his case, Trump's reasoning was, "Nobody cares about my tax returns." But, feel free to send me an invitation if you want to talk about Maddow. Not having had cable TV for 7 years, I would not bother to read the thread, but an invitation would be a nice gesture.

You can pretend ignorance of Trump's taxes and Maddow's embarrassment over thinking she was going to prove he didn't pay any all you want, but he pays a lot of them.

 

[dblack]

Is there a billionaire that any of the liberals here approve of? I feel like probably no. That's just too much money for one person to have

Right. That's the implied claim of the thread.

I think that you are missing the point. The point is that Trump has convinced a whole lot of mobile home dwellers that the rich are really, really looking out for their best interests, and if only they didn't have to pay such high taxes, their job of tightening the lug nut on a Ford at the plant would never have been outsourced to Mexico. But, because of those terrible high taxes, those laid off people will just have to transition to a life of meth lab manufacturing work.

I don't think Trump has much to do with it. He's a symptom more than a cause. Nor do I think "mobile home dwellers" believe the rich are looking out for their interests. I think they're just tired of the envy and class warfare crap. Socialists need another schtick.

 

[jillian]

What has Warren Buffet ever done for us?

Provided millions of jobs.

For crying out loud, Markle, Buffett does not create jobs. He is a speculator. Personally, I like Buffett. He does not install gold hardware in his bathroom, and gold wallpaper on the walls, like Trump does. I am a speculator, too, so I have nothing against speculators, but speculators do not create jobs. In fact, some speculators make a living out of shutting companies down. Rent the movie, "Other People's Money". It tells it like it is.

Warren Buffett is a primary shareholder, Chairman, President, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. According to Wiki their products are:

Products Diversified investments
property and casualty insurance
Utilities
Restaurants
Food processing
Aerospace
Media
Toys
Automotive
Sporting goods
Consumer products
Internet
Real estate

Which of those do not provide thousands of jobs? Hint, they employ 367,700 people.

He has also pledged 99% of his fortune to charity when he dies.

Also from Wiki"

"Buffett is a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent[10] of his fortune to philanthropic causes, r primarily via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2009, with Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, Warren founded The Giving Pledge, whereby billionaires pledge to give away at least half of their fortunes."

Warren Buffett - Wikipedia

The jobs are good, the Foundation is pure bullshit to cultivate more cheap labor from India and Africa.

actually the foundation does incredibly good work. that is how a person of wealth should treat their wealth... give back to the society that gave to them. and no one can argue with buffet's desire that workers be treated fairly and that the top 1% not be the sole beneficiary of our economic structure.

doesn't seem unfair to me. why should government act only to redistribute wealth to the top 1%?