Four questions for Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani, and anyone else who believes that billionaires should not exist

[sartre play]

So if there should not be billionaires, who decides where the money goes when a person crosses the line of millionaire into billionaire?
Obviously, those who believe there should not be billionaires, want to empower a governing body with the ability to control people's wealth. We of course have that now through mandated taxes, but we are unlimited in what we can earn.
Imagine being told by the government that there is a limit to how much you can earn, and anything over a certain amount will be taken from you. I will never be a billionaire, but I do not want to live in a country that stifles innovation and production by deciding someone else's limits.

THEY should exist, But not be running the government.

 

[Ghost of a Rider]

Mainly 2 words:

Monopoly and oligarchy.

Both of those are bad things, and both are really only possible to billionaires.

So it's not being a billionaire that's the problem, it's what is possible that a billionaire can do, yes?

With monopoly comes and economy with little diversity or resiliency. Look at what happened earlier this week with the Amazon outage.

With oligarchy the billionaires end up running the government simply by choosing what candidate to support with their billions. And that's assuming they are honest and don't just out and out bribe people like Harlan Crow and the so called supreme court.

Given the two factors that people get defrauded every day by people with a lot less money and that not all billionaires are oligarchs, it seems your priorities might need a shift.

 

[Grumblenuts]

Dr. Phosphorous seems like a very angry person.
Perfect Democrat, therefore.

Lockback just seems like an idiot.

Pierce Brosnan's RFK Jr. support sparks fury from fans: "Traitor"

A snap of the James Bond star with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is causing chaos online as fans accuse the Democratic candidate of ruining Pierce Brosnan for everyone.

www.newsweek.com

Pierce Brosnan pleads guilty, will pay $1,500 for Yellowstone gaffe

Pierce Brosnan pleaded guilty Thursday to hiking in a restricted thermal area during his November visit to Yellowstone National Park, according to court records.

www.latimes.com

 

[Lockback]

Lockback just seems like an idiot.

Pierce Brosnan's RFK Jr. support sparks fury from fans: "Traitor"

A snap of the James Bond star with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is causing chaos online as fans accuse the Democratic candidate of ruining Pierce Brosnan for everyone.

www.newsweek.com

Pierce Brosnan pleads guilty, will pay $1,500 for Yellowstone gaffe

Pierce Brosnan pleaded guilty Thursday to hiking in a restricted thermal area during his November visit to Yellowstone National Park, according to court records.

www.latimes.com

Who cares? He looks a lot like me.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

Article I, Section 8, which grants Congress the power to make rules for the governance and regulation of the land and naval forces.

Don't see "air" mentioned anywhere, simp.

 

[Concerned American]

Don't see "air" mentioned anywhere, simp.

The air force was originally the ARMY AIR CORPS, Poindexter. The Army is a land force. Educate yourself, fool.

 

[Crepitus]

So it's not being a billionaire that's the problem, it's what is possible that a billionaire can do, yes?

Not what they can do, but what they almost inevitably do.

 

[Grumblenuts]

here are my four questions for Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani, and anyone else who believes that billionaires should not exist:

1) Would you rather be a middle class person today, or the richest person in the world 200 years ago?

Don't care. Stupid question.

2) Based on that wikipedia list, would you rather live in a real world country that has lots billionaires, or in a real world country where it’s impossible for people to become billionaires?

The latter, obviously.

3) Why do you think it’s a bad thing that the creator of Harry Potter became a billionaire?

It's nothing personal.

4) What do you think of the fact that Sweden has more billionaires, per capita, than the U.S.?

Wyoming and Hong Kong even moreso. So what?

Now, Google AI has something useful to tell ya:

Negative economic impacts

• Stifling competition and creating monopolies:
  Billionaires can use their vast resources to buy out competitors or engage in predatory practices to eliminate them, leading to monopolies or oligopolies that control markets and set higher prices for consumers.
  
  
• Aggravating income inequality:
  The accumulation of wealth at the top can lead to a decline in real wages for the majority of the population, as the system may prioritize profit extraction over fair compensation.
  
  
• Reducing economic dynamism:
  When a large portion of wealth is concentrated, it can lead to less investment in new business creation and job growth, as the savings of the ultra-rich are not always directed toward productive new ventures.
  
  
• Undue political influence:
  Billionaires can use their wealth to influence politics through lobbying and campaign contributions, which can lead to policies that favor their interests, such as tax cuts and deregulation, and hinder economic and social reforms that would benefit the general public.
  
  
• Concentrating power over essential services:
  The private ownership of essential services, such as healthcare, education, and media, can shift the focus from public well-being to private profit.
  
  
• Job destruction:
  Large corporations owned by billionaires can sometimes destroy more jobs than they create by driving smaller, local businesses out of the market.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Doesn't matter, dumb ****....they have still helped millions of poor Americans, as intended.

175 trillion in unfunded liabilities over the next 75 years. Where the **** do you think that money is going to come from ?

 

[Ghost of a Rider]

Not what they can do, but what they almost inevitably do.

The important distinction here being "almost".

A third factor I neglected to mention in the last post: A billionaire can only buy influence or power if someone sells it.

The mere existence of billionaires is not a problem and never has been. It's like condemning a gun owner for owning a gun that has never used it unlawfully.

 

[Concerned American]

Now, Google AI has something useful to tell ya:

Second word of your Google AI post says it all, CAN. What is different from anyone who has earned wealth? Try reading and thinking critically sometime, you might learn something, comrade.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

The air force was originally the ARMY AIR CORPS, Poindexter. The Army is a land force. Educate yourself, fool.

Doesn't matter.....I'm using your stupid ass MAGA horseshit logic. The Air Force is unconstitutional, according to your fucktards.

So is contraception and interracial marriage, according to you fucktards.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

175 trillion in unfunded liabilities over the next 75 years. Where the **** do you think that money is going to come from ?

Big ******* deal.....you MAGA fuckers don't care, that's why you just gave a $1 trillion tax cut to billionaires.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Not an answer....or you are agreeing with me.

If you are interpreting that the Air Force can be considered part of the military according to the Constitution, then you can make the same interpretation that "promote the general welfare" includes government actions to help its population, such as health care.

Promote the general welfare, not fund which means the Federal Government stays the **** out of things like healthcare. The States can decide if things like healthcare should be provided to the citizens as the Constitution intended.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Big ******* deal.....you MAGA fuckers don't care, that's why you just gave a $1 trillion tax cut to billionaires.

I did not vote for Trump you ignorant loon, but if you if you insist on harping on tax cuts here you go.

The Largest Tax Cut in History for Working and Middle-Class Americans

Even Democrats admit the tax policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill are needed and popular — but they still oppose the bill. To be clear, that means

www.whitehouse.gov

 

[Concerned American]

Doesn't matter.....I'm using your stupid ass MAGA horseshit logic. The Air Force is unconstitutional, according to your fucktards.

So is contraception and interracial marriage, according to you fucktards.

Bbbbut, Bbbbut, Bbbbbut,---more irrelevant garbage. Your deflections are getting less credible with each one. A piece of advice, get a thesaurus, there are a myriad of adjectives that are more effective than the only one you seem to know.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

Promote the general welfare, not fund which means the Federal Government stays the **** out of things like healthcare. The States can decide if things like healthcare should be provided to the citizens as the Constitution intended.

"promote" can mean a million different things.

Face it....your law degree from MAGA Bumpkin Law School is worthless.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

I did not vote for Trump you ignorant loon, but if you if you insist on harping on tax cuts here you go.

The Largest Tax Cut in History for Working and Middle-Class Americans

Even Democrats admit the tax policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill are needed and popular — but they still oppose the bill. To be clear, that means

www.whitehouse.gov

You are using Trump's ******* White House as a source??

How ******* stupid are you???

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

Bbbbut, Bbbbut, Bbbbbut,---more irrelevant garbage. Your deflections are getting less credible with each one. A piece of advice, get a thesaurus, there are a myriad of adjectives that are more effective than the only one you seem to know.

Poor MAGA Kleetus....he believes contraception is unconstitutional, since it's not in the Constitution.

 

[Concerned American]

"promote" can mean a million different things.

Face it....your law degree from MAGA Bumpkin Law School is worthless.

It is probably better than the one you have hanging in the basement of the shithouse lawyer's office.