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

[Concerned American]

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

Irrelevant to the topic. Please return to the topic or be reported.

 

[ThisIsMe]

 

[Crepitus]

he important distinction here being "almost".

They cannot be trusted not to.

There should be no billionaires.

 

[Crepitus]

Correct and that was off topic as well. Next. Reported

Reported for what?

 

[Ghost of a Rider]

They cannot be trusted not to.

There should be no billionaires.

You said "almost". That was your word, not mine. So now you're changing direction and saying every billionaire would, without a doubt? For that matter, are you saying every billionaire has?

 

[Crepitus]

You said "almost". That was your word, not mine. So now you're changing direction and saying every billionaire would, without a doubt? For that matter, are you saying every billionaire has?

Take your silly hair-splitting elsewhere, kid.

 

[Ghost of a Rider]

Take your silly hair-splitting elsewhere, kid.

When one is presented with an all-encompassing condemnation of an entire group of people based on one circumstantial, non-causal trait, one is forced to split hairs to discern any reasoning.

There is none; your reasoning is idiotic, narrow minded and lazy.

 

[j-mac]

He is President, dumb ****. It's his job to come up with something better.....like he has been promising since 2017.

It’s the congress job. They’re a tad tied up at present. Tell your people to vote to end the Schumer shut down

Broken promises constantly....but you keep tickling Trump's balls. So pathetic. No dignity. No self-respect.

Quit fantasizing *** bone smoker…

 

[Concerned American]

It’s the congress job. They’re a tad tied up at present. Tell your people to vote to end the Schumer shut down

Quit fantasizing *** bone smoker…

LOL, these morons keep yelling "It' Trump's job" and then when he acts, they whine, "He can't do that, it's congress' job." Clearly Obstructionism and transparent as a freshly washed window.

 

[hadit]

Again, without them, nothing happens.

Fine and dandy, they get paid for the value of their work. Without the inventor and management, they don't know what to do. Have you ever hired a team of construction workers, taken them to a job site and said, "build a revolutionary skyscraper that minimizes energy usage"?

And just because you try using someone black for an example is not going to change what I know to be true.

What we know to be true is that the guy who has the bright idea, works tirelessly to perfect it and figures out how to manufacture it, then risks his wealth and time to get it off the ground deserves to be richly rewarded for it. George Washington Carver should have made a mint for his work, as should Edison, Ford, etc. Without Edison, we'd still be blowing out candles before going to bed and stumbling around in the dark at night. Without Ford, only the very wealthy could afford cars assembled by hand, one at a time. Your envy of their success does not change what we know to be true.

Because black inventors were robbed of the millions they could have made by whites who would not pay them, then stole their ideas and got rich.

This is what I've been saying, that those inventors should have been richly rewarded. You're acknowledging the truth, whether you know it or not.

Let's peel this apart, shall we? You don't like white inventors making a lot of money by risking their wealth and gambling that an idea is a great one and will take off, but you also don't like black inventors NOT becoming very wealthy? It seems that you're talking out of both sides of your mouth.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

It’s the congress job. They’re a tad tied up at present. Tell your people to vote to end the Schumer shut down

Oh...is that why it's called "Obamacare"???

Freaking imbecile lightweight.

 

[j-mac]

Oh...is that why it's called "Obamacare"???

Freaking imbecile lightweight.

Because you wanted Obama to be a king…

 

[IM2]

Fine and dandy, they get paid for the value of their work. Without the inventor and management, they don't know what to do. Have you ever hired a team of construction workers, taken them to a job site and said, "build a revolutionary skyscraper that minimizes energy usage"?

What we know to be true is that the guy who has the bright idea, works tirelessly to perfect it and figures out how to manufacture it, then risks his wealth and time to get it off the ground deserves to be richly rewarded for it. George Washington Carver should have made a mint for his work, as should Edison, Ford, etc. Without Edison, we'd still be blowing out candles before going to bed and stumbling around in the dark at night. Without Ford, only the very wealthy could afford cars assembled by hand, one at a time. Your envy of their success does not change what we know to be true.

This is what I've been saying, that those inventors should have been richly rewarded. You're acknowledging the truth, whether you know it or not.

Let's peel this apart, shall we? You don't like white inventors making a lot of money by risking their wealth and gambling that an idea is a great one and will take off, but you also don't like black inventors NOT becoming very wealthy? It seems that you're talking out of both sides of your mouth.

You are ignorant. I have no problem with inventors of any race. What I have a problem with are people who think greed is good. If wealth is shared, everybody will live well. Nobody should be paid 100 times what another worker is paid, as happens now, because time is priceless. The peope who spend the time helping that invention make money should be paid equally with the people who made the invention because without them, nothing happens.

You have a problem with allowing everybody to live decently. If everyone lives well, crime reduces and so does a lot of other problems. If everybody makes a decent living, there are fewer people needing the welfare that those like you oppose.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

Because you wanted Obama to be a king…

Lame ass MAGA ****...

 

[hadit]

You are ignorant. I have no problem with inventors of any race.

Do you or do you not think black inventors should have become very wealthy from the products they created?

What I have a problem with are people who think greed is good.

Greed is part of the human psyche, and economic systems can exploit it to make things better for everyone. Attempting to artificially squelch it never works.

If wealth is shared, everybody will live well.

That's right, everyone CAN live well. What happens when you that at gunpoint, however, people figure out ways around it, hoard as much as they can for themselves, and those at the top steal everything to live like kings while oppressing everyone else.

Nobody should be paid 100 times what another worker is paid, as happens now, because time is priceless.

That depends on the value of their work. A CEO has responsibility for the direction of his company, and if he steers the company in ways that increase its value by multiple billions of dollars, he's worth being paid a lot more than the janitor who sweeps floors.

The peope who spend the time helping that invention make money should be paid equally with the people who made the invention because without them, nothing happens.

Nonsense. They don't risk everything like the inventor does. If they buy in with the inventor, put their life savings at risk like he does and put in the same sweat equity that he does, they can get in on the bounty, aka they are partners, not just employees. Otherwise, they are just doing a job under the direction of management.

You have a problem with allowing everybody to live decently.

Bull. You have no idea what I do and do not want. Stop pretending you do.

If everyone lives well, crime reduces and so does a lot of other problems.

And Capitalism is the best system yet invented that takes into account human greed. The Biblical model is perfect but only works when it's voluntary. Enforced at gun point, it never works, just spreads misery around equally.

If everybody makes a decent living, there are fewer people needing the welfare that those like you oppose.

And again, you pretend to know what I do and do not want. And again, stop it. I challenge you to find where I oppose people in need getting welfare. When you can't, feel free to come back here and admit to everyone you couldn't.

 

[Crepitus]

When one is presented with an all-encompassing condemnation of an entire group of people based on one circumstantial, non-causal trait, one is forced to split hairs to discern any reasoning.

There is none; your reasoning is idiotic, narrow minded and lazy.

And now you are trying to justfy hairsplitting.

LMAO

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

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.

All the King's Men Are Unmanly

By defunding the RichKid Reich, the rich will pay zero income taxes, just like everybody else. You'd rather tax the living than tax the dead. Unless we man up, we'll be stuck with Big Business, Big Government, and Big Inheritance, which creates the other two.

You'd quit following sports if the players had the privilege, just like your precious HeirDads, of passing on their positions to their sons. Only totalitarian brainwashing would make you contradict your natural instincts in all other cases of unearned privileges.

 

[Leo123]

Sanders and Mamdani are rich and should give their wealth to 'the people.' But they won't, no, they're 'special.'

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

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

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

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[Concerned American]

You'd quit following sports if the players had the privilege

They do. Don't you know who Deion Sanders and Archie Manning are? Mike and Kyle Shanahan?