Just one more PHONY liberal talking out his ass. I wonder what he got paid for that phony speech, $300k? Sure I'll give a speech on wealth inequality, if you pay me $300k.
He deserves it. He had the hardest job in the world for eight years. He earned the respect of people all over the world for his attempts at nuclear disarmament and supporting economic efforts to bring the world's poor into the 21st century.
You want to take on the job of the Presidency for eight years? Never a single minute actually "off," with the weight of the world on your shoulders? No wonder he disappeared on a three month vacation as soon as he was done.
$300K is diddly squat. You can bet Trump will ask for $750K when he's out of office.
No problem with Obama taking time off, no problem with his getting $300,000 for a speech, no problem with him having an $8,000,000 home in a nice neighborhood.
The thing I find funny is his speech is about the monetary inequities and how the divide between richer and poorer is becoming greater and tougher to bridge and how the rich don’t need big houses, fancy vacations, live lavishly, that the rich should share the wealth, then he goes home to an eight bedroom, nine and a half bathroom home in one of the richest neighborhoods in the world. $8,000,000 home how many Americans can afford it? Why doesn’t he share his wealth, he is worth $20,000,000, does he need all that money? Like he said there is only so much money you can spend.
When he gives his wealth away, buys a home that is more average of what common Americans have, then he is walking the talk, right now he Comes up as a do as I say not as I do person.
Agree with you but Obama IS so so wrong about his statements as I've earlier shown.
I'd like to know what history books show these Obama statements to be true:
Statement 1:
Obama said in that above speech :
"And when economic power is concentrated in the hands of the few, history also shows that political power is sure to follow and that dynamic eats away at democracy.”
Where did Obama get the information about the following countries categorized as "democracies"... that have
"economic power concentrated in a the hands of the few"
According to the 2015 Democracy Index:
20 most democratic countries in the world…do you live there?
Norway.
Iceland.
Sweden.
New Zealand.
Denmark.
Switzerland.
Canada.
Finland.
When in any of the above "
democracies" was as Obama stated unequivocally .....
"economic power concentrated in the hands of the few"?
I have never heard the above countries have economic power concentrated in the hands of the few that it
ate away at their democracy.
Again hyperbole.
Hatred of America exemplified by Obama's gross flamboyant use of hyperbole.
Statement 2:
Also where in any history books were there as Obama stated:
"
societies which tolerate vast differences in wealth feed resentments and reduce solidarity and actually grow more slowly."?
On the contrary the USA society has more people capable of doing more while spending less time working to feed themselves than any time in history.
For example in the USA and these are the facts with sources...(unlike Obama's totally unsourced, unattributed statements!)..
By 1890, there were about 4,000 millionaires in the United States,
Google Answers: statistics on millionaires, late 1800s
In terms of today's dollars one million in 1890 would be equal to $27 million today. FACT:
The Inflation Calculator
How many people in the USA have net worth over $25 million today?
There were 172,000 households with net worth above $25 million...
The Number of High-Net-Worth Households in the US Continues to Grow - Marketing Charts
FACTS then from 1890 when there were 4,000 millionaire households and it grew to in 2016 172,000 households with equivalent in 1890 dollars above $25 million.
So what was the growth factor?
The number of people who were worth what 4,000 millionaires was worth in 1890 grew by 4,375% to 172,000 in 2016.
Yea but the United States is much bigger people would criticize..
USA households in 1890 --- 12,690,000
U.S. Households, Families, and Married Couples, 1890–2006
That would then be 0.032% of all the households were millionaires (4,000/12,690,000.
Versus The United State in 2017 of 117,716,237 households ..
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: UNITED STATES
172,000 USA households with net worth above $25 million divided by 117,716,237 households or 0.146%
So even though the population grew 995% times what it was in 1890 the "evil" capitalist" millionaire class grew 4,375%
Also his hyperbolic undocumented statements didn't consider this FACT!
Over a billion people have been lifted out of poverty since 1990
Over 1 billion people have been lifted out of poverty since 1990, but the next billion will be harder
So again Obama's hyperbole is totally obliterated by the FACTS!
Our country has created 4,375% more millionaires in 1890 equivalence even though the population has grown 995%
What is going on here???
As of the end of 2016, there were a record 10.8 million millionaires nationwide,
according to a new study from Spectrem Group's Market Insights Report 2017.Mar 24, 2017
how many millionaires in usa 2017 - Google Search