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The richest? That would be Sen. John Kerry, (D-Mass.), who tops the list for the second year with a minimum net worth of $186.6 million, a boost of about $20 million from 2008
I thought Kerry was like the Donk poster boy for swift... searing... biking, surfing, sailing, neutron collider inspection democrats everywhere.
Bill Gates got to be the richest person on the planet because he was the most valuable to the rest of us. The other 8 billion of us voted with our wallets. The productivity revolution he launched enriched us all. Microsoft charges me a tiny fraction of the value of their products to my business...it is win-win.
The wealthiest car dealer in your area got that way by delivering more cars to more people, winning more deals, than any of his competitors. The more people he helped, the richer he got.
Etc., etc., etc. Leave a few dozen Wall Street bonus babies out of it, and the lucky descendants of society's past MVP's. The vast majority of people who have been painted with Obama's tax target work their rear ends off, providing value to the rest of society.
And you do what for the rest of us? If it was of value, you'd have enough money to buy your own dang health insurance.
Maybe you and the rest of the Libs should try working harder or getting a better education so you could EARN more money instead of expecting someone else to take care of you!!
Maybe you shouldnt make UNINFORMED accusations - for your information I have an undergraduate degree, make quite enough, and sure as hell wouldnt be depending on someone like YOU to 'take care of me'.
Bush allegedly bought land in Paraguay in 2006, a roughly 98,840 acre parcel in the Paso de Patria area called "Chaco", close to the intersections of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil. Apparently, it's a gorgeous spot. The land is close to the Bolivian wetlands, is situated near natural gas reserves, and sits atop one of the largest aquifers in the world, the Guarani indigenous water region. Part of the property has been designated an ecological reserve. And wow, they think of everything, it's close to the US Mariscal Estigarribia Military Base. The U.S. officially denies having troops there except for "exercises", and vigorously denies rumors of having its own base there.
Jenna Bush was sent on a "family mission" the first week of October '06 to seal the deal, accompanied by 10 security guards. She met the President of Paraguay and the U.S. Ambassador and "officially" traveled with UNICEF to see a few of their projects, a "strictly private" tour.
Apparently, Bush Sr. owns roughly 173,000 acres in the same area, although there are no confirmed reports. But, here is the strange part: none other than the Reverend Sun Myung Moon was the first to buy a huge chunk in 2000, in that very area. The Moonies have big plans: they want to develop ports, universities, an eco-tourism resort (will his an Bush's intersect?), and reinvigorate the timber trade to Asia. They are in Argentina already, but it seems they are branching out. And it seems like the Bushes followed him.
Bush, Sr. is a big fan of Rev. Moon, and is quoted as calling Moon "the man with the vision," in Argentina in 1996 while helping him hawk his news publication "Times of the World." As you know, Moon also owns the Washington Times. It helps to be a sycophant to someone who donates significantly to one's coiffers--Bush made
$100,000 for the endorsement, and some sources say Moon has given the Bush family approximately $10 million dollars over the years. I won't go into the implications of Bush II's Faith Based Initiatives and how much money Moon has undoubtedly made from American tax dollars either directly or though tax credits. But, it seems as if the entire Bush clan has a friendship, professional or otherwise, with Reverend Moon.
Okay, pretty obvious, (soon to be, but not soon enough) former dictator scopes out property, flees to a South American location to avoid prosecution for war crimes, and gets into business there. Now, what businesses are the most profitable--ie, the most volatile in the region? Oh yes. Natural gas and water. Where is Bush's property? Oh yes, on the Bolivian border where there have been numerous coup d' etat's in the past 100 years, and several national incidents in the past ten years over said natural resources. And, who is hanging out in the Washington, D.C. area as we speak, after fleeing Bolivia from prosecution? Ex-President "Goni" Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, friend of George W. Bush, who wishes to overthrow democratically elected Evo Morales and reinstate power despite the tremendous hate the majority indigenous population feel for him.
If the sheeple vote in another stupid Repub president, they surely will. Look at Jan Brewer - dumb as a doornail - and shes the leading Repub candidate.
At least you have a chance with a thief - not so with the tax man.
Taxes are paid to provide services to the society at large, which you are a part of. How do you equate that with the thief?
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How the wealthy got that way...
