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Old 12-10-2010, 12:24 AM
 
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She also is paying the taxes on the trip to Australia

Oprah Avoids Cargate Replay, Pays Audience Taxes for Trip Down Under - E! Online


Anymore irrational anti-Oprah rants that you need to have debunked?
This topic is not about Oprah being willing to pay taxes for the studio audience members who won gifts on her show.

 
Old 12-10-2010, 12:26 AM
 
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ABC reported Oprah has given away over 500 million in the last 25 years...

Anyone offended always has the option to decline... this is America... after all
 
Old 12-10-2010, 12:27 AM
 
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So are you also outraged that Ellen Degeneres gives gifts to her audience? How about Regis and Kelly? How "politically incorrect" of Regis to give gifts to the audience everyday.
 
Old 12-10-2010, 12:29 AM
 
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Why is this thread in the Politics and Controversies forum?

What is controversial or political about Oprah giving away foot massagers to her audience?

What is your point?
My point is that Oprah is out of touch with the misery of the poor, starving, and homeless in our own country. It is political because she supported a man who is a socialist but she is a pure capitalist.
 
Old 12-10-2010, 12:31 AM
 
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ABC reported Oprah has given away over 500 million in the last 25 years...

Anyone offended always has the option to decline... this is America... after all
It would be nice to know how much of that money went to the United States of America.
 
Old 12-10-2010, 12:31 AM
 
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My point is that Oprah is out of touch with the misery of the poor, starving, and homeless in our own country. It is political because she supported a man who is a socialist but she is a pure capitalist.
Ah yes and the thinly veiled 'point' is revealed.

What a reach.
 
Old 12-10-2010, 12:33 AM
 
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If that makes you feel better you should embrace it.
 
Old 12-10-2010, 12:37 AM
 
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Why don't you share that info here.
 
Old 12-10-2010, 12:37 AM
 
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My point is that Oprah is out of touch with the misery of the poor, starving, and homeless in our own country. It is political because she supported a man who is a socialist but she is a pure capitalist.
Haha....OK, so let me attempt to understand your "logic"

So you think that Oprah giving away iPads and buckets of kettlecorn to her audience proves that she is out of touch with the poor and starving?

However, Oprah is buying products from numerous companies (many of which are American) and thus putting money into the economy. And, after seeing different products on her show, many other Americans pump money into the economy by going out and purchasing those products which means that people will have to have jobs to produce those products. So I really do not see the issue.....

.....other than a transparent need to bash a self-made billionaire and person living the American dream.
 
Old 12-10-2010, 12:40 AM
 
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Haha....OK, so let me attempt to understand your "logic"

So you think that Oprah giving away iPads and buckets of kettlecorn to her audience proves that she is out of touch with the poor and starving?

However, Oprah is buying products from numerous companies (many of which are American) and thus putting money into the economy. And, after seeing different products on her show, many other Americans pump money into the economy by going out and purchasing those products which means that people will have to have jobs to produce those products. So I really do not see the issue.....

.....other than a transparent need to bash a self-made billionaire and person living the American dream.
How many homeless families could Oprah have sheltered with all the money whe spend on studio audiences?
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