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This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing "wealth gap" in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson, who cut his film teeth at NYU and made the Emmy nominated 2003 HBO documentary Born Rich, here sets his sights on exploring the political, moral and emotional rationale that enables a tiny percentage of Americans - the one percent - to control nearly half the wealth of the entire United States. The film Includes interviews with Nicole Buffett, Bill Gates Sr., Adnan Khashoggi, Milton Friedman, Robert Reich, Ralph Nader and other luminaries.
I've always believed that the true issue is rich vs. poor. Interestingly however, the 99% consistently focus on insignificant wedge issues, which are meant to keep us divided.
Because someone has earned or inherited money, doesn't mean it was taken from YOU....one's wealth doesn't make another "poorer"...
There's the rub....folks who have little or no money believe that if the ones who do have it would only "give it up", it would make them richer....and that's the lie that Obama and his fellow Democrats sustain.
If anyone and everyone has the OPPORTUNITY to "hit it big"...then the country, America, wins. Giving folks, who have no clue about money and how to make it, does NOTHING for those same folks....they will spend it in an instant and have nothing to show for it.
Folks who understand how money is a "tool" and can make it, and make it grow and sustain their wealth, are the folks who drive our economy.
Obama wants to destroy that "driving force"...and if elected, he will do so.
The film Includes interviews with Nicole Buffett, Bill Gates Sr., Adnan Khashoggi, Milton Friedman, Robert Reich, Ralph Nader and other luminaries.
These 1%'s need to just write a big check to the Govt and pay for about 6 hours worth of their expenses or set up their own charities. Free Birth Control with every copy of Windows 8.
Because someone has earned or inherited money, doesn't mean it was taken from YOU....one's wealth doesn't make another "poorer"...
There's the rub....folks who have little or no money believe that if the ones who do have it would only "give it up", it would make them richer....and that's the lie that Obama and his fellow Democrats sustain.
If anyone and everyone has the OPPORTUNITY to "hit it big"...then the country, America, wins. Giving folks, who have no clue about money and how to make it, does NOTHING for those same folks....they will spend it in an instant and have nothing to show for it.
Folks who understand how money is a "tool" and can make it, and make it grow and sustain their wealth, are the folks who drive our economy.
Obama wants to destroy that "driving force"...and if elected, he will do so.
Obama and Romney are both puppets. It really doesn't matter who is selected in 2012. The same agenda will be carried out because the puppet masters (i.e. corporations/banks) are really pulling the strings.
This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing "wealth gap" in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson, who cut his film teeth at NYU and made the Emmy nominated 2003 HBO documentary Born Rich, here sets his sights on exploring the political, moral and emotional rationale that enables a tiny percentage of Americans - the one percent - to control nearly half the wealth of the entire United States. The film Includes interviews with Nicole Buffett, Bill Gates Sr., Adnan Khashoggi, Milton Friedman, Robert Reich, Ralph Nader and other luminaries.
I've always believed that the true issue is rich vs. poor. Interestingly however, the 99% consistently focus on insignificant wedge issues, which are meant to keep us divided.
What would you consider to be those "wedge" issues?
Because someone has earned or inherited money, doesn't mean it was taken from YOU....one's wealth doesn't make another "poorer"...
There's the rub....folks who have little or no money believe that if the ones who do have it would only "give it up", it would make them richer....and that's the lie that Obama and his fellow Democrats sustain.
If anyone and everyone has the OPPORTUNITY to "hit it big"...then the country, America, wins. Giving folks, who have no clue about money and how to make it, does NOTHING for those same folks....they will spend it in an instant and have nothing to show for it.
Folks who understand how money is a "tool" and can make it, and make it grow and sustain their wealth, are the folks who drive our economy.
Obama wants to destroy that "driving force"...and if elected, he will do so.
The sad truth is we allow these big companies to get out of their contributions because we are delusional about our ability to become one of them one day. So we feed the fantasy by letting them screw us up the bum just incase it's us one day. Reality seems to skip the 99% and only attaches itself to the wealthy.
What would you consider to be those "wedge" issues?
Wedge issues, are issues that don't address the crux of the central problem. They are meant to simply cause dissension amongst the masses. Common wedge issues are race, abortion, feminism, homosexuality, political parties etc. It's not that these issues are irrelevant, it's just that one can't begin to address these things until the 300 pound elephant in the room is properly dealt with.
To put it into context:
Imagine a country being invaded by a foreign nation, yet the local politicians and people choose to focus on how much money should be allocated towards building a new school. Building schools are certainly important, but obviously, it's not the issue that should garner the most attention in this example.
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