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Well they have the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and are considered very generous people so I doubt too many people have a problem with them. Plus they didn't really get wealthy by taking advantage of anyone Microsoft was a big part of how computers evolved.
Sounds like a very common story among the wealthy.
You only think it doesn't effect your life because you don't truly know what goes on with the people that have power and money. Watch Michael Moore's documentary on Capitalism. Your whole attitude will change.
You are joking, right? Only a moron would believe anything Moore says. Do a little research and you will see that he is one of the biggest liars and hypocrites in history.
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Many of the super rich only got that way by screwing people over or taking advantage of them.
And many didn't. So what's your point?
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Also in history for example you have the rich that flat out destroyed parts of the world for profit.
So what's your point?
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Ignorance is bliss. It's very easy to hate wealthy people for those with their eyes open.... and anyone that thinks the super rich are not quite often hurting the world, is truly ignorant.
Ignorance is hating people that you know nothing about and hating someone because you are jealous of what they have.
The middle class doesn't have the same access to those extremely wealthy donors putting $300K into a campaign, they aren't making those donations without getting something in return. Pretty much every congressman D&R that left after last term made the same statement, money is corrupting the system.
When the money is controlled by private and international interests-EVERYTHING is corrupt.
So yes, money effects your life and it most certainly effects your life when the money is controlled by an international corporation that charges your Government interest.
if you truly believe that, then you must also admit that the money provided by the taxpayers to the federal government also corrupts the federal government in its entirety.
all the more reason to go to a sales tax based economy and get rid of all income taxes.
if you truly believe that, then you must also admit that the money provided by the taxpayers to the federal government also corrupts the federal government in its entirety.
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Absolutely true. The Feds have $3.6 trillion to hand out and that power has totally corrupted our government.
Many of the rich are rich because they pay a slave a wage to their workers and only give them a 2 percent raise every year. Many rich people aren't producers, they are rich by taking advantage of producers that are in a situation that they can't break out of. This is why in the old days they built corporate towns. A neurosurgeon that is wealthy is an example of someone that is wealthy but didn't become that way by taking advantage of someone.
how about people like ray croc and the macdonalds brothers? or dave thomas? harlan sanders? sam walton?
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While we may all like the new and revised Bill Gates, you may have missed his early and midgame. They guy was brutal, and merciless.
bill gates was brutal in business against his competitors, he made a lot of his employees millionaires. and if one goes into business without being brutal, then they stand a good chance of going out of business early on in the game. the business world is not known, nor has it ever been known, as one that fosters an air of cooperation between competitors, unless there is a common goal between those competitors, and even then that is temporary.
if you truly believe that, then you must also admit that the money provided by the taxpayers to the federal government also corrupts the federal government in its entirety.
all the more reason to go to a sales tax based economy and get rid of all income taxes.
I agree with that completely! It's no coincidence that the IRS and income tax were created around the same time as The Federal Reserve.
If there was no income tax and only a tax on spending, it would allow those who have and consume more to pay more in taxes naturally. There would be no force-no theft and those that make less would be able to keep their actual pay, and pay less in taxes naturally as they don't spend or consume as much.
3.5 billion people are struggling to survive while 80 people have more wealth than anyone on this board could possibly imagine.
Of course, this is obviously just an excuse for lazy, selfish liberals to steal money from the poor innocent billionaires, who obviously deserve what they've earned through hard work and sacrifice.
I think we should give the billionaires more tax cuts.
you can thank Obama's policies for our plight
we owe TRILLIONS
we print billions
the government is the real thief
how much is wasted????
I could care less about the 1 per cent
Obama and his cronies just use this to whip up their base
This won't change until the 99% decide to revolt and take what's ours.Oh and it is ours. They get rich off our backs and then don't pay us a rightful livable wage for our hard work and labor. So we will take it all.
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