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He made 5 B movies and wrote a couple of books that no one reads, you actually believe he is up there with the 1% ers?
Whats your definition of a 1%er?
His net worth is estimated at 50 million. That most certainly qualifies as a 1%.
He has the money of a 1% ter but not the mindset. He uses but does not worship money. That is the difference.
No 1% mindset?
Had he made his movies without the huge salaries, then I could buy that. Had he forgone the tens of millions for a smaller paycheck and distributed the movies cheaper so more of the sheep he attracts could afford to see them, then I would believe he does not care about money.
They were not members of the Writers’ Guild, the powerful union for writers in movies and TV, and thus were not receiving health benefits, and would not qualify later for a percentage of video and rerun sales. “Michael said, ‘I’m getting a lot of heat from the union to call you guys writers and pay you under the union rules,’ ” Eric Zicklin, one of the associate producers, says. “ ‘I don’t have the budget for that. But if they keep coming down on me that’ll mean I’ll only be able to afford one of you and the other one’s gotta go.’ ”
And that wasn't the only time he chose non-union labor, in 2009 for Capitialism: A Love Story he also avoided using union labor:
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The irony of it all was the film focused on a six-day sit in by over 200 workers of Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago . . . the controversy over the film's use of non-labor workers heated up so much, that the American Federation of Teachers refused free movie tickets from Mr. Moore. In fact, ABC News points out that the non-union workers did not receive health insurance.
I think the real 1%ers would call whatever monies MM has as pocket change.
what is a 'real 1%er' ? someone you don't like who makes the kind of money mikey does?
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