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Old 02-12-2014, 03:15 PM
 
Location: USA
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I have yet to meet a billionaire that didnt have tens, if not hundreds of thousands of employees..

Can you list one for me?
Yes. I've met one and had dinner with him. He worked for Enron. Doesn't have tens, or even hundreds of employees.

I know 2 multi millionaires (1 guy is upwards of 200 mil) who also don't have hundreds of employees.
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:17 PM
 
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Look at your history. This isn't the first time we've had economic problems.
It will pass just like all the other times in history.

Go ahead and tax the rich. They are one step ahead of you and your government gives them a year advance notice no less that they are coming for the money !
You mean when the labor movement was strongest and changed the course of this nations history by tearing concessions out of the teeth of big business and getting politicians to take them seriously.

Why do you guys think these things were just given to people? People fought for them.
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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You mean when the labor movement was strongest and changed the course of this nations history by tearing concessions out of the teeth of big business and getting politicians to take them seriously.

Why do you guys think these things were just given to people? People fought for them.
Go for it then. 90% of government workers are in a union so organize yourselves.
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:19 PM
 
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Yes. I've met one and had dinner with him. He worked for Enron. Doesn't have tens, or even hundreds of employees.

I know 2 multi millionaires (1 guy is upwards of 200 mil) who also don't have hundreds of employees.
I know right. The millionaires with companies with high net worth employees don't have hundreds and thousands of employees.

You can't replace the manufacturing base we used to have with a managerial class and expect there to be a huge middle class.
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:20 PM
 
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Yes. I've met one and had dinner with him. He worked for Enron. Doesn't have tens, or even hundreds of employees.

I know 2 multi millionaires (1 guy is upwards of 200 mil) who also don't have hundreds of employees.
Enron had 22,000 employees before it went defunct.

Please explain how your multimillionaire buddy became rich without economic development which benefited others...
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:20 PM
 
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Go for it then. 90% of government workers are in a union so organize yourselves.
And the top are trying to crush public unions too.
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:21 PM
 
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I have yet to meet a billionaire that didnt have tens, if not hundreds of thousands of employees..

Can you list one for me?

Where I live I personally know 2 billionaires without even a hundred employees.
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:21 PM
 
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I know right. The millionaires with companies with high net worth employees don't have hundreds and thousands of employees.

You can't replace the manufacturing base we used to have with a managerial class and expect there to be a huge middle class.
But you want to replace the manufacturing base we used to have with welfare programs and then become shocked at the amount of poverty in the country..
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:22 PM
 
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But you want to replace the manufacturing base we used to have with welfare programs and then become shocked at the amount of poverty in the country..
Good god did you really gather all that from what I've posted?
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:22 PM
 
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Where I live I personally know 2 billionaires without even a hundred employees.
Whats their name? I'd like to read about them in the Forbes 400 list..
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