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Don't think it's fair to include Bill Gates here, his foundation is one of the best charities in the world. He also started a clean energy fund with other billionaires.
The truth of the matter is Bill gates, Warren Buffett, Zuckerberg and their fortunes are all chump change compared to what the government spends in a month. The government spends the nearly the equivalent of bill gates entire net worth in a week
We spent 22 trillion dollars just on anti poverty programs since the start of the war on poverty in 1964 and a significant portion of the population that money was spent on is now less capable of self-sufficiency than it was when the War on Poverty began and the trajectory of official poverty for the past 45 years has been pretty much flat.
There has been no net progress in reducing poverty since the mid to late 1960s after 22 trillion dollars spent.The poverty rate is usually around 14 percent, essentially the same rate as in 1967, three years after the War on Poverty was announced
Don't think it's fair to include Bill Gates here, his foundation is one of the best charities in the world. He also started a clean energy fund with other billionaires.
But that's the point. He lives in the blue state of Washington. So does Jeff Bezos of Amazon. Starbucks, Expedia, Costco, Nordstrom, REI, they are all headquartered here. Why should blue states pay for red states? Red states that complain about those programs, vote against those programs but also take advantage of those programs? Let blue states fund our own programs with the ability to exclude red states participants.
This really baffles me. We have loads and loads of rich liberals including Warren Buffett, Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Emma Stone, Patricia Arquette, Meryl Streep etc. etc. etc.
Why don't they just pool their money together and create a fund to pay for all their liberal ideas such as health care, refugees, illegal immigrants, equal pay etc. etc. etc.?
Wouldn't that solve more problems than all the bickering?
zuckerberg gave newark, nj edu 100 million dollars. Town is 26 sq miles.
That deluge of cash solved nothing. the bootomfeeder pols and their hangers on are getting their share, however.
Are you saying there was no noticeable or improvements after dumping another $100 million into the relatively small area? Wow. This would purge all the liberal ideas on how to run or education programs.
Are you saying there was no noticeable or improvements after dumping another $100 million into the relatively small area? Wow. This would purge all the liberal ideas on how to run or education programs.
Thanks for proving the point. Since Trump supporters don't believe in those programs, give blue states the ability to exclude red states and red state refugees.
LOL what? texas alone has a larger gsp than 10 blue states combined
Texas has the highest uninsured in the entire country. Fewer Texans have health insurance by percentage than any other state. Texas also has one of the highest property taxes in the country as well as one of the highest sales taxes. That's all fine as long as Texans stay in Texas.
If Washington state were to implement a state based health plan, ideally it would be one that has a 10+ year residency requirement in order for long term residents to partake. As it is Washington is growing at a ridiculous rate and the second highest contributing state after California is Texas. They skip all those other states and come straight to us. If Texas is so great, they should stay there.
The point is, blue states have no problem creating social programs as long as our funding can stay within our own borders.*
*Ironically, Texas' low insurance rate is going to hurt them when it comes to TrumpCare dollars. The plan calls for the $100 billion to be distributed by the size of the insurance market. So states with the highest percentage of insured get the most money. Great for Massachusetts, terrible for Texas.
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