11 Things The Wealthiest 400 Americans Could Buy Their Country

[BDBoop]

I'm not sure what the OP was trying to get across, but a lot of people seem to believe that having a lot of money is unfair because they don't have it.

I would say the difference in treatment between a rich and a poor person may be unfair.

I would say the attention and priority our government and/or society in general give to a rich person rather than a poor person is unfair.

But a person shouldn't be expected to give simply because he has more than I do.

Yeah, it kinda is (expected). "To whom much is given, much is asked." Or some version thereof. Wealth is a responsibility, not a gimme.

I wish people could remember. The peasants and serfs always end up revolting when things get too bad.

 

[1Perry]

Perhaps the point is once people realize this reality, how long before they demand something be done about this?

Many have been noting that you should be doing something about it if you want to improve your situation.

 

[1Perry]

Thats a horrible and ridiculous counter-example.

No, it's equally ridiculous.

 

[haymarket]

Yeah, it kinda is (expected). "To whom much is given, much is asked." Or some version thereof. Wealth is a responsibility, not a gimme.

I wish people could remember. The peasants and serfs always end up revolting when things get too bad.

And later we get the obligatory right wing posts from gun worshippers bragging what good shots they are, how many weapons they own, descriptions of those weapons as if they were looking at a Playboy centerfold, and reproductions of their marksmanship ratings and abilities.

And that is suppose to keep the people at bay.

 

[haymarket]

Many have been noting that you should be doing something about it if you want to improve your situation.

My situation is fine really. I do quite well and am very happy with my own personal financial situation.

But I am not the one you should be worrying about.

 

[1Perry]

My situation is fine really. I do quite well and am very happy with my own personal financial situation.

But I am not the one you should be worrying about.

I'm not the one worrying about what others are doing.

 

[haymarket]

I'm not the one worrying about what others are doing.

Let us all hope and pray together that this madness of creating two radically divided classes in America is stopped soon then before we all have to worry about the consequences.

 

[BDBoop]

And later we get the obligatory right wing posts from gun worshippers bragging what good shots they are, how many weapons they own, descriptions of those weapons as if they were looking at a Playboy centerfold, and reproductions of their marksmanship ratings and abilities.

And that is suppose to keep the people at bay.

You know? 100 level ones can take down a level 11 elite. I sorta figure it'll go that way.

Maybe they should start paying people to build their safe rooms.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

No, it's equally ridiculous.

Height and financial situations..................No...

 

[UtahBill]

Fair? Not when people like yourself make excuses for the government when they decide to not uphold our laws.

People like me? you know nothing about me....
if you do, explain yourself, if you can...
what laws are the govt not upholding? our govt is supposed to be for the people, by the people, of the people....
not of the rich, for the rich, by the rich...

 

[UtahBill]

Yeah, it kinda is (expected). "To whom much is given, much is asked." Or some version thereof. Wealth is a responsibility, not a gimme.

I wish people could remember. The peasants and serfs always end up revolting when things get too bad.

and in this country, the peasants have the 2nd amendment....

 

[Jeezy]

Yeah, it kinda is (expected). "To whom much is given, much is asked." Or some version thereof. Wealth is a responsibility, not a gimme.

...a responsibility to who? To you? To other people? To "society" at large? For what? You should thank people like Warren Buffet and the like for giving as much as they do to charity. He's under no obligation to do so, aside from his own personal beliefs.

The whole beauty and nobility behind charity is that you choose to give it, not that you are obliged to.

I wish people could remember. The peasants and serfs always end up revolting when things get too bad.

Egypt had lower income inequality than we did. They revolted. We did not. I guess our "serfs" were too busy enjoying life.

 

[UtahBill]

I'm not the one worrying about what others are doing.

you are worried about losing some of your wealth to others, or you wouldn't be here arguing...

 

[1Perry]

Height and financial situations..................No...

There are in many cases equal reasons why we have inequality in all aspects. For some reason you found it necessary to comment on this post but not the one where I note how the current government is enriching the "rich" and like with past administrations how that is indeed a problem.

 

[1Perry]

you are worried about losing some of your wealth to others, or you wouldn't be here arguing...

I'm not wealthy. Working stiff.

 

[1Perry]

People like me? you know nothing about me....
if you do, explain yourself, if you can...
what laws are the govt not upholding? our govt is supposed to be for the people, by the people, of the people....
not of the rich, for the rich, by the rich...

Let's start with one so not to make this too confusing. Sarbanes/Oxley. What Sarbanes/Oxley did was make it a crime for a CEO to sign off on a bogus financial statement. He didn't even have to know it was bogus. This was done to address the Enron situation where (BTW we did get prosecutions) Lay claimed he had no idea the numbers were being fudged.

There were those on Wall Street fudging their numbers left and right. They knew it and even if they didn't it doesn't matter. How many of them were prosecuted? How many did we rather give billions of dollars of taxpayer monies to?

 

[haymarket]

You know? 100 level ones can take down a level 11 elite. I sorta figure it'll go that way.

Maybe they should start paying people to build their safe rooms.

In all seriousness, I suspect many have. The brighter one have to know what happens when you corner something that is angry and keep jabbing it with a stick.

 

[DarkWizard12]

So, here's a question. I always hear that the rich people are paid more because they're worth more. So which is more valuable to the country: the top 400, or the 19 million workers who's salaries they could pay? If you had to choose one, which would you keep?

I choose both because, i thought, we are all americans, all people most importantly, so we should be on the same team.

 

[ecofarm]

So, here's a question. I always hear that the rich people are paid more because they're worth more. So which is more valuable to the country: the top 400, or the 19 million workers who's salaries they could pay? If you had to choose one, which would you keep?

Top 400. I don't want planet of the apes. Are you mad?

 

[PerfectStorm]

Top 400. I don't want planet of the apes. Are you mad?

Agreed. If we are going to redistribute the wealth of the top 400, I want my slice of the pie to be as big as possible.

 

[Ockham]

I own my car and don't need a new one

Filling up my gas tank doesn't address the supply, demand or amount of cost added by local and federal government, but sure, I'd take it. :happy:

I paid off my student loans long ago

I don't carry credit card debt - unlike my local, state and federal government who wallow in it.

I want to keep my mortgage payment as it adds to my credit rating.

I don't rent, I have renters.

Most foreclosed homes from 2007 and 2008 have either been resold, are owned by new owners or were purchased by investors for cash.

My annual salary is paid for because I work hard to keep my job.

The 10K bonus would simply raise my tax level so the government would then take away 34% of it. Why not just give me a 10,000 GIFT instead of a bonus and bypass the government tax?

We don't need more teachers, we need BETTER teachers.

That 70% of the money lost was already used by government and Wall Street for their own ends, but this one's fine too. :happy:


So the only two that I would really support are:

1. Gas for my car
2. 70% of the money lost


The rest are bollocks.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

There are in many cases equal reasons why we have inequality in all aspects.

I agree.

For some reason you found it necessary to comment on this post but not the one where I note how the current government is enriching the "rich" and like with past administrations how that is indeed a problem.

I see that is a problem also. And i have been commenting on those threads as well....

 

[1Perry]

I see that is a problem also. And i have been commenting on those threads as well....

If I have missed it, I'm sorry and will watch for your posts concerning this.

 

[FilmFestGuy]

What country has total equality?

None, but instead of being in the company of our allies - like Canada, the UK, Germany - our income inequality is on a level with Jamaica, Liberia, and Ivory Coast.

Even if you use the CIA measurements (income inequality factors into their travel ratings for nations): we are surrounded by such beacons of equality like Tunisia, Cameroon, and Georgia. The CIA ratings do have the UK and Australia in our company, though.

If you look at the nations with the lowest ratios, you find almost entirely stable nations (Colombia and Bosnia largely excepted, although both nations are more stable now that they were a decade ago).

No one is asking for every American to get the same. There has to be higher salaries for higher level work. The gas station attendant at Shell shouldn't receive the same salary as the CEO; neither should the CEO make the gas station attendant's annual salary for less than five hours of work.

 

[FilmFestGuy]

Top 400. I don't want planet of the apes. Are you mad?

Paris Hilton and Kim Khardashian thank you for your support. It's about time someone recognized their worth.