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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:30 AM Original message |
Cheapskate Billionaires |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Great Post! they got theirs, to hell with everybody else! |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. One could build a heckuva legacy by giving away most of it (or evey 10%). Maybe their ego will spur |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Imagine what one billion could do for the workers making all those crap nike shoes |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. Some of these figures are astounding & not in a good way! |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Anytime anyone brings up $400 haircuts or 30,000 sf homes... |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I just ask them |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. How do they respond? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Oh they just repeat the talking points. What else would they do? |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I love the example in the article |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yeah, $6,000,000 a day was rather staggering. |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The article points out that even if you |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I have a problem with Carnegie- The bastard was trying to buy his way out of hell |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I wasn't suggesting that he was a saint... |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. But...but.... |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. That's how many of them got rich: clinging to every penny. |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. Having been |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Meanwhile, I and I'm sure most Americans, am about to go in debt up to my eyeballs |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Get real. The trickle down effect is only expected to take effect when they |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. Well now, in fairness |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Suberb Point |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I can understand how some might see my post as criticism |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Exactly |
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