Posted on 06/15/2018 8:28:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants her fellow Democrats to take on what she calls the "billionaire class." Does Warren know that many, if not most, of this tiny group of people are liberal Democrats?
On a recent podcast hosted by Mehdi Hasan of The Intercept, Hasan asked Warren if she thought Democrats lacked the "guts" to go after billionaires.
Warren response was "Yeah." She's particularly upset at the handful of her fellow Democrats who voted for a bill that watered down the Dodd-Frank banking regulation behemoth.
Warren went on to say: "Until we have all the Democrats who are willing to take on the billionaire class, until we have all the Democrats who are willing to fight for the American people and not for a handful of billionaires and giant corporations, then it's going to stay an uphill fight."
This makes little sense.
For one thing, there are only 585 of them in the U.S. today, according to Forbes. And plenty of them are big-time Democrats.
Does she intend, for example, to take on Warren Buffett, who, with a net worth of $84 billion, is the third richest man in the world? He's a longtime Democrat who's pushed for tax hikes on the rich, backed Hillary Clinton, and who gave 99% of his money to Democrats and liberal groups in the past four election cycles.
Maybe she means Michael Bloomberg, 11th richest man in the world (net worth $50B.). He's a huge gun control supporter.
What about George Soros, who's worth $8 billion? He's an uber liberal who finances a multitude of left-wing groups like Center for American Progress and Moveon.org. He recently invested $3 million in The New York Times.
In 2016, Soros gave at least $7 million to Hillary Clinton's Priorities USA super-PAC. He's donated more than $61 million
(Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...
MORE DEMOCRAT SUPPORTING BILLIONAIRES:
* Environmental activist Tom Steyer — net worth $1.6 billion. He donated more than $91 million to Democrats in 2016 alone, and funded a $20 million ad campaign calling for President Trump’s impeachment.
* Netflix CEO Reed Hastings (net worth $2.7 billion). Hastings is another prominent Democrat who eagerly supported Clinton and just signed a deal with Barack Obama to produce programs for Netflix.
* Google’s Larry Page ($48.8 billion)
* Laurene Powell Jobs ($18.8 billion)
* Oprah Winfrey ($2.7 billion)
* Starbucks’ Howard Schultz ($2.7 billion)
* Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg ($1.6 billion).
* Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, who owns the Trump bashing Washington Post.
(Add your billionaire or Multi-millionaire here ).
Lizzie, if you are going to declare war you should put on your war bonnet. But then again you aren’t a real indian.
Princess Grey Beaver wants to incarcerate her own donors. I say go for it!
She’s just pi$$ed off that she’s only a millionaire, so she wants to “get even” with people who hav amassed a bigger fortune than she has.
Bill Gates
Paul Allen
Soros, obviously.
Buffett, Cuban et al...
I guess she considers herself as a poor millionaire.
However, those that donate to Liberal Dems will be exempt.
George Soros hardest hit. HAHAHAHA!
Not.
DEFUND/DISMANTLE CFPB (another UNaccountable bureaucracy)
Oh, that and as with all dems, ( even rich ones), she has no genuine idea where wealth and money really come from.
Liberal LOON loses logic...and a lot more too voluminous too list. MORON!
Only those that don’t contribute to her. If they will start giving to her then they are in the clear. I believe it’s called a “protection racket”.
She used to wage war on multi-millionaires....until she became a multi-millionaire.
She means nothing of the sort. This is BS spread liberally about for the few remaining gullibles in this world.
Her are some billionaires to go after, along with their DNC contributions:
Steyer, Thomas & F. & Kathryn Ann $29,633,248
Fahr LLC/Tom Steyer
San Francisco, CA
Sussman, S. Donald $14,158,600
Paloma Partners
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Soros, George $9,732,950
Soros Fund Management
New York, NY
Simons, James H. & Marilyn H. $5,853,400
Renaissance Technologies/Simons Fdtn
New York, NY
Marcus, George M. & Judith $5,537,725
Marcus & Millichap
Palo Alto, CA
Eychaner, Fred $5,094,600
Newsweb Corp
Chicago, IL
Simon, Deborah $4,973,168
Philanthropist
Carmel, IN
Skjodt, Paul & Cynthia Simon-Skjodt $4,597,700
Samerian Foundation
Carmel, IN
Laufer, Henry B. & Marsha Z. $3,603,375
Renaissance Technologies
Lantana, FL
Houston, TX
Wexner, Leslie H. & Abigail S. $18,500
Limited Brands
Columbus, OH
Goldman-Fowler, Amy P. & Cary Fowler $2,728,000
Sol Goldman Investments
New York, NY
Soros, Alexander $2,726,763
Philanthropist
New York, NY
Las Vegas, NV
MacFarlane, Seth W. $2,245,800
Fuzzy Door Productions
Los Angeles, CA
Obendorf, William E. & Susan C. $18,900
Oberndorf Enterprises
San Francisco, CA
Abraham, S. Daniel & Ewa $2,053,125
Slim Fast
West Palm Beach, FL
Heising, Mark W. & Elizabeth Simons $2,004,250
Medley Partners
Atherton, CA
Westport, CT
Saban, Haim & Cheryl $1,728,700
Saban Capital Group
Los Angeles, CA
Duchossois, Craig J. & Janet J. $110,100
Duchossois Group
Chicago, IL
Johnson, Charles B. & Ann L. $2,700
Franklin Resources
Hillsborough, CA
Schwartz, Bernard L. & Irene $1,450,196
Loral Space & Communications
New York, NY
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Liz will be targeting other billionaires, I bet, or just certain industries.
The Pelosi’s
The Clinton’s
RE: I guess she considers herself as a poor millionaire.
I’d like to be one of those poor folks like her :)
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