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US billionaires have grown $434 billion richer during the pandemic
MSN ^ | May 21, 2020 | MSN

Posted on 05/21/2020 7:41:24 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

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US billionaires have grown $434 billion richer during the pandemic

Is this a GREAT COUNTRY or what!

21 posted on 05/21/2020 8:01:51 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: FreedomVsControl

A wealth tax requires a constitutional ammendment just like the income tax did.


22 posted on 05/21/2020 8:09:43 PM PDT by CMAC51
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Did they get rich without breaking any laws?
If so what is the problem? Nothing stops you from becoming a Billionaire except your lack of skills to achieve that success.


23 posted on 05/21/2020 8:13:16 PM PDT by entropy12 (covid-19 separates the fearful from the freedom loving! If I am not afraid, no one should be.)
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To: EEGator

Lol

At least he’s honest :)


24 posted on 05/21/2020 8:14:00 PM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals N racists dont point ftingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: FreedomVsControl

You are right. You do not understand economics.


25 posted on 05/21/2020 8:16:09 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Those trillion dollar bailouts had to go somewhere. That is how it always works — the rich get richer.

Governent of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich.

We are blessed to live in a nation where the rich and powerful threw us a bigger bone than most of the serfs get, when the nation was founded. Since the middle class started with a much bigger part of the pie than nations with royalty or dictators, it has taken a long time to shink the middle class down to what it is now.

We never have had much influence in US politics or been the ones to share in the prosperity at a high level. Don’t get me wrong. We were blessed to have it so good for so long and we still do compared with most nations. It is just that peoploe often get the idea that it is a level playing field, and it never has been.


26 posted on 05/21/2020 8:16:35 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: FreedomVsControl

Before your existence here lasts about 4 days why don’t you explain more what you are thinking. Don’t be afraid to say what you think but you have to expand on what you said.

I have taken unpopular views at times but your post sounds like it’s punishing the successful.

perhaps small businesses taking a beating while the big businesses got to stay open is not very fair

Perhaps just a sales tax is what’s needed.

But elaborate on your answer or you won’t last here long. :)


27 posted on 05/21/2020 8:18:35 PM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals N racists dont point ftingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
And? So what? Freedom is freedom, let them do what they want to do. Let the rest of us do what we want to do. "Thou shall not covet."

Exodus 20:17 King James Version (KJV) 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Envy is nothing more than wanting what you do not have. Leave your neighbor alone. "Thou shall not steal."

28 posted on 05/21/2020 8:19:02 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I used to defend the Billionaires. Now I am convinced that they are the problem. Free men need to rise up


29 posted on 05/21/2020 8:21:18 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

It is true leaders in Washington have become kings and queens instead of senators and house members. It is also true it has become a little too much of an oligarchy with a handful of companies controlling an awful lot.

But those kings and queens still had to get elected. And they have to win re-election every two and six years.

The problem is the voters. Many are uneducated and lazy.


30 posted on 05/21/2020 8:22:02 PM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals N racists dont point ftingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: Fungi

And you can quote the Bible all you want but when senators and house members are bought and sold by large corporations and allowed to stay open while small businesses get crushed for months quoting the Bible doesn’t help one little bit.


31 posted on 05/21/2020 8:25:22 PM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals N racists dont point ftingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: Fungi

I did there was no need to put it in bold. We can all read regular font and this wasn’t a thread about religion, where you needed to make sure it stood out.

I think there’s something about arrogance and pride in the Bible too :-)


32 posted on 05/21/2020 8:27:27 PM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals N racists dont point ftingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Its a stupid headline

From Feb. to Mid-March, these same people lost $550+ billion. Mid-March was the bottom of the Dow Jones 30%+ decline. Now its back to last November prices. Of course owners of large companies will see an increase in their wealth as share prices rise.


33 posted on 05/21/2020 8:28:37 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: EEGator
"...Well, you made it three days..."

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

34 posted on 05/21/2020 8:28:40 PM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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To: dp0622

Proverbs 17:23 The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice. ‘Nuff said.


35 posted on 05/21/2020 8:29:27 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: FreedomVsControl

IBTZ! Hi nOOb! By nOOb! Tell your pals at the DUmp you had a nice stay here!


36 posted on 05/21/2020 8:31:34 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: FreedomVsControl
"...This is probably a very unpopular opinion around here..."

Very perceptive.

I would imagine that is true, but what is even more unpopular is a poster who makes a statement like that but won't engage in discourse on it.

37 posted on 05/21/2020 8:33:08 PM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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To: dp0622

Your problem not mine; I simply quoted verses.


38 posted on 05/21/2020 8:33:51 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
"...It is just that peoploe often get the idea that it is a level playing field..."

LOL, that may find a place next to stune and beeber!

39 posted on 05/21/2020 8:38:09 PM PDT by rlmorel (The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
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To: FreedomVsControl

Until recently I never agreed with this but yes, we should tax wealth. I’m so sick of Bill Gates maybe if we taxed the Buffet would shut up.


40 posted on 05/21/2020 8:39:32 PM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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