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Billionaires increased their wealth by 50% during the pandemic. (Original Post) Joe Nation May 2021 OP
TAX THEM TO DEATH!!!!!!!!!! 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy May 2021 #1
Increase minimum wage now dempls May 2021 #2
The stocks they own went up Johnny2X2X May 2021 #3
So did I edhopper May 2021 #4
I'm not a billionaire Tomconroy May 2021 #5
If you make $100k a year it takes 10 years to earn a million $ SoonerPride May 2021 #6
I know I'm not helping Tomconroy May 2021 #7
The truth of the matter is there was a big dip in the Tomconroy May 2021 #8
Lol whatevs Loki Liesmith May 2021 #9
Disaster Capitalism at its finest, thanks to a big fat fuck called t***p Blue Owl May 2021 #10
Windfall profits tax.... theophilus May 2021 #11

Johnny2X2X

(19,021 posts)
3. The stocks they own went up
Mon May 10, 2021, 09:35 PM
May 2021

That’s where their net worth gain came from. What are they supposed to do, be bad at their jobs as CEOs so their stock price goes down?

 

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
5. I'm not a billionaire
Mon May 10, 2021, 09:52 PM
May 2021

But my retirements account did pretty well too. There was a nasty patch in the Spring of 2020, but as Warren Buffett says: Don't bet against America.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
6. If you make $100k a year it takes 10 years to earn a million $
Mon May 10, 2021, 09:55 PM
May 2021

But it takes 10,000 years to earn a billion dollars.

There should be zero billionaires.

Ever.

Take that Fucking money back.

Tax them back into the millionaire class.

 

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
7. I know I'm not helping
Mon May 10, 2021, 10:00 PM
May 2021

But your post reminded me of a Buffett joke: How do you become a millionaire? Start with a billion dollars and buy an airline.

 

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
8. The truth of the matter is there was a big dip in the
Mon May 10, 2021, 10:20 PM
May 2021

Markets in the spring of 2020. I was surprised to see that some of my funds recently were showing a year over year return of 45 percent. It was sort of a statistical oddity. Just one of those things you ride out if you are a long term investor.

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