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brooklynite

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7. I love a good stereotype...

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 11:45 AM

Nov 2019

J.K. Rowling and George Soros are Billionaires. Who are they trying to outrank?

Being rich doesn't mean you're evil. Being poor doesn't mean you're good.

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"America needs to seriously tax the rich -- I should know, I'm one of them" [View all] whathehell Nov 2019 OP

It now boils down to this. safeinOhio Nov 2019 #1

Hmm.. whathehell Nov 2019 #2

If you base your value on wealth safeinOhio Nov 2019 #3

I'm poor. Money-wise. panader0 Nov 2019 #8

Great Wealth ≠ Great Power whathehell Nov 2019 #9

I think most of the billionaires are in LuvNewcastle Nov 2019 #4

They use wealth rankings as a way to keep score, in competition with other obscenely rich tblue37 Nov 2019 #6

Once you pass a certain income/wealth threshhold, it's not about surviving... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #5

I love a good stereotype... brooklynite Nov 2019 #7

Lol..Ever hear of a group called "Patriotic Millionnaires? whathehell Nov 2019 #10

Yes; I know several of them personally. brooklynite Nov 2019 #12

That's nice.. whathehell Nov 2019 #13

I think that's part of it, but I think it's just as often about whathehell Nov 2019 #11