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ArtTownsend

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5. Good and bad people is not the point. The point is we shouldn't have to be reliant on their charity.

Reply to live love laugh (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 18, 2020, 04:04 PM

Feb 2020

And that charity can and often does come with strings attached.

And then there are those who aren't charitable, or are actively working against the basic interests of all of us. That includes the Kochs and Adelson, and many others.

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Those terrible billionaires some love to rail against [View all] evertonfc Feb 2020 OP

Billionaires aren't the problem the system that concentrates wealth is live love laugh Feb 2020 #1

Good and bad people is not the point. The point is we shouldn't have to be reliant on their charity. ArtTownsend Feb 2020 #5

I agree -- that's systemic though. For the most part live love laugh Feb 2020 #8

Fair enough ArtTownsend Feb 2020 #9

acknowledge your point (it's a valid one) stopdiggin Feb 2020 #2

I'll take strong unions and less income inequality over any billionaires myself. ArtTownsend Feb 2020 #6

IMO there would not be the push back billionaires are receiving if they were taxed in2herbs Feb 2020 #3

The problem is that billionaires' wealth gives them immense power at the expense of others' power. ArtTownsend Feb 2020 #4

Neither do I but who's responsible for their wealth accumulation live love laugh Feb 2020 #10

And he got those billions off of what practically Downtown Hound Feb 2020 #7

How many years has he paid ZERO taxes. onecaliberal Feb 2020 #11

I'll wait for the details Apollo Zeus Feb 2020 #12

And if he paid a corporate tax rate within shouting distance of what I paid... flotsam Feb 2020 #13

$10 Billion is a drop in the bucket Bradical79 Feb 2020 #14

I think it's obscene... OneGrassRoot Feb 2020 #15

The fact that some billionaires donate (relatively negligible, in the grand scheme of things) sums.. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2020 #16