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Turbineguy

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26. Now the great thing about having lots of money

Reply to ReRe (Reply #18)

Mon Nov 11, 2024, 01:11 PM

Nov 2024

is the damage you can do to society.

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It's funny how these billionaires are supposedly so smart and so successful, and yet nobody will *ever* say... [View all] ck4829 Nov 2024 OP

Thanks to billionaires we have poverty and homelessness Turbineguy Nov 2024 #1

... poverty and homelessness... magicarpet Nov 2024 #3

You're right! ReRe Nov 2024 #18

Now the great thing about having lots of money Turbineguy Nov 2024 #26

Well ReRe Nov 2024 #29

They are mentally ill. If you have everything you could ever want or need materially and still MadameButterfly Nov 2024 #36

That is so true ReRe Nov 2024 #38

Billionaires are not a monolithic bloc. Many have donated to many of those causes. TwilightZone Nov 2024 #2

It's ten ways to prove me wrong. Question is - will they? ck4829 Nov 2024 #5

Billionaires BigMin28 Nov 2024 #6

Exactly Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #9

How evil do you have to be to attack the elderly poor?.nt jfz9580m Nov 2024 #10

And they only donate when the tax consequence is beneficial to them. nt in2herbs Nov 2024 #33

Nice tax break for them though. travelingthrulife Nov 2024 #27

But not enough orangecrush Nov 2024 #31

You're so right. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #4

GREED IS A DISEASE. Xoan Nov 2024 #7

It's also observably degenerative. dchill Nov 2024 #20

If their main concern was helping others... rubbersole Nov 2024 #8

BINGO! OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #14

Thanks to these billionaires SCantiGOP Nov 2024 #11

Many billionaires also donated to VP Harris. republianmushroom Nov 2024 #16

"When you have so much money, you can bet on both teams." dchill Nov 2024 #19

Do you think Taylor Swift donated to both teams ? republianmushroom Nov 2024 #22

I do not. dchill Nov 2024 #24

Well good on 'em ReRe Nov 2024 #32

Well, they're fucked too; they just don't know it yet. ananda Nov 2024 #12

I have told a few people this: lastlib Nov 2024 #13

Because it is not about 'smarts'. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #17

To your last point..... lastlib Nov 2024 #21

What the billionaires don't look at is Jarqui Nov 2024 #15

Actually, it's a twofer - they're just scavengers. dchill Nov 2024 #23

It is one thing to fight for your people - to defend a Constitution Jarqui Nov 2024 #28

Ive never been so happy to be on the losing side of things! PortTack Nov 2024 #25

Damn straight orangecrush Nov 2024 #30

Why should they? It's up to the people to make them pay, and live love laugh Nov 2024 #34

And this is how it starts. We can label it and organize around it. Call it the billionaire challenge. ck4829 Nov 2024 #37

All the money in the world Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #35