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angrychair

(12,545 posts)
53. All due respect
Thu May 21, 2026, 12:21 PM
Yesterday

She is still a billionaire.

She is choosing to be so.

How much she is giving is irrelevant when she continues to sit on tens of billions she uses to fund a lifestyle of wealth and influence that no regular person, even a millionaire, can even begin to understand.

The scope of that wealth is easily misunderstood. People see the money they give and it seems like so much because to us it is but to them, especially at her level of wealth, even billions of dollars is just a fraction of it.

She is sitting on money that could genuinely help millions of people. Millions of people.

But doesn't.

That is my point.

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Sixty contenders on ballot for governor Sequoia Yesterday #34
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He has ads running narrated by Jane Fonda ... LSparkle Wednesday #3
I openly hate all billionaires angrychair Wednesday #5
I see, you openly HATE all billionaires. Abolishinist Wednesday #9
It becomes more nuanced angrychair Yesterday #10
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All of them? Disaffected Yesterday #16
All billionaires. angrychair Yesterday #18
What about Ebenezer Scrooge? Sequoia Yesterday #35
However, she is giving large portions away and, Disaffected Yesterday #39
Which is the whole purpose angrychair Yesterday #43
Hording? Cummon man, give at least a little credit. Disaffected Yesterday #50
All due respect angrychair Yesterday #53
I don't think it is reasonable to expect her to Disaffected 23 hrs ago #56
Maybe I'm saying it wrong angrychair 23 hrs ago #60
Here's The Thing: With Taxes, Govt Can Be---Can Be---Fair And..... ColoringFool Yesterday #20
Agreed. nt Disaffected Yesterday #40
Why hate JB Pritzker? MichMan 23 hrs ago #62
I don't comment on him angrychair 23 hrs ago #64
You stated that you hate all billionaires and he falls into that category MichMan 22 hrs ago #70
Nope angrychair 22 hrs ago #73
They certainly hate us FullySupportDems 22 hrs ago #77
Are multimillionaires ok? Jose Garcia 21 hrs ago #81
Not the same thing angrychair 20 hrs ago #84
Yeah, I don't get it either Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #6
I would argue angrychair Wednesday #7
Yeah, that's my rule too- no celebrities or billionaire candidates- ever, period. Nt Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #8
Our Revolution endorsed the billionaire. N/T lapucelle 23 hrs ago #55
seems only fair to provide his reasoning TheProle Yesterday #11
One Can Always Find A Reason When One Changes.... ColoringFool Yesterday #22
TY, snippets from your link... Cha Yesterday #26
This is propaganda angrychair 22 hrs ago #76
I agree with Reich. CoopersDad Yesterday #12
All billionaires are scum angrychair Yesterday #13
And Just The Term "Private Prisons" Should Be Anathema!! TOTALLY.... ColoringFool Yesterday #21
Message auto-removed Name removed 20 hrs ago #88
Not what I'm talking about angrychair 20 hrs ago #89
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Feel free to flame me,.... but FHRRK1 Yesterday #14
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Post removed Post removed Yesterday #23
Because WE're Dems for Democracy, Cha Yesterday #24
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Nah. The PEDO, Homicidal Maniac in Cha Yesterday #27
Looks like I missed a moron MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #37
Ya did! Cha 18 hrs ago #90
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That's the way I vote here in TX - TBF Yesterday #33
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He said that nine years ago angrychair 22 hrs ago #74
FDR was a wealthy man who did right for the poor and disadvantaged. Tim S Yesterday #28
This. SSJVegeta Yesterday #30
I think that is where the confusion angrychair Yesterday #32
Your point is irrefutable. None the less Steyer is not just occasionally doing the right thing SSJVegeta Yesterday #36
To be fair angrychair Yesterday #38
I highly respect your stance. To be clear: SSJVegeta Yesterday #42
Also to be fair angrychair Yesterday #45
He isnt personally giving up his funds but he is funding campaigns that -if successful, would result in him losing his SSJVegeta 23 hrs ago #59
I guess we will see angrychair 23 hrs ago #63
I mean. FDR wasnt quite as rich as Steyer SSJVegeta 23 hrs ago #66
Also just an obvservation SSJVegeta 23 hrs ago #61
Well, that's the rub angrychair 22 hrs ago #71
I think there are one or two good billionaires SSJVegeta 22 hrs ago #72
Like you said, you're not in CA Bobstandard 21 hrs ago #82
My comments are not about Steyer per se angrychair 20 hrs ago #86
A current example is JD Pritzker (gov of Illinois) - TBF Yesterday #31
I'll believe a billionaire actually cares angrychair Yesterday #41
There are some that almost have to be ITAL Yesterday #46
That part angrychair Yesterday #47
Okay ITAL Yesterday #48
They don't have to sell it angrychair Yesterday #49
Well, just speaking for myself ITAL Yesterday #54
Yes and no angrychair 23 hrs ago #57
You're not wrong - example Jeff Bezos first wife TBF Yesterday #51
The other point I would make - TBF Yesterday #52
As long as they weren't of Japanese ancestry MichMan 20 hrs ago #87
We're being handed two not great choices Sympthsical 23 hrs ago #65
Also implicit in my point angrychair 23 hrs ago #67
Agree 100% with you Sympthsical 22 hrs ago #78
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My partner and I just voted for Steyer Sympthsical 21 hrs ago #80
Desperation makes for strange bedfellows Redleg 22 hrs ago #75
He's being dragged on JustAnotherGen 22 hrs ago #79
Steyer is legitimately to the left of the other candidates senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #83
Reich has made a career angrychair 20 hrs ago #85
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