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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:50 AM Original message |
140 MILLION lower "class" people's income COMBINED = the 2 wealthiest Americans. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Isn't that sick! |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Can that be right? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Gates, 56 billion, Buffet, 52 billion *net worth* |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. That's what the man on WJ said. I'm just repeating what I heard. |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
52. What if those 140M have debt instead of assets? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. Wow. Pretty incredible. Really speaks volumes as to the success |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. So we need another 140 million monopolists or hedge fund managers? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. We need another 140 million over-achievers. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. You do realize you can over-achieve and still not be rich. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Like how to be born into the right family at the right time in the right place |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm working on it every damned day. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Oh, so you're one of them thar 140 million under-achievers? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I'm trying, man...I'm trying! |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. So are the other 140 million. n/t |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Sweet! At least *they're* not decrying the success of those who make it. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Nor are they disparaging those who don't. n/t |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. These two weren't born rich |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. PLEASE...facts have no place in this thread. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Watch it Squatch- Don't make me turn you into a newt! |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Oh go ahead...he'll get better. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I didn't say they were. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I'm sorry, but aren't these your words: |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Yes. Now define "right family, right place and right time". |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. It's not implausible to say |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yep. A little variable in the mix the poster I'm conversing with seems to |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Ummm...how do I put this... |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. So, you agree they had a good hand dealt them to start? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. No, I do not agree with that. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Ah, I see now. You just meant "beneficial aspects" as a generic. Got it. n/t |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Sure...why the hell not? "Generic beneficial aspects" |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. "neither good nor bad" then "generic beneficial aspects" |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. "beneficial ASPECTS" |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yeah, because Buffett and Gates really inherited their money *rolls eyes* |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Nor did I say that. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. gates may not have inherited his wealth... |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Self-made |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. It's pointless to discuss capitalism with Che avatars. They made it themselves, live with it. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. ... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. The avatars are helpful though |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Yep, moms and pops and their influence, connections and financial security |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Since you really believe that |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. We need a "Financial Death Penalty" in this country for corporate crooks. |
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brazos121200 (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
10. I've heard that the wealthiest 10% |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
41. All the wealth concentrated at the top |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Don't forget the single party rule thing. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
43. Are Gates and Buffet *really* the wealthiest Americans... |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Good question |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. The names Rockefeller, Mellon, and Scaife come to mind. n/t |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Details of RM Scaife's wealth are coming out in his divorce fight |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
46. The stuff of which Revolutions are made. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
48. And which group pays more tax dollars? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
51. Man, those guys worked hard!!! Kudos to them!! They deserve it!! |
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