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@booger saidTrue, in the 60's there were lots of articles by the Big Brain Scientists about how a new ice age was coming.
@mghrn55
Well first y'all called it global cooling and said an ice age was coming and then global warming was supposed to make it too hot to live and now it's called climate change because y'all don't know what the hell y'all talking about.
Those experts said life on earth would be unlivable by now. Y'all look stupid.
@athousandyoung saidYa I'm against the super rich.
They're competing with the middle class for houses.
My idea was a limit on wealth. Anything over that limit is donated away.
Having billionaires in California doesn't equate it with success all around.
California is becoming a failure.
Ironically it got most of its success under a republican named Reagan. No?
@mghrn55 saidStart a thread....you are aware that very smart scientists or what-have-you are in different schools of thought. Pick one. I do think that our little bitty populace cannot do anything about global climate, esp since India and China keep pumping. I think the money would be better used to get richer so we can kick China ass.
Coming from the dirtiest oil on the planet. Alberta oil sands.
Oh wait. You haven't shared with the forum where you stand on the threat on climate change.
Please tell us.
Is it real ?? Or is it a hoax ??
@athousandyoung said? They are mansion people, you and I live on Maple street. I don't get your meaning. Of course, they may buy farmland and Build houses, to meet a demand of the populace (and, I'm sorry, get rich doing it, tsk tsk), but the populace is ever-so grateful. And probably not mad at the rich investor/builders who provided all the houses.
They're competing with the middle class for houses.
I don't get your meaning.
@booger saidYour 2nd paragraph is over my head, but do tell us what the limit should be on a typical 'super rich', as you mention above.
Ya I'm against the super rich.
My idea was a limit on wealth. Anything over that limit is donated away.
Having billionaires in California doesn't equate it with success all around.
California is becoming a failure.
Ironically it got most of its success under a republican named Reagan. No?
@AThousandYoung said - "You are mistaken about how "overwhelming" the CA Dem vote is."
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Really?!
California's two US Senators - both Democrat (Feinstein/Padila).
California's 52 US Representatives: 40 Democrat, 12 Republican.
California's Governor: Democrat
Not exactly sure where you are coming from, ATY, California is highly Democrat
@averagejoe1 saidNobody needs more than 30 million and you can't buy anything more after that.
Your 2nd paragraph is over my head, but do tell us what the limit should be on a typical 'super rich', as you mention above.
Excessive greed hurts society.
Don't like the wealth limit then someone else will happily provide and reach that limit.
You ain't got 2 nickels to rub together so I think the 30 mill limit is fine for you.
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@averagejoe1 saidYes. Four creators/inventors - Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn (internet)
Why do libs have a problem with successful billionaires? Job creators, such as that. Movie makers we enjoy watching, and so on. I dont get it.
Together ,their creations made an IT industry that employs billions of people.
Is anybody foolish enough to think that this level of creativity can be found in communist countries?
North Korea and Cuba,, how sad.
@booger saidLet me ask you something...
Nobody needs more than 30 million and you can't buy anything more after that.
Excessive greed hurts society.
Don't like the wealth limit then someone else will happily provide and reach that limit.
You ain't got 2 nickels to rub together so I think the 30 mill limit is fine for you.
Bezos needs $billions to start a business, where is he going to get it? Would he try to launch such a business
when he can never make as much money as he has invested??
It's not so simple as how you word it.
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@earl-of-trumps saidThey're sure AF not in conservative States. Apple is HQ'd in CA, Gates is in WA and Kahn is practically a socialist by today's right wing definitions. Cerf got all his training and did all his work in CA.
Yes. Four creators/inventors - Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn (internet)
Together ,their creations made an IT industry that employs billions of people.
Is anybody foolish enough to think that this level of creativity can be found in communist countries?
North Korea and Cuba,, how sad.
Silicon Valley is a California phenomenon.
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@earl-of-trumps said"Needs" is an interesting choice of word. So one of the richest men in the world "needs" more money so he can set up a business by which he can make even more money.
Let me ask you something...
Bezos needs $billions to start a business, where is he going to get it? Would he try to launch such a business
when he can never make as much money as he has invested??
It's not so simple as how you word it.
Bezos' company Amazon is HQ'd in WA btw
@averagejoe1 saidYou talk about "making money while you sleep" but you aren't aware of investment properties?
? They are mansion people, you and I live on Maple street. I don't get your meaning. Of course, they may buy farmland and Build houses, to meet a demand of the populace (and, I'm sorry, get rich doing it, tsk tsk), but the populace is ever-so grateful. And probably not mad at the rich investor/builders who provided all the houses.
I don't get your meaning.
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@earl-of-trumps saidYou think people need a lot of money to start a business?
Let me ask you something...
Bezos needs $billions to start a business, where is he going to get it? Would he try to launch such a business
when he can never make as much money as he has invested??
It's not so simple as how you word it.
Most of the success around you is from some guy starting in his garage.
Amazon started in his garage.
"Jeff Bezos quit his job at an investment bank in 1994 and moved to Seattle, Washington, to open a virtual bookstore. Working out of his garage with a handful of employees, Bezos began developing the software for the site, which he called Amazon.com. It sold its first book in 1995."