@zahlanzi saidPardon me, but this is a useless question. It doesn't matter if people believe if billionaires should exist. They will, no matter what people believe. Frankly I have no problem with billionaires, most of them are pretty hard working folks. The problem I have is billionaires rigging the financial and political game so heavily in their favor. Many billionaires pay no taxes at all, and have an unwarranted sense of entitlement, as if the rules and laws of the countries they live in simply don't apply to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om-B9cGR6N8
Anand Giridharadas on the morality of billionaires.
05 Jan 20
@zahlanzi saidThe key word is ‘allow”. Allowed by what, or by whom? Then we have the question in answerable form,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om-B9cGR6N8
Anand Giridharadas on the morality of billionaires.
(Thanks much, BTW, for changing subjects of our elected officials protecting our country, I think it is doing fine)
@mchill said"Pardon me, but this is a useless question."
Pardon me, but this is a useless question. It doesn't matter if people believe if billionaires should exist. They will, no matter what people believe. Frankly I have no problem with billionaires, most of them are pretty hard working folks. The problem I have is billionaires rigging the financial and political game so heavily in their favor. Many billionaires pay no taxes at al ...[text shortened]... e of entitlement, as if the rules and laws of the countries they live in simply don't apply to them.
Then gtfo.
"It doesn't matter if people believe if billionaires should exist. They will, no matter what people believe. Frankly I have no problem with billionaires, most of them are pretty hard working folks. The problem I have is billionaires rigging the financial and political game so heavily in their favor. Many billionaires pay no taxes at all, and have an unwarranted sense of entitlement, as if the rules and laws of the countries they live in simply don't apply to them."
oh? useless question but you decided to stick around after all and list precisely why billionaires existing is problematic at the very least.
@averagejoe1 saidSo are yachts. There are big yachts and small, affordable yachts. If one is smart, one could buy a yacht for as little as 1 million dollars. Of course, if you don't have the money to buy a yacht, you deserve to die so go fuk yourself, poor guy.
I don’t understand this question, don’t knowCanada troubles, but healthcare is available in many different forms in the USA .
No, i don't expect you to understand the analogy, don't bother replying with confusion.
05 Jan 20
@zahlanzi saidSo are shoes (Feragamo, or Tivos). Many choices. America has 200 cereal brands. Don’t get your response. Could it be that I drive a BMW and my secretary drives a Chevy which bothers you? So, seriously, what is your idea of a better situation? For she and me...
So are yachts. There are big yachts and small, affordable yachts. If one is smart, one could buy a yacht for as little as 1 million dollars. Of course, if you don't have the money to buy a yacht, you deserve to die so go fuk yourself, poor guy.
No, i don't expect you to understand the analogy, don't bother replying with confusion.
@averagejoe1 saidSee the irony here ??
So are shoes (Feragamo, or Tivos). Many choices. America has 200 cereal brands. Don’t get your response. Could it be that I drive a BMW and my secretary drives a Chevy which bothers you? So, seriously, what is your idea of a better situation? For she and me...
If Trump really did make America great again, then you would be driving the Chevy and your secretary the BMW.
Get the drift ?? 😛
05 Jan 20
@zahlanzi saidThen gtfo.
"Pardon me, but this is a useless question."
Then gtfo.
"It doesn't matter if people believe if billionaires should exist. They will, no matter what people believe. Frankly I have no problem with billionaires, most of them are pretty hard working folks. The problem I have is billionaires rigging the financial and political game so heavily in their favor. Many billionai ...[text shortened]... tick around after all and list precisely why billionaires existing is problematic at the very least.
My, you're in a good mood; Oh - and BTW, I'll leave when I get good and ready, and not before.
Have a nice day. 🙂
05 Jan 20
@mghrn55 saidDoes anyone get Mgm’s drift? He might be saying that if Trump makes America great again, then our society will be as Bernie wants it to be? Interesting indeed. Ah, the threads....
See the irony here ??
If Trump really did make America great again, then you would be driving the Chevy and your secretary the BMW.
Get the drift ?? 😛
05 Jan 20
@averagejoe1 saidThe drift is that BMW is a quality vehicle while the Chevy is basically junk.
Does anyone get Mgm’s drift? He might be saying that if Trump makes America great again, then our society will be as Bernie wants it to be? Interesting indeed. Ah, the threads....
Make America great again !!
But please figure out what greatness is first !!
@mghrn55 saidEach person has their own definition. My cousin’s is speed of his skis. So, he aspires to being faster.
The drift is that BMW is a quality vehicle while the Chevy is basically junk.
Make America great again !!
But please figure out what greatness is first !!
Trump cuts regulations left and right, promotes enterprise, independence, making USA wide open with opportunity. So my other cousin sees that, and sets goals for HIS greatness. He can then have a life with Chevy, or aspire to BMW. Buy health insurance, or blow money on a cruise. He can get whatever greatness is out there! Each uses all resources available to him. A college educated person may have a better chance, others that chose no college will find life is not perfect. So they have a different definition, a different goal. Maybe a car in between, that is not junk, ,,,,,it just won’t have GPS!
Aspire higher if you want a BMW. Lots of choices. Some cereal boxes, $1.30. Others, same size, $4.95. Aspire in between, maybe?
Am I still missing something,? What is the deal?
05 Jan 20
Many in the US cannot afford health insurance and many policies that are affordable are worthless once you are ill. The U.S. is the only industrialized democracy without universal healthcare. We are not talking about affording a car or steak or a TV.It is a matter of being able to live or death by disease. Using the ER is not health care. Many cancers are curable but if you use the ER, by the time you find out you have a deadly disease, you are probably beyond being able to cure it. I suppose you think it fair that some get to have their illnesses treated and others just get to die.
05 Jan 20
@averagejoe1 saidYeah. You're missing something alright.
Each person has their own definition. My cousin’s is speed of his skis. So, he aspires to being faster.
Trump cuts regulations left and right, promotes enterprise, independence, making USA wide open with opportunity. So my other cousin sees that, and sets goals for HIS greatness. He can then have a life with Chevy, or aspire to BMW. Buy health insurance, or blow mo ...[text shortened]... same size, $4.95. Aspire in between, maybe?
Am I still missing something,? What is the deal?
Why is a country that isn't as great as yours making better automobiles than yours ?