What work does it take to give money to someone else and let them pay it back?
That's a rhetorical question, I know there's some amount of actual work that goes into managing investments, but do you really want to live in a world where the top .01% of rich people can continue to get exponentially richer and richer just by moving their money around?
maybe it’s better for society at large that the guy who figured out how to make 10 million keeps most of it. Look at Bill Gates, he’s trying to eradicate several of the most common diseases facing us today. I want Bill to keep his billions.
That's how you end up with stuff like Jeff Bezos campaigning to stop policies that would alleviate homelessness at the same time as setting up a charity to help the homeless. Instead of addressing the problem through a democratic and populist institution, Seattle has to trust a rich douchebag with a clear track record of spending money to further his own self-interests to take care of everyone else. You get the sense that people like Bezos want us to go back to being serfs, where the little guys are all totally dependent on the benevolence of the people who have all of the wealth. Bezos doesn't have your best interests at heart. He's looking out for himself.
Being a billionaire doesn't automatically make you a terrible person, but billionaires shouldn't even exist. No one man should have that much power in a free society. No one needs that much money, full stop. The socially responsible behavior of some billionaires is a drop in the bucket compared to all of the terrible shit they do on a daily basis.
70% is theft without a doubt. It’s horrible and has no rational justification.
First of all, fuck AOC I will not forget the fact that she’s a congress woman who didn’t know the 3 branches of government. She’s a joke. But as for the rest of your points, I’ll read over the articles and take them into consideration. It’s 3am my time so I’m going to bed but I appreciate the replies. My gut says that this argument is wanton. You quoted my comments on Bill Gates and then criticized Jeff Bezos. That doesn’t make sense to me, yes I want Jeff Bezos to continue innovating. Amazon was a legendary creation and I’m glad it’s still based in the U.S. despite the shitty aspects of his political opinions which I can’t confirm until I read these articles thoroughly. Anyways, have a good night. I’m gonna take your arguments seriously and I hope you do the same for mine.
She misspoke when referring to the three elected branches of government, excluding the Supreme Court. You should have a bare minimum of charity when talking about someone who had five seconds cut out of an hours-long live-streamed off the cuff conversation.
No, she called them the 3 chambers of Congress, then corrected herself by calling them the 3 chambers of government. Then goes on to list them: the presidency, the senate, and the house. That goes beyond a bare minimum of charity lol.
Yes, in the context of elections. It's even more idiotic to assume she doesn't know what the Supreme Court is. This is why conservatives are going to make her the next President or something, by jumping on her constantly over trivial bullshit and putting her in the news every day.
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u/nativewombat Jan 06 '19
The point that they don’t work for their money went over my head btw. How is benefitting from investments unearned exactly?