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BobTheSubgenius

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62. Remember when yachts and over the top houses were big-time status symbols?

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Mon May 24, 2021, 07:08 PM

May 2021

Now it's SPACE TRAVEL??? WTF???

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Agree or disagree? [View all] True Dough May 2021 OP

Agree 100%... JoeOtterbein May 2021 #1

Agree. n/t Glorfindel May 2021 #2

Agree 100% BlueJac May 2021 #3

"Louder for those in the back...!" nt EarthFirst May 2021 #4

Agree with sentiment, but doubt any billionaire or group of them could end hunger, homelessness, Hoyt May 2021 #5

It's sloganeering DFW May 2021 #10

Sure you had to go and do the math..lol EX500rider May 2021 #27

There are 614 billionaires in America x 3 I think that will put a dent in the issue uponit7771 May 2021 #47

Ok, so confiscate every last penny from those 614 billionaires robbob May 2021 #56

nah, lets say half of assets or just stop investing in them and implement a progressive tax ... uponit7771 May 2021 #57

I heard this on Chris Hayes bdamomma May 2021 #65

Agree. Boomerproud May 2021 #6

Agree 100% StrictlyRockers May 2021 #7

Agree. smirkymonkey May 2021 #8

No amount of money could feed and house everyone. There'd still have to be enough food and housing. Towlie May 2021 #9

So, why try, right? Wednesdays May 2021 #43

Wealth is waste. n/t spike jones May 2021 #11

FDR invested almost his entire fortune in Warm Springs GA for care of polio victims bucolic_frolic May 2021 #12

Disagree ProfessorGAC May 2021 #13

It's a danger to let memes express one's outrage, ain't it? marble falls May 2021 #17

Well the real irony is that all of these folks expressing their outrage are doing so grantcart May 2021 #19

"facilitates no long term solutions" Martin Eden May 2021 #20

The wealth should be better shared with the laborers that created it. Yavin4 May 2021 #21

ceo pay is way out of whack. pansypoo53219 May 2021 #31

I'm In! ProfessorGAC May 2021 #34

In all my working years I only worked once for a company that had a profit sharing plan. CrispyQ May 2021 #46

For some, it has nothing to do with loss of money. Ka-Dinh Oy May 2021 #54

New managers make their bones by cutting costs. Yavin4 May 2021 #55

Agreed. paleotn May 2021 #22

Professor GAC is 100% correct. AZ8theist May 2021 #32

I actually agree mvd May 2021 #52

+1000 USALiberal May 2021 #53

I agree with Warren, get 2% of assets over 50 million and that helps pay for a lot of stuff. We ... uponit7771 May 2021 #58

Agree! /nt Bird Lady May 2021 #14

Agree 100%! n/t Upthevibe May 2021 #15

I LIKE SPACESHIPS HOWEVER.... YoshidaYui May 2021 #16

Wealth does weird things to people's minds. paleotn May 2021 #18

Imagine spaceships plus housing & food security. Devil Child May 2021 #23

AGREE 1,000 times secondwind May 2021 #24

individual billionaires are small fry compared to the biggest asset management firms and banks Celerity May 2021 #25

Good perspective True Dough May 2021 #26

it's nightmarishly complex, especially when you start to deal w/ OTC, nonexchange-traded derivatives Celerity May 2021 #29

Thank you Celerity! Devil Child May 2021 #33

Ahh, Bezos. I bet he'd trade it all for a nice full head of hair... calimary May 2021 #51

Agree!!! pazzyanne May 2021 #28

The OP doesn't show feeding the hungry as an option.. Permanut May 2021 #30

Good point. Hoyt May 2021 #35

Disagree... brooklynite May 2021 #36

The scale of who can pay for what is out of whack here Silent3 May 2021 #37

Agree 💯 I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #38

Ck this graphic ... Duppers May 2021 #39

Right. I use Amazon a lot and I like Amazon. BUT... PatrickforB May 2021 #45

Disagree. I think the upper tax rate should be at least 70%. Maybe higher. GulfCoast66 May 2021 #40

Agree Mr. Steve May 2021 #41

Agree. Magoo48 May 2021 #42

AGREE ABSOLUTELY. PatrickforB May 2021 #44

They should be made to fund entrepreneurial endeavors Mr. Evil May 2021 #48

I'm a Democrat. So yeah. Goes without saying. ancianita May 2021 #49

Agree! arkielib May 2021 #50

Agree. H2O Man May 2021 #59

Disagree. Nice sentiment, but totally unrealistic TraceNC May 2021 #60

Very simplistic. Passenger May 2021 #61

Remember when yachts and over the top houses were big-time status symbols? BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #62

We need to send all the billionaires into space True Dough May 2021 #63

As long as their wealth gets redistributed, they are fine to stay on Earth. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #66

I would really bdamomma May 2021 #64