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In reply to the discussion: For the overly wealthy, it's not just about having more -- it's about making you have less. [View all]Atman
(31,464 posts)19. He's said that, too.
Shortly after W got selected. He was rooting for Bush because he had 18 employees and he didn't want to have to pay for their health care. Mind you, he has FOUR homes, and a special heated bay in his four-car garage to house his Porche 911. But he was concerned that his eighteen employees might get too much free stuff. He's never seems to question who actually bought him that Porche and the four houses. He did that all by himself, apparently.
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For the overly wealthy, it's not just about having more -- it's about making you have less. [View all]
byronius
Nov 2017
OP
Vast wealth allows them to change laws to make whatever they do legal,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Nov 2017
#2
" He has enough money and property to survive anything the economy can throw at him"
A HERETIC I AM
Nov 2017
#14
Well as long as you understand capitalism is designed to concentrate wealth
Farmer-Rick
Nov 2017
#39
Why save it? Because we are the biggest, most powerful nation on the planet
TexasBushwhacker
Nov 2017
#43