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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: SOTU Preview: Republicans To Attack Obama For Addressing Income Inequality [View all]tclambert
(11,080 posts)10. Good article. They list them by name.
Oddly, they call 50 of those 80 people "self-made," and only 11 inherited their wealth, while 19 inherited wealth and made it grow. They must have a very different idea of "self-made" from the rest of us. Rupert Murdoch is listed as "self-made," since he only inherited 2 newspapers and a radio station from his father, and turned it into a massive media empire. Carlos Slim likewise had wealthy parents, who taught him about investing at the age of 12, and he started at a job in his father's company.
Some of the richest billionaires really did start from nothing. Those examples are what Republicans point to and say, "See? There's plenty of financial mobility."
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Pic Of The Moment: SOTU Preview: Republicans To Attack Obama For Addressing Income Inequality [View all]
EarlG
Jan 2015
OP
Well, the most important thing in the world is to make the richest people richer.
valerief
Jan 2015
#9
It is interesting to listen to the messages of the GOP Presidential candidates about income
sammy750
Jan 2015
#4
After they crashed the economy and got their bail out, they went and bought up all of the cheap
Dustlawyer
Jan 2015
#15
You damn straight it's class warefare, the middle class and poor class are going to begin to fight
onecaliberal
Jan 2015
#5
So when are they starting to fight back, it late I think. They elected a party
sammy750
Jan 2015
#17
Vote Suppression and purges elected these poor excuse for humans to office.
onecaliberal
Jan 2015
#24
I say burn in Hell Hatch . When you meet your maker you will have to justify your all out war on the
geretogo
Jan 2015
#7