brenthutch

Question: would you rather have a society where there was massive income inequality yet everyone was better off or a society where everyone was equal yet poorer?

I am juxtaposing the tax cheat and the politician who enriched themselves while creating no value to society with, admittedly, super wealthy billionaires that have actually created real value.

Explain

Who builds those yachts, submarines and helicopters? Pretty sure it’s not multi billionaires. Time and again lefties aim at the fat cats but end up hitting the little guys.

If we want to get our panties in a twist why not go after the tax cheats (Hunter Biden) and the politicians who have turned a civil service job into a multi million dollar racket. At least Bezos and Musk have given us Amazon, Tesla and SpaceX. They have created more jobs and societal wealth than Nancy Pelosi ever did. There would be no Tesla, SpaceX or Amazon if their personal capital was sucked out of them when they were mere millionaires

There’s an old Russian fable about two poor peasants, Ivan and Boris. The only difference between them was Boris had a goat and Ivan didn’t. One day, Ivan came upon a strange-looking lamp and, when he rubbed it, a genie appeared telling him she could grant just one wish, but it could be anything in the world. Ivan said, “I want Boris’ goat to die.” Lefties = Ivan

Is the greed to which you are referring the Left’s insatiable appetite for other people’s money?

Shifted my wife’s 401k into a Roth that will be taxed at ZERO.

FWIW ProPublica's report showed that between 2014 and 2018, Bezos paid $972 million in total taxes.

Wrong topic. I think you meant to post on the 2nd amendment thread. Try again

Do you think Bezos would have built Amazon if he ended up with $1.5 million?

Because anyone who pays more than they are required is an idiot

We just learned about avoiding them as much as possible

What’s is happening is billions of dollars are being wasted on green boondoggles when that money would be better spent on schools, healthcare and providing for the poor.

In all of the previous posts, not one mention of food or healthcare only taking from those who have.

“Envy is one of the most potent causes of unhappiness, bringing sorrow to committers of envy, while giving them the urge to inflict pain upon others” Bertrand Russell Yet another reason why Lefties are a miserable lot.

en·vy /ˈenvē/ noun a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck. "she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board" Similar: jealousy

This illustrates the problem with progressivism, too much is never enough.

I have my hand full just trying to convince you guys that a few more PPM of CO2 won’t destroy civilization. (And even if it did, windmills, solar panels and EVs wouldn’t change anything)

I never said it would. What is wrong with you people?

I’m not arguing the state of the economy, I am just sharing what the PERCEPTION of the economy is to a large segment of the electorate. BTW few folks care about GDP when inflation is out pacing their income.

The polls

I simply stated a fact. I suppose you wanted alternative facts.

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