If you make a billion dollars, you didn’t EARN it through hard work. You took advantage of a broken system, and you’re hoarding money from the people that made it for you.
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For members of the executive elite, wealth increases with the productivity of every undercompensated worker beneath them.
From I worked my ass off for Kim Kardashian Jenner Apps - I couldn't afford gas.
What a weird coincidence his name sounds like: Sinn Féin.
I've been thinking that for months now, every time I hear his name. And you're the first person I've seen bring it up.
Same lol
Solidarity! The union makes us strong.
Most of religion is b.s. but hoarding in a sin against humanity. If I had a billion dollars I wouldnt. I would be building houses and just giving them away, free and clear. You cant tell people how to live, but you CAN make it easier for them to find their best path.
The really bad thing about it is we already have enough homes to go around, they just dont because Dragons - I mean hoarders would rather they sit empty than help anyone.
Will giving the homeless free houses solve all their problems? No. But now they at least wont be as much of a drain on social and medical services. I know some of them would just trash the place, but thats a price I would be willing to pay to help the many who would use it as their new start.
I really dont know why Gates or Zuckerberg dont do this. They will be mostly reviled in 150 years. Fix homelessness and you're famous for several thousand years, the next Jesus, statues and monuments to their greatness in every city.
For anyone who wants to cry: But I had to pay for my house... stop being miserly, it is time to admit that that you got there with a lot of help along the way. No one is self made.
Someone else thinks like you do!
"A New York City medical school will be tuition-free for all students from now on thanks to a $1 billion donation from a former professor, the widow of a Wall Street investor.
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The gift is intended to attract a diverse pool of applicants who otherwise might not have the means to attend"
If you think religion is anti-hoarding, you've never been to the Vatican. Or the palaces of the House of Saud.
I have been to the vatican, did a France-Italy tour in highschool. Being raised Lutheran (rich person church) I knew at a young age that they were very selective about which rules the leaders wanted to talk about. Its a catch 22. Jesus said to reject material possession as a goal in life, however the church wants you to make more money so you can tithe more.
Can this guy run for president, or...?
I would sure love it if he did. Easiest ballot I would ever cast.
Solidarity!
The UAW has been languishing in the lower depths for years until Shawn Fain brought it into the light and turned it into the being the sort of major union that should be leading a massive labor movement.
I also think he will be a light of hope if Trump gets elected because there's no way he won't go down fighting his ass off.
This guy is 🔥