US billionaires' fortunes have skyrocketed $845 billion since March

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  1. FreshAir

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    republicans are blocking the bill... why?
     
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    All Nancy needed to do weeks ago was sign off on the $1 Trillion and then start working on more. People could already have received an additional relief check. Why does Nancy have to complicate things by doubling or tripling wasteful pork fat spending on bills where the extra money isn't even related to the purpose of the bill? She's dead weight.
     
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    nope, republicans added a poison pill to it that was bad for the American workers, all they had to do is remove that and it would have passed
     
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    if I was the house, what I would do is create a clean bill that gave all Americans 1200.00 a month for the next 3 months

    nothing more, nothing less..... let Republicans vote it down

    they can work on the rest after that
     
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    Good idea. Queen Nancy wouldn't go for it because she can't relate to the masses of peons.
     
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    Actually average wages are up. But not for the reasons you would like, but because the lower wage people are now out of work.
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    Nope. People on the left are blaming Pelosi.

     
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    You should read Pelosi's COVID 19 speeches (text or watch videos) before watching the video in the hair salon.
     
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    As usual, CNN doesn't tell the whole story, and the "ORANGEMANBAD!!!!!!" crowd wasn't curious enough to look for themselves

    DJI
    3/18: 20,087
    9/15: 27,995 + 39.4%
    There's your increase in wealth.

    But hey - good to know you credit Trump for the recovery of the stock market.
     
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    I read and heard many times that 5 families own all of the major corporations. If true, and I believe it is, then they have been enriched even more so since it enabled them to buy up the companies that have gone bankrupt in the epidemic. It would all fit into Soros' plans of a liberal one world government, something that would be similar to the Soviet Union - which was nothing more than the enslavement of the Russian people.

    The difference would be that instead of everything being government owned as it was in the USSR, everything would be corporate owned. The mind set and beliefs that formed though and created this new world order are the same.


    The biggest hindrance to Soros' plans and that of the ideologues is Vladimir Putin. Russia controls over 30% of the world's natural resources and a one world government cannot exist without those resources. Putin is not stupid and knows from experience what they're up to. The Russians suffered in the USSR for 70 years, and know well the cost in lives and welfare, so Putin is fighting it all the way. To insure Russia will never lose its sovereignty, break up or give up its Christian heritage to Western liberalism, Putn has formed a new constitution which was voted on and accepted by the Russian people.

    This dashed the hopes of the liberals of ever being able to take over Russia through a change of government, and would account for all the new false flag attacks and lies about Russia in the MSM. But Putin and the Russian people will not buckle. Nor will Trump buckle, who is also a hindrance to the one world government, and who wants to retain America's sovereignty as well. If Biden should win, then all is lost. It will be the end of our country as we know it.
     
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    Soros has nothing to do with this, that's a load of crap.

    Long time ago, we had a Robber Baron era. Pretty much the same thing, we wound up in a Great Depression and a World War.

    This isn't new.

    If you want to understand this, you're going to have to do some homework. Have your library get you this:

    https://www.amazon.com/Price-Inequa...id=1600458267&sprefix=stiglitz,aps,172&sr=8-2
     
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    I don't know that all is lost if Biden wins, though things will be worse, not better. The is an ideology was being fought on the left between the corporate Neo-liberal establishment Democrats and the Socialist/Marxist faction. There is a lot of talk about whether the Socialists (Sanders, Kamala, AOC, et. al.) should continue to try to destroy the elite Democrats from the inside, or set out and try to start a legitimate 3rd Party. The thing with a Biden win is whether he would actually serve 4 years or resign and put the Socialist faction in the Oval Office. If Biden were to serve one term, the Neo-Liberalism of the last 30 years goes on as normal. If Kamala gets in the seat, the country would be in such a panic over a far-left move that she would be voted out in 2024. Everyone on the right and the majority of registered Democrats are opposed to the Socialist/Marxist uprising in Congress. I think it would take more than one election for "all to be lost".

    The left is fractured and crippled right now. One note on Kamala though. Kamala is quite a chameleon. If the environment benefits her to become Neo-liberal, she'll go that way. If she thinks power is trending toward the Socialists, she'll go that way. She's a climber with no internal sense of integrity, so she is a wild card who is hard to pin down on what she'll do. Socialists thinks she is one of them and so do the Neo-libs.

    You're far more well-versed on Russia than I, so and I'm relatively ignorant on how they fit into the NWO other than knowing that they are strongly opposed to it.
     
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    The growth robber baron wealth has nothing to do with the increase of wealth cited by the story.
    If you want to understand this, you're going to have to do some homework.
    Oh wait, I already did - See post # 34
     
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    I take it you haven't taken the time to accomplish the simple task. Why am I not surprised. The left wingers aren't the most motivated out of the rest of the nation. You know, with begging for handouts and all. Bernie would be proud of you though. He might be a complete nut and hilarious to watch on TV but at least he's got your back!
     
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    bingo!
     
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    the russians are an enigma. very interesting people.
     
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    Uh, you talk as if only the rich are needed to make money? As if the people who do the labor are not essential! If the rich had to expend the time and.energy.essential to their acquisition of wealth , there would be no rich people. Only by others doing the hard work can the rich exist!

    Yet only capital has value!

    Hell you talk as if the rich are in bad shape but while they are doing better than ever. Its everyone else whose wages are a joke!

    You are taking a silk purse and saying its a sow's ear! Lol

    The elites and the politicians owned by the elites have rigged capitalism to only enrich the top dogs , impoverishing most people and yet the right wingnuts worry about the scheming elites? Lol
    My
    So absurd and the ludicrous side of **** hitting the fan.
     
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    Any capitalist country will be better off if you have 1000 millionaires over a few billionaires.

    And better off if you have a huge middle class and no billionaires! The great concentration of wealth is dangerous and bad news! You can have too much concentration .

    I know a fellow who actually believes every American can be rich if only they worked hard enough!!!!; Only their laziness holds them back! This irrational belief in the impossible isn't just limited to right wing nuts!

    When people believe in what is physically impossible , any ideology, that holds it to be fact is utter stupidity. And incapable of solving anything!
     
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    Only CEOs are worthy of raises!

    Workers were once rewarded by raises when their productivity increased.. It created the income creep and more taxes collected in the 1960s. Put workers in higher tax brackets..

    Now, only ceos and common stock holders get rewarded!
     
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    I need to find a truthful book on Sorus to see if what the right side says about sorus is fact or propaganda. And does he have a nefarious agenda? I just know little about the old rich man.

    What is rather obvious is that big banking and the elites who own big corporations via common stock has become our govt that is oligarchy or fascism. Our form of govt is neo liberal
    Capitalism not a republic..
     
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    https://www.benzinga.com/money/george-soros-books/
     
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    Yep - the money it tricling donw.
    Still it looks Obama did better than our Dear Leader - during first 4 years of Obama DJ rose 48%.
    Lets hope DJ under President Trump will rise even more and the trickle down will start very soon.
     
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    Money does not come to those who sit and wait. Didn't anyone teach you the difference between wishing and wanting?

    Parents, please read "The Little Red Hen" to your children!
     
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    Class envy is Democrats’ favorite hobby and a source of never ending inspiration! :D
     
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