re: CNN: The US would be better off with fewer billionaires

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But defending billionaires is pretty damn tough.

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I have lost out on zero income because they exist.

The only aspect if their existence that affects me is usually their politics.

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But defending billionaires is pretty damn tough.

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Defending what? Their right to exist?

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but we also need something in place to keep those same billionaires from being able to control things.

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We need politicians with backbones. This is how they go to DC thousandaires and leave millionaires. They take the money to change the policy, line their own pockets then bitch about billionaires making policy.

Taking money from anyone, regardless of how altruistic the reason, should never be something our government considers. They already take and take and take with taxes and fees. We don’t need them resorting to just plain old theft.

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two-fifths of us don't have the cash on hand to cover a $400 emergency, according to the Federal Reserve.

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And that is 99% the fault of those two-fifths. I only left out the 1% because shite happens.

Just another article trying to pass the blame.

You know why those billionaires are billionaires? It's not because they stuck all their money in their mattress. It's because they created business and jobs.

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But defending billionaires is pretty damn tough.

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Why? Because of jealously? They earned their money. There is no money shortage people. Go out there and earn yours.

Should start the redistribution with the ones with controlling interest of CNN

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Scruffy has lost out on zero income because they exist.

The only aspect of their existence that affects Scruffy is usually their politics.

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Here, I fixed it for you.

Maybe we should start with Ted Turner.

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When folks say that billionaires shouldn't exist, it's nothing personal

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Of course it is.

Generally people that say this are losers that haven’t done shite in life

I personally don’t have a problem with the becoming a billionaire. My problem comes in that once there, the billionaires do everything they can to pull the latter up with them.

I would ok with capping wealth at 15 billion dollars. Once you have this much, anything extra you make gets distributed to areas of need as voted on by the people (education, healthcare, defense).

I don’t know the numbers, but I would assume this would apply to <20 families.