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Ferrets are Cool

(21,112 posts)
8. Yeah, rich people have big homes...
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 12:19 PM
Nov 2019

wealthy people have butlers who answer the front door in their big homes.

6th way to become a billionaire : Money Laundering ritapria Nov 2019 #1
Generalize this observation - "be successful at a large scale criminal activity" DBoon Nov 2019 #2
This week's talking point is "stop being mean to billionaires!" Bettie Nov 2019 #3
Yeah, honestly I do not understand that whole thing at all. PatrickforO Nov 2019 #11
Paul McCartney's a billionaire. Does that make him dishonorable or a crook? highplainsdem Nov 2019 #4
This is true, but it does seem to be the least of possible reasons. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2019 #5
As someone once said wryter2000 Nov 2019 #6
Yeah, rich people have big homes... Ferrets are Cool Nov 2019 #8
They also hire firms that do nothing but keep their names out of the news Rural_Progressive Nov 2019 #27
I agree, but again -- the focus should be on whether anything illegal was done. highplainsdem Nov 2019 #9
See, the problem is that these billionaires Bettie Nov 2019 #12
Mario Lemieux, who became the owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins FakeNoose Nov 2019 #16
No, but he is an anomaly. A rock star who became a billionaire. PatrickforO Nov 2019 #22
The Beatles culturally appropriated African American R&B music Yavin4 Nov 2019 #29
Which is why, like AOC, I view billionaires as little more than parasites. PatrickforO Nov 2019 #7
Honore Balzac said that behind every great fortune there lies a great crime. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #10
6) Borrow a billion from Putin's pet oligarchs. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2019 #13
+1 dalton99a Nov 2019 #15
When there are all these threads about "I hate billionaires" instead of "I hate Trump" DFW Nov 2019 #14
+1,000,000 highplainsdem Nov 2019 #17
There are overarching issues ronnie624 Nov 2019 #20
So does the obsession with money DFW Nov 2019 #21
There is a saying, "Behind every great fortune is a great crime" dlk Nov 2019 #18
Tyler Perry had better watch it DFW Nov 2019 #23
There are exceptions to every rule... dlk Nov 2019 #26
Some rules shouldn't be rules. DFW Nov 2019 #30
I have been saying for many years that... kag Nov 2019 #19
I know of at least one DU member whose net worth almost certainly puts (them) in that evil category DFW Nov 2019 #25
Please read post #26 dlk Nov 2019 #28
Please read post #30 n/t DFW Nov 2019 #31
7) Human Trafficking of Immigrant Children Cartaphelius Nov 2019 #24
There is also lie, cheat, and steal. nt NCjack Nov 2019 #32
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