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Rural_Progressive

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27. They also hire firms that do nothing but keep their names out of the news

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #8)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 02:21 PM

Nov 2019

and keep people from taking pictures of them or writing stories about them.

The truly wealthy really don't want us knowing anymore about them than possible.

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5 Ways to become a billionaire and none of them honorable (Robert Reich) [View all] mysteryowl Nov 2019 OP

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