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raouldukelives

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44. He produced so much. He's like a milliion investors rolled into one.

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 12:52 PM

Feb 2013

Just the sheer amount of climate change deniers he has personally caused to be funded must be ambrosia to him. As it must be for anyone involved in Wall St, but to that extent they can only dream of one day attaining it.

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While producing exactly nothing .... [View all] Scuba Feb 2013 OP

K&R nt abelenkpe Feb 2013 #1

Nice one Nevernose Feb 2013 #2

Even if he crashes the economy... CJCRANE Feb 2013 #3

Yep. A too big to fail job creator. progressoid Feb 2013 #4

And THAT'S the crux of most of our issues, isn't it? Squinch Feb 2013 #5

He most certainly does produce something. Beartracks Feb 2013 #6

He also "produces" decreases in the real economy by "harvesting" companies Vincardog Feb 2013 #48

KnR nt tblue37 Feb 2013 #7

k r and pinned SmileyRose Feb 2013 #8

Exactly. timdog44 Feb 2013 #9

I bet Rmoney could answer your query kairos12 Feb 2013 #22

The difference between earned and unearned income is the entitlement to get it. freshwest Feb 2013 #25

In one word, its capitalism. iemitsu Feb 2013 #38

It sounds like money you didnt earn, egro, WORK FOR. Volaris Feb 2013 #27

I'm not sure that all of the math adds up. tuvor Feb 2013 #10

Could have been this guy. He made $4.9 Billion in 2010 ... Scuba Feb 2013 #11

Thank you, Scuba. n/t tuvor Feb 2013 #12

Where did you get that $47,100 number?? Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #17

From the article I linked to: tuvor Feb 2013 #18

I see a $30,970 number Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #20

Teacher wages have GONE DOWN here in Wisconsin. AllyCat Feb 2013 #40

You cut that quote a little too short... whopis01 Feb 2013 #47

Not all teachers make $47,100. iemitsu Feb 2013 #39

In Tx they start at $25,000 to $30,000. Most are in the $35,000 - $40,000 range. Dustlawyer Feb 2013 #41

Can't be. Rozlee Feb 2013 #42

This is compliments of a grateful right-wing corporatist government which promotes the interests indepat Feb 2013 #13

So he paid a 15% tax rate timdog44 Feb 2013 #28

well Obama and the Democrats could have let that rate go back up to 39.6% hfojvt Feb 2013 #43

By jove, think we've got it indepat Feb 2013 #46

k/r limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #14

...and a large share of the American populace would vote for this guy if he ran for office. BlueJazz Feb 2013 #15

Ha!!! Yep, right about 47% would.... just like they voted for his cousin the Vulture Capitalist groundloop Feb 2013 #23

The true definition of obscenity. LuckyLib Feb 2013 #16

Part of the price of decades of our in-attention, strategic distraction, & divide-and-conquer. nt patrice Feb 2013 #19

Whether the numbers are exactly correct or not, defacto7 Feb 2013 #21

So what? Are you anti-American or something. America where the wealthy rhett o rick Feb 2013 #24

Quit bashing success OnyxCollie Feb 2013 #26

hedge fund manager compensation and tax rates are completely insane, but ... "nothing"? unblock Feb 2013 #29

it's a lotta value for them, not so much for the rest of us. actually negative value. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #32

Hedge fund managers = professional corporate criminals who pay no taxes. Initech Feb 2013 #30

But look at the bright side... Blanks Feb 2013 #45

kr HiPointDem Feb 2013 #31

Related interview and book. moondust Feb 2013 #33

It's called being a savvy businessman. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #34

He works very hard moving around large amounts of money. tclambert Feb 2013 #35

Oh, no, he produced something n2doc Feb 2013 #36

What frustrates me is there are some people who admire these guys DaveJ Feb 2013 #37

He produced so much. He's like a milliion investors rolled into one. raouldukelives Feb 2013 #44