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Do you know a really rich person? [View all] togetherforever Feb 2016 OP
I personally know some CEOs of huge corporations and plenty of filthy rich people Buzz Clik Feb 2016 #1
Good lord, how are you not on my Forever Ignored list? nt valerief Feb 2016 #3
No idea. Buzz Clik Feb 2016 #7
Yup, just plain folk. sulphurdunn Feb 2016 #75
Snort! dchill Feb 2016 #138
Splains the concept of 'trickle down' n/t w0nderer Feb 2016 #148
You sound like a very hateful person. Purrfessor Feb 2016 #161
You sound like a very judgemental, credulous and servile kind of person. sulphurdunn Feb 2016 #198
My comment to you is not a judgment but an observation. Purrfessor Feb 2016 #199
Uh-huh sulphurdunn Feb 2016 #200
How much more money and wealth ultragreen Feb 2016 #203
Define rich. Purrfessor Feb 2016 #207
Money divides marions ghost Feb 2016 #214
My problem is the notion that everyone who attains a certain level and of wealth... Purrfessor Feb 2016 #226
It's OK to be suspicious marions ghost Feb 2016 #230
So by your logic we should be suspicious of all poor people... Purrfessor Feb 2016 #237
False analogy marions ghost Feb 2016 #239
And Im not defending rich corporatists and their Purrfessor Feb 2016 #244
The social group you identify with--ie. the Rich marions ghost Feb 2016 #247
I don't identify with any group. Neither am I an apologist for any group. Purrfessor Feb 2016 #251
I think we all KNOW what numbers describe the Rich marions ghost Feb 2016 #257
What an odd response to your very simple statement. 7962 Feb 2016 #119
Yes, and the Romneys used an ironing board as a dining table while he was in school. merrily Feb 2016 #160
+1 LOL! TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #51
made my day!!! erlewyne Feb 2016 #65
Lmao Kittycat Feb 2016 #112
It can be interesting to see how far some will go. merrily Feb 2016 #154
Comic relief? Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2016 #212
Well then Clinton is clearly the candidate for you. 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #10
Yeah, I guess you know my friends better than I. Buzz Clik Feb 2016 #14
I guess when you're 'part of the club' or useful to them in some way, 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #22
My, my. Judge much? Buzz Clik Feb 2016 #26
Just taking you at your word. nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #31
Seems like someone likes the warm glow of the rich packman Feb 2016 #69
Lap-dog position and cubby hole. LMAO PonyUp Feb 2016 #87
Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #126
Friends are people we socialize with. If you have all these rich friends, Divernan Feb 2016 #79
I have seen this, and second what you have said marions ghost Feb 2016 #216
This is a generalization and may not apply to your friends creatives4innovation Feb 2016 #81
Which means pretty much squat Major Nikon Feb 2016 #71
Like it or not: "Income inequality makes the rich more Scrooge-like". 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #89
Mitt Romney gave 30% of his income to charity in one year Major Nikon Feb 2016 #98
Good for him. Is Mitt one of your heroes ? n/t 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #101
Your "science" shows he's one of yours, no? Major Nikon Feb 2016 #102
He's certainly an exception to the rule, yes. 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #103
I suspect most of it went to the Mormon church Major Nikon Feb 2016 #108
Damn, you're right. I forgot about Mitt's funny underwear. nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #113
I suspect a lot of that went to the Morman Church Punx Feb 2016 #109
Which is pretty much my point Major Nikon Feb 2016 #110
Well we agree here Punx Feb 2016 #121
Wealthy give more dollars: Poor give more proportionally. newthinking Feb 2016 #152
Agree, except that marions ghost Feb 2016 #218
Agreed, we absolutely need to support the arts too newthinking Feb 2016 #248
Totally with you on that marions ghost Feb 2016 #249
Mitt Romney is a Mormon. I am familiar with Mormon charities. JDPriestly Feb 2016 #125
Did your source say what charities? Mr.Bill Feb 2016 #127
The Mormon Church and related organizations, I take it? merrily Feb 2016 #162
Nixon paid almost no taxes despite reporting over a million $ in income while he was presidunce Major Nikon Feb 2016 #163
I am not seeing the connection between that and what I said. As to Romney, however, he merrily Feb 2016 #166
Nixon's tax scam involved the donation of significantly overvalued writings Major Nikon Feb 2016 #172
Ok, I get it now. You hadn't mentioned the overvalued writings initially. Your original point is merrily Feb 2016 #173
So in his Benevolence, He gets to choose Marty McGraw Feb 2016 #259
We never feel secure. Hence, rich people never feel secure, and never feel that they JDPriestly Feb 2016 #118
Yep. kristopher Feb 2016 #131
I don't agree that greed comes from rich people not feeling financially secure. merrily Feb 2016 #167
Re: expecting special treatment as biggest donors to charity? Divernan Feb 2016 #217
That, too. And the society writers feed into it. However, the power, the merrily Feb 2016 #255
Yes yes yes! mainer Feb 2016 #186
Traditionally one way the poor get the rich to spread the wealth is by kidnapping. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #193
Thank you for the laugh . . . I needed that. Petrushka Feb 2016 #204
Sadly this is statistically true marions ghost Feb 2016 #215
plenty of filthy rich people SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #19
Have you asked those questions of the author of the OP? Buzz Clik Feb 2016 #24
There are 3 for me by that definition SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #30
Someone who lives in a shanty in Jakarta could make the same equally true statement about you Major Nikon Feb 2016 #82
here let me help SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #85
It would be pretty interesting to find research that can see into someone's character Major Nikon Feb 2016 #91
+100 Tab Feb 2016 #129
It's not necessarily a question of "sh*tbaggery" as much as it is an ability or inability to merrily Feb 2016 #164
That's not particular to rich vs poor Major Nikon Feb 2016 #171
Cool story bro libtodeath Feb 2016 #44
A place where people from our party defend the 1% Hydra Feb 2016 #111
It is sickening. libtodeath Feb 2016 #122
Personally, I will criticize members of the 1% who... Purrfessor Feb 2016 #165
And a place where people ignore that the global 1% starts at $34K for an individual Recursion Feb 2016 #189
Science says the rich tend to be less compassionate... Akamai Feb 2016 #105
I find the root of it more interesting w0nderer Feb 2016 #151
You say either or, as though it's "either or." Probably be a bit of a combination. Akamai Feb 2016 #183
Both marions ghost Feb 2016 #219
Do you know second and third generation really rich people? That's where the decadence JDPriestly Feb 2016 #117
Good point. Nearly ALL "rich" that i know are all self made, not inherited. 7962 Feb 2016 #130
i agree about the trust fund babies questionseverything Feb 2016 #134
the op does not say the rich are bad people questionseverything Feb 2016 #133
Thank you for that togetherforever Feb 2016 #136
Many doctors have lost memory of before they were wealthy TNNurse Feb 2016 #146
Lost memory , I like that togetherforever Feb 2016 #149
This guy is pretty nice TNNurse Feb 2016 #155
Perfect example marions ghost Feb 2016 #243
How many is "plenty"? And what kind of sample is that. Besides it's really beside the point. rhett o rick Feb 2016 #139
I call bs. merrily Feb 2016 #153
I live in Silicon Valley elljay Feb 2016 #206
I bet they make fun of you ultragreen Feb 2016 #201
About those filthy rich people: ultragreen Feb 2016 #202
True Albertoo Feb 2016 #228
They look at us like we're dogs. Useful and loyal but not the same species. nt valerief Feb 2016 #2
They demand our loyalty even as they pursue policies that fuck us over. Repeatedly. stillwaiting Feb 2016 #12
Exactly,they wonder why we would want another .50 per hour while they worry how to save thousands on libtodeath Feb 2016 #45
Not too generous with the doggie treats, either! merrily Feb 2016 #168
Who unlocked your chains? tazkcmo Feb 2016 #4
I do not hold my opinion based on net worth, I realize lots of people do this, Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #5
oh please grasswire Feb 2016 #11
I asked the same question...the silence is deafening. Always is with this one. Punkingal Feb 2016 #41
I'm curious, too. davidthegnome Feb 2016 #61
For Pete's sake... Punkingal Feb 2016 #13
I'm also interested in your post. Old Crow Feb 2016 #55
I am all ears on this ??? togetherforever Feb 2016 #66
Please provide an example of bad things Sanders has said about women. 7962 Feb 2016 #124
I am a woman and have never heard these awful these passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #180
He knows how people treated as second class citizens feel, right? marions ghost Feb 2016 #220
"Lets move away from the 1% just this once folks" PowerToThePeople Feb 2016 #6
Math is hard feathateathn Feb 2016 #35
expected PowerToThePeople Feb 2016 #38
So you're for absolute equality then feathateathn Feb 2016 #213
The math is easy Hydra Feb 2016 #115
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ marions ghost Feb 2016 #222
One branch of my family is very rich noamnety Feb 2016 #8
The mafia always look after family marions ghost Feb 2016 #221
This message was self-deleted by its author AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #253
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More fit than Shillary. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #16
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Ooh, great nickname SCantiGOP Feb 2016 #80
I'll call her what I want. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #84
I do tk2kewl Feb 2016 #15
I conduct surveys for the gummit Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #17
Taking gifts on a government job, eh? jberryhill Feb 2016 #33
I confess. Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #42
Homemade tamales are to die for passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #181
The ones who have the least more often than not give the most togetherforever Feb 2016 #53
See my post 79 re working on the census Divernan Feb 2016 #100
I can't see it. Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #106
I've known a few. Some were asses, some were OK, and few were human beings. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #18
That is exactly what I was going to say. mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #144
yes , and all of them are very good people. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #20
Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #27
Members of the elite parasite class Mudcat Feb 2016 #21
What do you mean by "really rich"? mainer Feb 2016 #25
The wealthiest was in the top 500 togetherforever Feb 2016 #32
A bunch of us were going camping one weekend. 1%er showed up with a brand new CAMPER. Hiraeth Feb 2016 #28
yes, even at Burning Man MisterP Feb 2016 #78
I know one really rich person... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #29
You describe the RARE exception marions ghost Feb 2016 #224
Two different people so I must have been lucky./nt DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #235
I do not know UglyGreed Feb 2016 #34
When I was in college I worked concrete construction in the summers. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2016 #43
I hung doors UglyGreed Feb 2016 #176
I happen to know a couple madokie Feb 2016 #36
Our adult son is good friends with a rich man from a very rich family and it always.... Tikki Feb 2016 #37
A couple I used to work for.... Punkingal Feb 2016 #39
I've known a number of very wealthy people magical thyme Feb 2016 #40
Yes I do. Great guy, great friend - and very disconnected. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2016 #46
That's not true for rich people who used to be poor or middle class MaggieD Feb 2016 #47
Have you looked at the upward mobility in the US? Loudestlib Feb 2016 #104
Unless you are interacting with some people zalinda Feb 2016 #48
Sorry, that's not really true IME MaggieD Feb 2016 #49
Most people, rich or poor, don't know you exist mainer Feb 2016 #72
If you don't make a conscious effort to be an exception to the rule, Rebkeh Feb 2016 #50
I've met a very rich person -- the CEO/Chairman of the mid-sized corporation I work for Martin Eden Feb 2016 #52
Yes ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #54
I know plenty of really rich people, probably worked in the same industry you did dorkzilla Feb 2016 #56
I think it depends on HOW they got their money. mainer Feb 2016 #57
Yes, my ex, a millionaire. narnian60 Feb 2016 #58
Yes I did, and we do not even exist to them any more than a homeless person does. LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #59
Seriously? Snerd Feb 2016 #60
and Democrats are represented by everyone in this thread!!! Skittles Feb 2016 #93
Read The Great Gatsby. jalan48 Feb 2016 #62
"Hillary was on the Board of Walmart" marions ghost Feb 2016 #225
I know quite a few rich people - their personalities vary as much as most other people I know EffieBlack Feb 2016 #63
Agree frazzled Feb 2016 #70
+1 onenote Feb 2016 #92
yup Reagan also didn't come from wealth JI7 Feb 2016 #145
yes, humans do show all stripes ellennelle Feb 2016 #150
I'm with you. PatrickforO Feb 2016 #64
Someone in my synagogue had 300 million jg10003 Feb 2016 #67
Only one. davidthegnome Feb 2016 #68
I've known Republican and Democratic wealth. senz Feb 2016 #73
money's not an amount to them--"I have N so I can buy something that costs M" MisterP Feb 2016 #74
i do know some really rich people. barbtries Feb 2016 #76
I have never met anyone I knew was super wealthy. Half-Century Man Feb 2016 #77
Really nice post. Thanks for sharing. 7wo7rees Feb 2016 #83
I've been friends, quite by chance with several billionaires. Nitram Feb 2016 #86
But because of her ties marions ghost Feb 2016 #229
I don't know any. They apparently don't enter my circle often. Juicy_Bellows Feb 2016 #88
Like you, before I retired, I worked with some of the richest people in Cleita Feb 2016 #90
I know someone worth $50 million, and he's a good person JohnnyRingo Feb 2016 #94
My father-in-law became rich and he didn't change at all PonyUp Feb 2016 #95
personally know PatrynXX Feb 2016 #96
I grew up around rich people Rebkeh Feb 2016 #97
yes, OP. Hillary making 1/4 to 1/2 mil a speech does not support the $15 minimum wage everywhere. greymouse Feb 2016 #99
define "really rich" shanti Feb 2016 #107
Yes. I've known a few. JDPriestly Feb 2016 #114
Some of the rich are OK . . FairWinds Feb 2016 #116
I didn't say they were all bad people togetherforever Feb 2016 #137
Lots of people do. Like Trump said, "I've personally hired tens of thousands closeupready Feb 2016 #120
Yeah, I know a few Tab Feb 2016 #123
I have worked for celebrity royalty olddots Feb 2016 #128
That's exactly what we have done in my family. malokvale77 Feb 2016 #132
I've heard/read politicians in D.C. say what a bubble they live in. Lodestar Feb 2016 #135
Bernie is a charter member of the Washington elite EffieBlack Feb 2016 #185
KICK kgnu_fan Feb 2016 #140
I don't know exactly how much wealth people had when I met them... steve2470 Feb 2016 #141
In the 1950's, 60 and 70's it was different. They were leaders. Now, not so much. Festivito Feb 2016 #142
I used to know some really rich people.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #143
Oh, those "Upstairs, Downstairs" woes. valerief Feb 2016 #156
Clinton and other oligarchs by definition don't relate to the little people. SciDude Feb 2016 #147
In answer to your question...no. But if I did... JustAMaverick Feb 2016 #157
Yes ananda Feb 2016 #158
Bernie fosters inclusion, cooperation and consideration for others. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #159
I think this story encapsulates: We were having a discussion about battered women with children. merrily Feb 2016 #169
Thats been my experience zentrum Feb 2016 #170
I think you may have experienced some selection pressure. NNadir Feb 2016 #174
You exaggerate marions ghost Feb 2016 #238
Please avoid telling me what I do and do not know. NNadir Feb 2016 #254
Any reply to you would be a waste of time marions ghost Feb 2016 #258
You're correct this time. I'm not interested in simplistic things or, for people who don't have... NNadir Feb 2016 #260
You didn't talk to either my husband or me. Loki Feb 2016 #175
Thank you for expressing it very well. mainer Feb 2016 #182
I've been close with a number of wealthy AND extremely wealthy people - most of them were the most blm Feb 2016 #177
Well she said she... deathrind Feb 2016 #178
Many. I grew up with many and live amongst many (not by choice). Hillary is nothing like them. kerry-is-my-prez Feb 2016 #179
Yes I worked with rich people and they are no better than I am kimbutgar Feb 2016 #184
I don't think it's wealth that launched Hillary into La-La Land Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2016 #187
Just about everyone I know in the US is in the global 1% by PPP income, so yeah Recursion Feb 2016 #188
A word about "the rich" and why they isolate themselves mainer Feb 2016 #190
You describe the sickness well marions ghost Feb 2016 #236
I consider myself one of them. I'm a Bernie supporter. mainer Feb 2016 #240
OK, defend the rich marions ghost Feb 2016 #241
You attacked a whole category of people mainer Feb 2016 #242
I said marions ghost Feb 2016 #246
Just watch that TV show "Undercover Boss" Curmudgeoness Feb 2016 #191
This message was self-deleted by its author Denis 11 Feb 2016 #192
Worst OP I've seen this election season Chico Man Feb 2016 #194
You people are really sad! katmille Feb 2016 #195
You don't know rich people or the dog eat dog business world AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #252
Most of the truly wealthy would commit suicide or have nervous breakdowns if they were brewens Feb 2016 #196
well said marions ghost Feb 2016 #234
My brother is an insurance adjuster. He had to visit a LibDemAlways Feb 2016 #197
I know dozens of rich persons. They may not be wealthy, but they know . . . Petrushka Feb 2016 #205
I think that much of that braddy Feb 2016 #208
you know them by what they do, how they act. pdsimdars Feb 2016 #209
She had to conform to get where she is... marions ghost Feb 2016 #232
Yep loyalsister Feb 2016 #210
"they don't think of themselves as equals with us" BainsBane Feb 2016 #211
As Democrats you'd think we'd all be against prejudice. LAS14 Feb 2016 #223
Everyone judges marions ghost Feb 2016 #231
"that's how intelligent people discuss things." mainer Feb 2016 #250
Of course marions ghost Feb 2016 #256
Excellent and timely post. nt ladjf Feb 2016 #227
Since the beginning (around 2006), Hillary's campaign has been entirely about Hillary Doctor_J Feb 2016 #233
A home in Hillary's NY hometown of Chappaqua UglyGreed Feb 2016 #245
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