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NCProgressive

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30. Sanders' hatred of billionaires was always silly

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 10:39 PM

Mar 2020

He suffers from an extreme case of plutophobia and he riles up some like-minded supporters.

Memes like "no one should be a billionaire" make me

Many of his supporters don't understand the concept of "paper money" - most billionaires are billionaires because of the value of the stock they own in the companies they started. If they sold it all at once , it won't be worth even 30 cents on the dollar.

The stock market crash eliminated about 29% of the world's billionaires as the value of their stock dropped below $1 billion.

Silly

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders wants to get rid of billionaires. All of them. [View all] sheshe2 Mar 2020 OP

That is wonderful. murielm99 Mar 2020 #1

I have no issues with billionaires... sheshe2 Mar 2020 #6

i just want them to pay their fair share in taxes questionseverything Mar 2020 #29

The Man Is A Tiresome Loudmouth, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2020 #2

You are correct, Sir. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #4

Quite so! NT Happy Hoosier Mar 2020 #21

Looks lilke the Biillionaires with hearts of Gold are Cha Mar 2020 #3

I passed it on to my sister. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #5

Bernie demonizes. How else could he appear righteous? Not very original and means he can be emmaverybo Mar 2020 #7

I think some call it "othering" like creating a demon to be feared. littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #12

Well said. He "others" a lot. Seems a tactic almost--sets himself in opposition to "the other" and emmaverybo Mar 2020 #14

one wonders how much PPE bernie is donating. is he paying salaries of laid off arena workers too? msongs Mar 2020 #8

Lol. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #9

I know who I'd like to get rid of Skittles Mar 2020 #10

I am with ya on that, Skittles. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #11

With the market dropping almost 40% in a short time BidenBacker Mar 2020 #13

K'n'R ucrdem Mar 2020 #15

ucrdem... sheshe2 Mar 2020 #27

Here's a list of billionaires and their actions re: CV TwilightZone Mar 2020 #16

Looked over your list a little BidenBacker Mar 2020 #17

Mike Bloomberg is a billionaire, last week he gave $40 million toward... George II Mar 2020 #18

Thank you George. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #24

What about the owner of the Intercept Kerrycrat Mar 2020 #19

And Bloomberg is helping defeat tangerines. BS is home pondering his next divisive action. we can do it Mar 2020 #20

Lets talk numbers quakerboy Mar 2020 #22

You don't know that. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #25

Educated guess. quakerboy Mar 2020 #32

That would put him at the top of the food chain then wouldn't it? William769 Mar 2020 #23

Billionaires aside, strong progress could be made, if traitotrump & BS would just STFU! empedocles Mar 2020 #26

Bazinga. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #28

Sanders' hatred of billionaires was always silly NCProgressive Mar 2020 #30

Hey. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #31

Well, he should start by not saving the billionaire class from liberals. Hortensis Mar 2020 #33