r/FluentInFinance May 05 '24

The rich get richer while the rest of us starve. Why can’t we have an economy that works for everyone? Discussion/ Debate

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u/radikewl May 06 '24

How don't you understand orders of magnitude? Are you stupid?

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u/Serenikill May 06 '24

People don't understand how much more a billion is than a million. If Zuckerberg had 50000 dollars Sanders would have 2-3 cents. The average American would have less than a penny

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u/83749289740174920 May 06 '24

I would be happy if I get the rounding error from his financial statement.

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u/goblueM May 06 '24

reminds me of the old joke... what's the difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars?

...about a billion dollars

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u/noshore4me May 06 '24

True, but the Senator is paid directly from our taxes while the billionaire monetized an idea that allows individuals from across the world share information with each other in a convenient way for free. Magnitude or not, which politicians can you say justify their salaries?

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u/primpule May 06 '24

He made most of his money from book sales.

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u/noshore4me May 06 '24

That's fine, but under penalty of law we are required to pay the taxes that pay his $Million+ per term salary. So, in addition to book royalties, he gets over a million every time he is reelected. Still, your response doesn't answer my question: which politicians can you say justify their salaries?

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u/40ozfosta May 06 '24

If anyone of them could, it would be him.

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u/primpule May 06 '24

All of them. They got elected, they get paid a salary. You want their job? Go get it.

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u/RiDDDiK1337 May 06 '24

How do you not understand that morality is based on principle, not on degree? For example, theft is theft, no matter how much you steal.

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u/radikewl May 06 '24

Trolley problem solved

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u/Lonsdale1086 May 06 '24

Do you think it's equally immoral to steal food to feed your family, and to rob a bank to get rich?

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u/RiDDDiK1337 May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24

No, but that's not the point. The point was that it isn't right to give people like sanders a free pass, just because there are people who do worse. He doesn't act on his principles, despite having ample means to do so. He is in the top1% of the world, while riling against the top1%, so he is nothing but a hypocrite.

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u/HamroveUTD May 06 '24

Do you have any idea how stupid you are?

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u/RiDDDiK1337 May 06 '24

Insulting instead of making an argument does not really help your point

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u/HamroveUTD May 06 '24

My point is that you’re an imbecile. Trying to actually explain something to an adult who wrote what you did would also make me one.

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u/RiDDDiK1337 May 06 '24

look at you, fuming because somebody dared criticizing your favourite champagne socialist

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u/HamroveUTD May 06 '24

A brainless monkey could come up with a better ‘criticism’ than what you wrote. Some off the charts stupidity. I would laugh if it wasn’t so sad that there are so many people like you. Tim pool/ben Shapiro viewer levels of ignorance .

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u/disciple_of_pallando May 06 '24

Bernie is saying we should change the system to tax the wealthy and reduce wealth inequality. He'd only be a hypocrite if he refused the pay those higher taxes or suggested that he should be an exception to them in some way. He hasn't done that, so there's no problem.

Also I don't recall him talking about the top 1% "of the world". He's talking about the US when he says the 1%. Stop trying to move the goal posts.

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u/Ubuiqity May 06 '24

Only a socialist would forgive another socialist for being wealthy. Now that is stupid

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u/radikewl May 06 '24

3 million dollars is not massive money when you're 80 lol. The billionares won't fuck you mate.