The coming plutocracy

[hanselthecaretaker]

From the, “you never hear about that from the media” file – Those “Evil, Rich People” that Democrats are always wailing about are actually – Democrats.

In fact, the Top 3 on the list: Bill Gates, Warren Buffett & Larry Ellison are all Democrats. Together, they are worth $126 Billion Dollars.

An analysis of the Top 20 Richest People in America (from Forbes Top 100) reveals that a full 60% are actually Democrats. Furthermore, if you look at it from a “family” point of view and not as indivisuals, thereby eliminating duplication caused by people from the same family being included in that Top 20 list (Wal-Mart & Koch) that ratio widens even further to:
25% Republican / 75% Democrat.

(The purpose of this analysis is not who makes the most money, but where they contribute / by party affiliation. Obviously, people from the same family would tend to contribute to the same party.)

Analyzing the data takes us even further. Not only are there more Democrats in the Top 20 list, but those Democrats are a lot more stingy with their money when it comes to campaign contributions. Republicans coughed up $5.2 million while Democrats squirted out only $2.1 Million...


...Lest we not forget, Democrats outweigh Republicans. Not only in terms of the number of uber-millionaires, but also with their net worth. In this Top 20 group, Democrats have a combined net worth of $263.1 billion dollars while the Republicans have a combined net worth of only $143.9 billion dollars – almost half that of Democrats.

Those “Evil, Rich People” ? are Democrats | New American Gazette

List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements.

Sure is a lot of super-rich people in that list.

 

[Headholio]

Figuring out how many dems or repubs are rich misses the point. The point is that a country that has all its wealth concentrated with a few elite is a dysfunctional country. The question is, which party is more likely to make it worse, and which party is more likely to improve the situation.

 

[-SD-]

Figuring out how many dems or repubs are rich misses the point. The point is that a country that has all its wealth concentrated with a few elite is a dysfunctional country. The question is, which party is more likely to make it worse, and which party is more likely to improve the situation.

Neither party will improve the situation. They are all bought and paid for.

 

[binö]

 

[binö]

the prog lie that taxes have never been lower is so easily debunked

 

[binö]

Those “Evil, Rich People” ? are Democrats | New American Gazette

List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements.

Sure is a lot of super-rich people in that list.

baffling how out of one side of their mouths they bemoan wealth and success, but out of the other side they love warren buffett, george soros, micheal jordan, george clooney, bill gates, etc.
in their eyes the former wealth is evil/racist, while the ladder's wealth is okay and gracious...

 

[Mr. dB]

the prog lie that taxes have never been lower is so easily debunked

"Debunked" by two 5-year periods, one in the 1920s and one in the 1980s?

 

[Mr. dB]

baffling how out of one side of their mouths they bemoan wealth and success, but out of the other side they love warren buffett, george soros, micheal jordan, george clooney, bill gates, etc.
in their eyes the former wealth is evil/racist, while the ladder's wealth is okay and gracious...

Watch the Moyers video, they discuss the imagined dichotomy between "good plutocrats" and "bad plutocrats".

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

On one hand, yes most people would agree that capitalism is being exploited far more than it should be.

On the other, what system still provides anyone with a good idea and initiative the chance to become wealthy in the least amount of time, or in some cases even the least amount of work?


Yet so many still would rather sit around and bitch about the rich getting richer, but the fact is most of them sacrificed and risked far more than you or I ever will to get there. On top of that, the synergistic effect of their efforts have grown our economy exponentially, regardless of how wealthy it's also getting them in the process.


How come no one bitches about celebrities or sports stars making millions upon millions? How many jobs do they create vs CEO's/entrepreneurs? More than anyone they're ensuring the perpetuation of an already flawed system because they're all about making people "feel good".

 

[binö]

Watch the Moyers video, they discuss the imagined dichotomy between "good plutocrats" and "bad plutocrats".

and lemme guess, good plutocrats=democrats, bad plutocrats=republicans