RE: Hats Off To This Guy
April 18, 2015 at 4:26 pm
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2015 at 4:30 pm by Brian37.)
(April 18, 2015 at 4:19 pm)Hatshepsut Wrote:(April 18, 2015 at 3:01 pm)Heywood Wrote: Dollars do not have absolutely the same value for everyone. Bill Gates could wipe his ass with $100 bills...A dollar gives more utility to Brian than it does to Bill Gates.
Poor Mr. Gates may well be missing out on his utility increments but he didn't miss out on his chance to quash the antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, which his lawyers settled on very favorable terms. Albeit short of allowing Microsoft to bar all other software brands from pre-installation on all Windows computers as he had hoped to do.
At least Gates continues the fine tradition of philanthropy ala Andrew Carnegie and Free Libraries. The current role model for CEO and investment mogul behavior lies closer to that of Bernie Madoff.
You said it. The investment that built the middle class was real investment, it was investing in lives and jobs. The type of investment we have now works more like a Vagas Casino where the house knows no matter if some win occasionally they always long term win even if they lose. Wall Street and big banks most certainly operate like Berny Madoff, and that is easy to do when you pump money into politics to get laws written to allow you to do that. Legal and moral are still two separate issues. Slavery was legal once too.
(April 18, 2015 at 4:23 pm)KUSA Wrote:I agree, so if it is my life why would I be a loser? Because I am not living my life by your script?(April 18, 2015 at 2:52 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(April 18, 2015 at 2:45 pm)KUSA Wrote: Don't care, the richest person on this planet today wasn't around 4 billion years ago and wont be around 4 billion years from now.
4 billion years ago or from now don't matter. Only now matters.
