The Rich, Wealthy, 1%.........

[brewer]

I've noticed that quite a few of the posters here harbor animosity toward the rich, wealthy, 1 percenter's ........... I've got a good feel for the 1%. Do any of you have a number in mind for the rest? What do you consider rich, wealthy? Do you have a sliding scale for the level of animosity, i.e. 500K=OK, 5mil=irritating, 10mil=disgust and so on?

[Pyrrho]

I can only speak for myself. It is not based purely on the amount of money someone has. It has to do with how they get it and what they do with it. And given the way that many get rich by taking advantage of other people, the animosity is well-earned.

[Regina]

I just think it's how willing the wealthy are to share and help poorer people out.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to hang onto some expendable income and spend some money on yourself, especially if you've really worked hard all your life for it. However, I have a problem with people who have employees they insist on paying minimum wage, when they themselves earn more money than they can ever possibly spend. Would it kill you to cut your income just a bit to give your employees (who your business would sink without) a wage they can live more sustainably on? Probably not.

[Minimalist]

[AFTT47]

I admire some of them: Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos. Scum bags like the Kock's, Sheldon Addison, Mitt Romney - not so much. It's a difference between those who have an agenda which helps their fellow humans vs. those who are simple, capitalistic predators.

[The Valkyrie]

It's not the money, I think, so much as what they do with it.

Bill gates and others give away billions to charity.  Others just seem to try to deny rights to others to make themselves richer.

[Minimalist]

Lewis Black 2008

And the people he blasts were amateurs compared to the scumbags who are running this country into the ground today.

[brewer]

Tell me if I'm wrong. It sounds like these people are OK as long as they 1) don't step on people/employees while they make their money and/or 2) use at least some of their money for good once they have accumulated their wealth.

Whats the position on Andrew Carnegie (kind of brutal while gathering/philanthropist after it had been gathered)?

The Kennedys? Made their money from illegal bootlegging. Where do they stand?

How about Mark Zuckerberg? Didn't he step on a few people on the way up?

Donald Trump? Forget his politics, I know he's a wack job mentally but doesn't appear to have stepped on people while gathering and he has charities. Is his wealth OK?

How about inherited wealth? Lets say two generations removed. Why are these persons on the shit list?

[Mister Agenda]

Most of the 1% started small businesses and ran them for decades while living within their means and winding up comfortable. Most of the 1% are near the bottom of the 1%. Maybe we should save our animosity for the .0001%, since they're the ones usually brought up as examples. There are around 8 million millionaires in the USA and most of them are worth less than 5 million.

[Pyrrho]