Agree or disagree? "There should be no billionaires."

There should be no billionaires

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hardawayz16

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That's the bottom line.

But a bunch of poor or "middle class" people (many of whom are a missed paycheck or one unfortunate circumstance away from being poor) won't let go of the dream that they just might be Jay-Z or Bill Gates one day so they accept a heinously corrupt reality because they have faith in the infinitesimal odds that their dream will one day become their real life.

Nonsense. History has repeatedly shown that "taxing the rich" never stops at the rich.

And whats wrong with aspiring to be rich in the first place? There is the possibility it can happen for you in the United States. Can't say the same in those socialist utopias like Cuba.
 

tallblacknyc

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Again nobody needs a billion dollars. That money should go back to the economy to help the poor. What the fuck you need all that for?
somebody could say the Same thing about millionaires... Depending on your spending habits and lifestyles people with a lower tax bracket will easily say an individual could/should spend their money on other things, saving the world... Funny thing is regular people also have the capability to help others but dont... Everybody on this board prob got some old clothes that they don't wear or haven't worn in yrs yet most won't take Those clothes and give it to a homeless shelter... Most people here could start a clothing drive for the homeless but most wont... Most people could pool in a few hundred dollars a yr and give it to the poor but most wont... Toy drives lot of nigs ain't doing that... Buying a bunch of food and cooking it than randomly giving it out to the poor lot of nigs ain't doing it... How much nigs spend on lotto over the yrs that money couldve went to the needy but nigs ain't helping them out... So fuck the rich how many normal day nigs helping out or did something this month or all yr to help the poor? You see everybody will watch somebody drowning and say somebody should help but very few will jump in the water themselves to save a person life... All the people that think the rich should help ask how many of them people are actually helping the cause
 

Dr. Truth

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somebody could say the Same thing about millionaires... Depending on your spending habits and lifestyles people with a lower tax bracket will easily say an individual could/should spend their money on other things, saving the world... Funny thing is regular people also have the capability to help others but dont... Everybody on this board prob got some old clothes that they don't wear or haven't worn in yrs yet most won't take Those clothes and give it to a homeless shelter... Most people here could start a clothing drive for the homeless but most wont... Most people could pool in a few hundred dollars a yr and give it to the poor but most wont... Toy drives lot of nigs ain't doing that... Buying a bunch of food and cooking it than randomly giving it out to the poor lot of nigs ain't doing it... How much nigs spend on lotto over the yrs that money couldve went to the needy but nigs ain't helping them out... So fuck the rich how many normal day nigs helping out or did something this month or all yr to help the poor? You see everybody will watch somebody drowning and say somebody should help but very few will jump in the water themselves to save a person life... All the people that think the rich should help ask how many of them people are actually helping the cause
There should be a cap at 500 million. You can do anything you need to do with that kind of money. Anything more than that is just greed
 

largebillsonlyplease

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So a 500 million dollar cap isn’t fair. Boo boo how will a person ever survive off a measly 500 million. You niggas are strange . You have no chance of ever seeing that kind of wealth


Again

If you made the idea or your family made the actual idea then no cap

If you rich cause you stole or invested in other ideas put the cap in place


Imagine telling bezos you created this thing we use every single day but you've made enough off of it tho it will continue to make money as long as humans exist

So the money goes where?

Definitely not to the government fuck that shit lol
 

hardawayz16

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There should be a cap at 500 million. You can do anything you need to do with that kind of money. Anything more than that is just greed

You heard that Jeff Bezos?

Please stop innovating and improving my life with your products and services.

You're just being greedy now.
 

Dr. Truth

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Again

If you made the idea or your family made the actual idea then no cap

If you rich cause you stole or invested in other ideas put the cap in place


Imagine telling bezos you created this thing we use every single day but you've made enough off of it tho it will continue to make money as long as humans exist

So the money goes where?

Definitely not to the government fuck that shit lol
You make over 500 million, you should be required to put that money back into less fortunate areas. Schools, poor areas, people who are less fortunate. If you’re dumb enough to blow 500 million you don’t deserve it
 

tallblacknyc

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There should be a cap at 500 million. You can do anything you need to do with that kind of money. Anything more than that is just greed
how is it greed if you are capable of making it... Greed is having something and not willing to share it depending on situation... If I had 1000 apples and I drive by a poor family and see them starving with no ability to get any food and don't pass them a few apples in order to feed them that s greed... But having a bunch of Apple trees with the capability of producing 1000 of Apple's is not greed
 

Dr. Truth

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how is it greed if you are capable of making it... Greed is having something and not willing to share it depending on situation... If I had 1000 apples and I drive by a poor family and see them starving with no ability to get any food and don't pass them a few apples in order to feed them that s greed... But having a bunch of Apple trees with the capability of producing 1000 of Apple's is not greed
Bezos has what? 131 Billion? He can’t give up 100 billion to help out impoverished areas? He still has 31 billion what’s the problem? Greed. What happens when he dies? Like a typical cac he will give it to a cat or a whore.
 

largebillsonlyplease

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You make over 500 million, you should be required to put that money back into less fortunate areas. Schools, poor areas, people who are less fortunate. If you’re dumb enough to blow 500 million you don’t deserve it


I believe that's what taxes are for

Take our state for example

We are the 8th largest economy in the world with full tax plus a millionaires tax
And school lunch for k-12 isn't free for all kids in California regardless of family income

So that's local taxes
State taxes
Millionaire taxes
Plus weed taxes

And they can't make lunch free????


Countries do it we're worth more than all countries but 7 in the entire world

Where's the money go?


Why are there homeless with all that money we collect in taxes??
 

Dr. Truth

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I believe that's what taxes are for

Take our state for example

We are the 8th largest economy in the world with full tax plus a millionaires tax
And school lunch for k-12 isn't free for all kids in California regardless of family income

So that's local taxes
State taxes
Millionaire taxes
Plus weed taxes

And they can't make lunch free????


Countries do it we're worth more than all countries but 7 in the entire world

Where's the money go?


Why are there homeless with all that money we collect in taxes??
Government needs to stay the fuck out of it. Unless they can somehow account for every cent but they can’t and wont
 

tallblacknyc

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Bezos has what? 131 Billion? He can’t give up 100 billion to help out impoverished areas? He still has 31 billion what’s the problem? Greed. What happens when he dies? Like a typical cac he will give it to a cat or a whore.
if he wants to give his money to his select choices of certain demographic in order to improve their situations more power to him... Should he be forced to spend a certain percentage to demographic cause some entity said so nah I'm not cool with that...especially when that entity historically is corrupted... Remember that entity allows scams like the red cross to exist when they pocket 95 percent of the money that they collect off of human compassion... Go after the red cross funds b4 besos
 

largebillsonlyplease

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Government needs to stay the fuck out of it. Unless they can somehow account for every cent but they can’t and wont

They're not staying out of it that's what they argue
they argue they need MORE and don't account for what they're doing with what they get.
I agree everyone pay their fair share of taxes. PAY THE SHIT

and then we need accountability for it. I shouldn't be able to type that any school is underfunded or can't provide free lunch to kids in public schools when actual COUNTRIES do the shit
and we have more money than A SHIT TON OF THEM
 

hardawayz16

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Bezos has what? 131 Billion? He can’t give up 100 billion to help out impoverished areas? He still has 31 billion what’s the problem? Greed. What happens when he dies? Like a typical cac he will give it to a cat or a whore.

Jeff Bezos is worth 150+ Billion because he owns 80% of amazon stock. ITS NOT LIQUID.

His windfall is directly tied to his company. If the stock tanks, his net worth takes a free fall.

So what is he supposed to give up? Amazon stock?

Make it make sense...
 

tallblacknyc

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I believe that's what taxes are for

Take our state for example

We are the 8th largest economy in the world with full tax plus a millionaires tax
And school lunch for k-12 isn't free for all kids in California regardless of family income

So that's local taxes
State taxes
Millionaire taxes
Plus weed taxes

And they can't make lunch free????


Countries do it we're worth more than all countries but 7 in the entire world

Where's the money go?


Why are there homeless with all that money we collect in taxes??
America waste more food than it consumes yet we have people starving out here... How sway?... Why do they force people to throw away food instead of giving it to the poor... Tonight many eateries will be forced to throw away food that wasn't brought meanwhile somewhere somebody will go to sleep hungry or will be forced to look in the garbage can and eat spoiled food... How sway?
 

MistaPhantastic

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You have to decide what America you want to live in. What you all are talking about is economic communism/socialism.
That doesn't work out well in some places. Its been tried. The people in charge always morph into something worse than what they were when they started.
The problem is not the money. Its the people. Greed is a disease, but so is power and control.
Some people have done great things that were totally financially inspired.
I believe in strengthening the weakest links of a chain. If your poorest people are doing okay, then most don't really care all that much about how well your richest are doing. A degree of communism can make that happen but you are going to give up the idea of freedom as you know it in order to make it so.
America will not be known as "the land of opportunity" if that happens.
 
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tallblacknyc

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They're not staying out of it that's what they argue
they argue they need MORE and don't account for what they're doing with what they get.
I agree everyone pay their fair share of taxes. PAY THE SHIT

and then we need accountability for it. I shouldn't be able to type that any school is underfunded or can't provide free lunch to kids in public schools when actual COUNTRIES do the shit
and we have more money than A SHIT TON OF THEM
1 of the free programs in India
 

tallblacknyc

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These indian dude created a non profit company that collects food from weddings and other events to give to the needy... I had a similar idea 24 yrs ago when I first found out how much food is thrown out by NYC resturants

 

gene cisco

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These politicians kill me. The military budget of the U.S. is like the total of the next 6,7, or 8 countries COMBINED. Instead of digging in that sweet pot, they want to go after more money that they will recklessly spend. :smh:

When Sanders and them get that military budget under control, we can talk about billionaires. Some would argue that a person doesn't need 3 fucking houses to live in but that doesn't stop Bernie from having the property.

It's easy for Sanders to get us to hate the billionaires while career politicians like him have pissed away trillions.
 

Rembrandt Brown

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These politicians kill me. The military budget of the U.S. is like the total of the next 6,7, or 8 countries COMBINED. Instead of digging in that sweet pot, they want to go after more money that they will recklessly spend. :smh:

When Sanders and them get that military budget under control, we can talk about billionaires. Some would argue that a person doesn't need 3 fucking houses to live in but that doesn't stop Bernie from having the property.

It's easy for Sanders to get us to hate the billionaires while career politicians like him have pissed away trillions.

Bernie is somewhat hypocritical on the fact that he has made a bit over a million dollars very late in life. He's not perfect. :dunno:

If you're informed and honest, you know he is not a proponent of our ridiculous military spending and would do a much better job of curtailing it than his more imperialist competitors.

For someone so devoted to contrarianism, these are particularly weak strawman arguments.
 

gene cisco

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Bernie is somewhat hypocritical on the fact that he has made a bit over a million dollars very late in life. He's not perfect. :dunno:

If you're informed and honest, you know he is not a proponent of our ridiculous military spending and would do a much better job of curtailing it than his more imperialist competitors.

For someone so devoted to contrarianism, these are particularly weak strawman arguments.
Somewhat a hypocrite? You must be a Bernie fan. :lol:
 

YoungSinister

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If you create something that great, isn't ten million dollars enough of an award?

I walk past homeless people every single fucking day. It's sickening that our society lets some people have more than they could spend in the next thousand years while others don't have their most basic needs met.
lol @ "enough"
Who are you to determine whats best for another person?
I bet you'd lose your mind if some CAC stopped your paper, talking about you're making "enough" b/c you're Black. That shit used to happen all the time to our people.
 
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cashwhisperer

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I just think if you make more you should be taxed more. Boo fucking hoo. Poor people should not be paying a higher percentage of their income than a person making 500 million. wtf.
 

YoungSinister

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Some of you cats just want to see "rich people" take some type of L. All that "thats more than enough" shit is a weird attitude to have, especially knowing how CACs feel about us making it in the world


Lets keep it real. Billionaires paying more taxes wouldn't do shit to help your personal lives. It was already pointed out in this thread, that the average motherfucker isn't a humanitarian, so lets not act like ya'll really care about the plight of the less fortunate.

I'm a "sky is the limit" type of dude. Maybe thats why I have no problem not caring about how billionaires live their lives and spend their paper. I'm always trending upwards.
Some of you cats have given up, or just lack the ability to do big things. That's where all this is coming from IMO
 
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MistaPhantastic

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The general public likes individual targets. The average person doesn't want to think about how complex budgets work and where to trim them. They want names of people they can't spew their anger towards.
Targeting billionaires is just a political tactic of redirection.
Corporations make tens and sometimes hundreds of billions of dollars. The problem isn't Bezos; its Amazon, Walmart, etc. not paying taxes. People are afraid of giant, faceless entities.
This is why they target individuals that you can see like billionaires. They want people to make it personal when in fact, we could do a lot of other things to fix our economy as well as tax the rich more.
If we stopped using oil/gas and other antiquated fuel technologies, we could turn the economy around in a short time but big daddy oil pays for a lot of shit. Them and big pharma are so deep into American pockets that it ain't funny. Instead of going after individual wealth, where's the outrage at the high ass costs of medicines for no reasons other than profit?
 

Gazoo

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I'm not rich. Not a Republican. But I think in most cast or in many cases the wealthy pay their "share". Let me explain.

In a town of 10K, 70% work. The rest are elderly, children, unemployed, welfare, etc. The workers make $40K and bring home $30K. That 7K that pay $10K in taxes. Half of that or more goes to the Feds and State. So that's 7,000 X $5K for a tax base of $35M. I'm way over what it really would be.

No let's say we have someone making $10M annually and pays the same rate. That would be $3M, let's make it $2M. The rich person is shouldering a big portion of the city. Yet they only get one vote. Their property taxes are through the roof.

With all this you still have people screaming fair share. I'd find loopholes too.
 

tallblacknyc

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Another reason why putting a cap on earning potential is bad because every yr some company is sold and brought... Imagine if Netflix was for sale and because the government denied you the ability to make billions of dollars you were unable to purchase it... Denying earning potential means you no longer can invest or purchase other entities... Hell what if you wanted to invest in other infrastructure overseas and create a better situations for non americans are you ok with the government denying you earning potential in America that will help your outside plots?
 
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