http://toomuchonline.org/census-time-for-billionaires/ Dedicated to the notion that our world would be considerably more caring, prosperous, and democratic if we narrowed the vast gap that divides our wealthy from everyone else. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://toomuchonline.org/census-time-for-billionaires/#comment-878 Vincent Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:27:12 +0000 http://toomuchonline.org/?p=1245#comment-878 Well said Gordon. Also... People get paid for the perceived value they bring to humanity. They didn't get rich alone, many people profited along the way with them. Everyone involved paid taxes to support the country and bought many things providing jobs and sales taxes. Millions of people valued what these rich folks contributed to society... Enough to make them billionaires. How can the author think he his wiser or has the moral authority to undo the choices of the millions of people who made and continue to make these guys/gals rich? Well said Gordon.
Also… People get paid for the perceived value they bring to humanity. They didn’t get rich alone, many people profited along the way with them. Everyone involved paid taxes to support the country and bought many things providing jobs and sales taxes. Millions of people valued what these rich folks contributed to society… Enough to make them billionaires. How can the author think he his wiser or has the moral authority to undo the choices of the millions of people who made and continue to make these guys/gals rich?

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]]> http://toomuchonline.org/census-time-for-billionaires/#comment-460 Gordon J Hensley Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:15:14 +0000 http://toomuchonline.org/?p=1245#comment-460 If 1000 billionaires holding 3.6 trillion dollars suddenly get religion and give up their entire fortune to the other 6 billion people on the Earth, everyone's share will be ... wait for it ... $600. A week's pay if you live in America; a year or more if you live in Guatemala or Nigeria. It doesn't go very far. I'm just doing the math. Might as well let them keep it. If 1000 billionaires holding 3.6 trillion dollars suddenly get religion and give up their entire fortune to the other 6 billion people on the Earth, everyone’s share will be … wait for it … $600. A week’s pay if you live in America; a year or more if you live in Guatemala or Nigeria. It doesn’t go very far. I’m just doing the math. Might as well let them keep it.

]]> http://toomuchonline.org/census-time-for-billionaires/#comment-395 Susanne Shaw Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:49:50 +0000 http://toomuchonline.org/?p=1245#comment-395 There are too many people to support on this finite planet, so those with the most should kindly step off, so that their wealth can be used to balance our environmental and equality deficits, with birth control given a great deal of attention. Greed needs to be considered a crime. There are too many people to support on this finite planet, so those with the most should kindly step off, so that their wealth can be used to balance our environmental and equality deficits, with birth control given a great deal of attention. Greed needs to be considered a crime.

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