How do you feel about the Forbes top 100 Billionaires list in regards to poverty?

[Truth200]

http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#tab:overall

^If such a small amount of people can hoard that much wealth does it explain why others are in poverty?

We know that money = resources under capitalism.

If you have the money you can buy the resources and if you don't have the money you can't buy the resources.

And we wonder why people are starving and living in the ghetto.

 

[Brown_Pride]

false dichotomy much?
On one hand I can't fault someone for busting their ass to do well in a horrible game, on the other hand it takes a lot of greed to be able to bust your ass that way.

Ultimately I blame the people in the society they live in for allowing things to continue as they have been.

 

[88m3]

The same way I view Stalin and Pol Pot...

 

[DEAD7]

@ that poll

 

[Brown_Pride]

@ that poll

we used to ask those questions as kids to fuk with people.

Do your parents know you're gay?
Yes?
No?

Choose.

 

[Truth200]

The same way I view Stalin and Pol Pot...

Tell me what level of sarcasm this is on a 1-10 scale?

1 being serious and 10 meaning extremely sarcastic...

 

[88m3]

Tell me what level of sarcasm this is on a 1-10 scale?

1 being serious and 10 meaning extremely sarcastic...

I hold them both in equally poor regard.

So I suppose a 1 on your scale.

 

[Truth200]

I hold them both in equally poor regard.

So I suppose a 1 on your scale.

Fair enough, i respect that.

When you look at the poverty in Mexico it's hard to justify Carlos Slim Helu having 86 billion dollars.

And that goes for the rest of the list also...

 

[88m3]

Fair enough, i respect that.

When you look at the poverty in Mexico it's hard to justify Carlos Slim Helu having 86 billion dollars.

And that goes for the rest of the list also...

Poverty is everywhere.

There's a pretty glaring percent of 'American' children who are food insecure today.

 

[DEAD7]

When you look at the poverty in Mexico it's hard to justify Carlos Slim Helu having 86 billion dollars.

That's a total non-sequitur, but...

Lets say we take that 86 billion dollars and divide it evenly amongst everyone in Mexico. Explain to me what will happen next.

 

[Truth200]

http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#tab:overall

I only see one black face in the top 200 and he is the 'richest man in Africa.

 

[Truth200]

That's a total non-sequitur, but...

Lets say we take that 86 billion dollars and divide it evenly amongst everyone in Mexico. Explain to me what will happen next.

There will be some poor people in Mexico who get to eat better and have a higher quality of life.

Even if that's just a temporary thing so be it.

 

[DEAD7]

There will be some poor people in Mexico who get to eat better and have a higher quality of life.

Even if that's just a temporary thing so be it.

So you're just in it for some immediate gain, real or nominal...

Fair enough.

 

[Truth200]

So you're just in it for some immediate gain, real or nominal...

Fair enough.

I answered your question now answer mine.

What good comes from a man having 86 billion dollars in a country with poverty like Mexico?

 

[Futuristic Eskimo]

That's a total non-sequitur, but...

Lets say we take that 86 billion dollars and divide it evenly amongst everyone in Mexico. Explain to me what will happen next.

And who exactly is making the argument that this guy's money needs to be confiscated and divided evenly amongst the entire population?