This is one of the things that kills me. They have all of this money and their goal isn’t to do cool stuff with it like build theaters, or other community spaces. No, they just want more zeros in their bank account. I look at someone like Shari Redstone and I’m like you have all of this money and power, you could be a national hero by standing up to Trump, but no, you want more money… for what? You can’t spend the money you have now on yourself, so why why why Shari do you need more? It makes no sense to me, money without purpose is meaningless.
The Romans used their wealth for spectacles and festivals. The Robber Barons used their money to build lavish “cottages” for themselves then created foundations to give their offsprings jobs - think Rockefeller - and burnish their legacy - think Carnegie. The latest group want to buy themselves islands, go to mars, and buy yachts that need a secondary yacht to hold the helicopter pad. Their purpose is to acquire money. It’s an addiction with no end.
It *is* an addiction. In fact, I think there should be a Surgeon General's warning on every piece of currency and on every financial statement that says that the accumulation of money can become a dangerous addiction, or words to that effect.
You're right. The only 'benefit' they get from a tax break is perhaps to climb up a position or two on the leaderboard of the world's (or America's. Not sure.) leaderboard. Their goal is to be in the highest position before things like money stop meaning very much and they head for their survival barracks where there will be nobody left to care and where they will ultimately die.
There was a movie in the 50’s about nuclear annihilation. I think it was “On the Beach.” Only the people in Australia were left and the radioactive cloud would arrive soon. Well, everyone died. That’s how I think of these crazy people with too much money will wind up. Alone and dead. Their money won’t save them, and in acquiring it, they never had a real life, just things.
So did a lot of people. They are still dead. The problem with too few working brain cells and too much money is that these people think they can do anything they want.
To the billionaires they do need this tax cut. There was an old poster, “He who dies with the most toys, wins.” Just substitute money for toys.
This is one of the things that kills me. They have all of this money and their goal isn’t to do cool stuff with it like build theaters, or other community spaces. No, they just want more zeros in their bank account. I look at someone like Shari Redstone and I’m like you have all of this money and power, you could be a national hero by standing up to Trump, but no, you want more money… for what? You can’t spend the money you have now on yourself, so why why why Shari do you need more? It makes no sense to me, money without purpose is meaningless.
The Romans used their wealth for spectacles and festivals. The Robber Barons used their money to build lavish “cottages” for themselves then created foundations to give their offsprings jobs - think Rockefeller - and burnish their legacy - think Carnegie. The latest group want to buy themselves islands, go to mars, and buy yachts that need a secondary yacht to hold the helicopter pad. Their purpose is to acquire money. It’s an addiction with no end.
It *is* an addiction. In fact, I think there should be a Surgeon General's warning on every piece of currency and on every financial statement that says that the accumulation of money can become a dangerous addiction, or words to that effect.
You're right. The only 'benefit' they get from a tax break is perhaps to climb up a position or two on the leaderboard of the world's (or America's. Not sure.) leaderboard. Their goal is to be in the highest position before things like money stop meaning very much and they head for their survival barracks where there will be nobody left to care and where they will ultimately die.
There was a movie in the 50’s about nuclear annihilation. I think it was “On the Beach.” Only the people in Australia were left and the radioactive cloud would arrive soon. Well, everyone died. That’s how I think of these crazy people with too much money will wind up. Alone and dead. Their money won’t save them, and in acquiring it, they never had a real life, just things.
Musk and his pals actually talk about living forever.
So did a lot of people. They are still dead. The problem with too few working brain cells and too much money is that these people think they can do anything they want.