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Happy Hoosier

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2. What looks "rich" to you? What's rich?

Reply to The Wandering Harper (Original post)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:37 AM

Dec 6

I'm a fan of Scott Galloway (a genuiniely rich man). He makes the point that the "kinda rich" tend to actually pay their fair share of taxes. It's the genuinely rich that pay much lower rates.

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too many people who say "eat the rich," [View all] The Wandering Harper Dec 6 OP

Personally, I don't hobnob with the 1% EYESORE 9001 Dec 6 #1

I know plenty of people who are nowhere near the 1% The Wandering Harper Dec 6 #3

I see many more who give no appearance of wealth EYESORE 9001 Dec 6 #5

What looks "rich" to you? What's rich? Happy Hoosier Dec 6 #2

I'm more concerned now with who I look rich to /nt The Wandering Harper Dec 6 #8

I wear a T-shirt and jeans 90% of the time. Happy Hoosier Dec 6 #13

it's not about who I might be afraid of The Wandering Harper Dec 6 #21

Excellent point orangecrush Dec 6 #23

I say, "Eat the rich!" quaint Dec 6 #4

sure, I probably look rich to the people who were recently cleared from the homeless encampment The Wandering Harper Dec 6 #7

we're all still the 99% comparitively...no matter what it looks like. FirstLight Dec 6 #6

If we just eat Elon Musk, a big part of the immediate problem immediately goes away. El-Capitan Dec 6 #9

thing is, how? How do we eat Elon Musk? The Wandering Harper Dec 6 #10

Musk is the number one rich guy threatening us. El-Capitan Dec 6 #11

Ewee. Botox poisoning. haele Dec 6 #12

I don't say Eat The Rich. johnp3907 Dec 6 #14

... orangecrush Dec 6 #17

Nah, just tax the rich to feed the poor until there is no rich no more SammyWinstonJack Dec 6 #15

But don't wait orangecrush Dec 6 #18

but who is going to do that now? /nt The Wandering Harper Dec 6 #19

They sound awfully nervous today orangecrush Dec 6 #16

Depends on where you live. EllieBC Dec 6 #20

Kid, I don't know any billionaires or even millionaires 🤨 Blue_Tires Dec 6 #22