08-14-2019, 10:41 AM
(08-14-2019, 09:13 AM)Hintergrund Wrote: The Electoral College doesn't matter that much. Billionaires probably can bribe - sorry, lobby - in every system. But yes, we have too many active Silent billionaires, and it's their fault that the old age won't die, no matter how decrepit. Like a nonagenarian kept alive by machines in his hospital bed, which costs not 1000s but 10000s per day, if not more.
Check my thread "Powerful Silents". If you get your Silent sub-forum, we can move that thread to it.
I'm OK with the rich spending gazillions to extend their lives by a few years if that's how they chose to spend their money. I have a real problem when they think they get to decide how the world will work for everyone else. So yes, the uber-rich need to sit down and shut up, or we should tax the crap out of them. Perhaps both.
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