--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > > > new_morning_blank_slate wrote: > > > > > > > > >--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>History shows that not to be true at all. Most are just greedy > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >bastards > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>who care little about their fellow humanity. People like Bill > > Gates > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >are > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>a rare exception > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >Well 280 billion annually in american philanthropy sort of > > deflates > > > > >your thesis. (Or are you concerned about the miserliness of > > Europeans > > > > >-- who have lower levels of philanthropy?) > > > > > > > > > >Sure I would love to see american philanthropy at a trillion or > > 10 > > > > >trillion a year. European and Asian philanthropy matching such. > > It can > > > > > happen. It requires a change of ethos. A softening of world > > > > >consciousness if you will. Its "progressively" happening. > > > > > > > > > >What will stop such in its tracks is confisgatory tax rates of > > 95-100% > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>You still don't get that a progressive tax means people won't > > try to > > > > >>earn another dime if they are going to pay more in taxes. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >I get it. And I think you You are dead wrong. Many such people > > will > > > > >spend every waking hour on how to shelter income. Very > > unproductive > > > > >for society to have many of its better minds engaged in such. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for proving my point. Anyone who would spend their time > > doing > > > > that is mentally imbalanced. They are more in need of a > > psychiatrist > > > > than a financial adviser. You must have missed my point about > > Gates > > > > being like Hurley on "Lost." Hurley in the series is the > > unlikely young > > > > kid who happened to win the lottery and worth millions. Since > > he knew > > > > he was no expert on money he has financial manager taking care > > of his > > > > investments. In a flashback episode they show him meeting with > > the > > > > manager and learning of companies he didn't know he owned. > > > > > > > > If anything they need a serious course in meditation as they are > > too > > > > attached to their wealth. > > > > > > > > > > A point that MMY has used in his explanation for why he's jacked > > the price of TM to the > > > Moon: the wealthy run the world and need TM more than anyone, but > > won't use it if it is > > > too common. "A rich man does not go to a poor store." > > > > > > > > > Boy, you'd find some way to justify the holocaust if it was > > discovered that the TMO or MMY were responsible for it... > > > > That's a direct quote from MMY. It's how he explains the massive price hike. It may or not > be a good strategy, but its what he says he's doing. >
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