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"Poor" Betsy DeVos...... (Original Post) ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2019 OP
Imagine having everything you could ever need materially... doompatrol39 Mar 2019 #1
It's ugly durablend Mar 2019 #2
Great comment and so true. llmart Mar 2019 #3
It looks like a movie theater for Scientologists. Sugar Smack Mar 2019 #4
You know who was most surprised that Special Olympics was being defunded in Trump's budget? gratuitous Mar 2019 #5
slavering pack of jackwagons Celerity Mar 2019 #7
Of course he doesn't! moose65 Mar 2019 #8
I will never understand these people moose65 Mar 2019 #6
That is one of the world's great mysteries. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #10
Wow. ooky Mar 2019 #9
Rooms bigger than my upper floor of my house..... ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2019 #11
Goes to show, being rich doesn't mean you have good taste C_U_L8R Mar 2019 #12
 

doompatrol39

(428 posts)
1. Imagine having everything you could ever need materially...
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 11:53 AM
Mar 2019

..and STILL choosing to spend your time trying to take education and services away from poor kids. The level of pure spite and malice that must go into that decision process is just off the charts.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. You know who was most surprised that Special Olympics was being defunded in Trump's budget?
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 12:04 PM
Mar 2019

That's right; Donald J. Trump hisself. Also, as he told the slavering pack of jackwagons last night in Grand Rapids, he's gonna put up $300 million for some Great Lakes dealio. The budget he submitted to Congress, however, cuts that number by $270 million. It's horrible the way Donald J. Trump doesn't know what's in his own budget.

moose65

(3,167 posts)
6. I will never understand these people
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 12:07 PM
Mar 2019

If I was as filthy rich as DeVos, or the Kochs, or the Waltons, I'd be out enjoying my life, taking care of my family and friends, and contributing large sums of money to charity. Why in the world do these people want to be involved in the government? They have all the money they could ever possibly need in 100 lifetimes. Are they really that evil that they would want to steal the crumbs from the rest of us so they can earn a few more dollars? Even if we tripled the amount of taxes they pay, it wouldn't make a difference in their lives, but what they want to do to the rest of us WOULD hurt people.

The Waltons mystify me the most. They have made their fortunes by selling cheap Chinese shit to poor people. Don't they understand that if poor people had more money, then more of it would trickle up to them? Rich folks don't shop at WalMart!!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
10. That is one of the world's great mysteries.
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 12:13 PM
Mar 2019

I will never understand it either. There must be something so warped and twisted in their minds and worldview that propels them to behave this way.

Just think of what a wonderful life you could have with all that money and still have plenty of money left over to do so much good in the world and bring happiness to millions.

But no, they focus on causing as much pain and damage to those who have the least in society. What kind of sickness possesses them?

ooky

(8,923 posts)
9. Wow.
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 12:12 PM
Mar 2019

Does she not have enough for herself yet that she wants to cut funding for the special olympics kids? I can think of no words that suitably describe her evil. Perhaps the seven circles of hell, all seven of them?

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,785 posts)
11. Rooms bigger than my upper floor of my house.....
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 12:18 PM
Mar 2019

Being rich is one thing. It does not buy respect or humility.

TAX the rich! That will make them humble before God and the world.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
12. Goes to show, being rich doesn't mean you have good taste
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 12:22 PM
Mar 2019

that monstrosity looks like an overgilt and supersized restoration hardware from hell

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