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madfloridian

(88,117 posts)
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 03:08 PM Dec 2013

Bloomberg on poverty. "Sometimes some of us are lucky and some of us are not"

Actually he said worse than that. His full quote was in defense of his homeless policies. He said it was just the way God works.

Dear Mr. Bloomberg: I hate to tell you, but that kind of poverty is caused by man. It is caused by policies in countries where the very rich are so greedy that they try to get richer by taking from the needy. It is going on right now in our country, and it sounds like you are complicit.

“This kid was dealt a bad hand. I don’t know quite why. That’s just the way God works. Sometimes some of us are lucky and some of us are not,” he said.


That is pure arrogance, hubris.

More on this from the link:

Bloomberg Defends Homeless Policies While Calling Dasani Story ‘Extremely Atypical’

After the New York Times published an emotional, five-part series on a homeless 11-year-old girl named Dasani growing up in the city’s shelters, many New Yorkers reacted passionately. Among them was Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, who called the status quo unacceptable and vowed last week to change the city’s approach when he takes office next year.

Asked today if he was similarly moved by the story, current Mayor Michael Bloomberg told Politicker he’d had a different reaction.

While calling her life story “really quite extraordinary,” Mr. Bloomberg insisted Dasani’s situation was not representative of the city’s broader homeless population.

.....Addressing Politicker directly, Mr. Bloomberg also took a direct shot at the media: “I think one of the problems is a lot of journalists have never looked around the world–your smirk shows you haven’t been outside the country and don’t know what poverty means elsewheres.”


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Bloomberg on poverty. "Sometimes some of us are lucky and some of us are not" (Original Post) madfloridian Dec 2013 OP
Uh, excuse me Mike, but God didn't do that. progressoid Dec 2013 #1
Always so easy to say when you're on "God's good side" whatchamacallit Dec 2013 #2
The scary part is that they BELIEVE this, bvar22 Dec 2013 #3
So Bloomberg is saying HE is extremely lucky? Rex Dec 2013 #4
Yep, he is very lucky. The poor are not, according to him. God did it. madfloridian Dec 2013 #8
How does someone this idiotic amass such a fortune? adirondacker Dec 2013 #5
"Blessed are the lucky, for they shall inherit the earth" deutsey Dec 2013 #6
deutsey, good to see you. madfloridian Dec 2013 #7
I lurk a lot here and make random potshot posts like this one deutsey Dec 2013 #11
IOW, blame God. There ya go, Mikey... CTyankee Dec 2013 #9
Calvinism, a large influence on Protestantism in this country, teaches this AZ Progressive Dec 2013 #10
Predestination madfloridian Dec 2013 #13
Fate FarCenter Dec 2013 #18
DRIVEL. GeorgeGist Dec 2013 #22
He is a disgusting excuse for a human seveneyes Dec 2013 #12
So glad he is gone! Starry Messenger Dec 2013 #14
That was an awful thing for him to say. madfloridian Dec 2013 #15
Bloomberg has got to be one of the most hated politicians out there. painesghost Dec 2013 #16
A guy who was born rich would say that. Bloomberg increased his wealth beyond bluestate10 Dec 2013 #17
Somebody please drop-kick Bloomberg into brentspeak Dec 2013 #19
Here is the link to Dasani's story in the NY Times which offended thin skinned Bloomberg so much DeschutesRiver Dec 2013 #20
I had read parts of it. So intense. madfloridian Dec 2013 #23
Intense is the perfect word. And it helped balance things to know that there are still people DeschutesRiver Dec 2013 #24
OK, so men are responsible for poverty. ananda Dec 2013 #21

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
3. The scary part is that they BELIEVE this,
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 04:25 PM
Dec 2013

and use it to justify the extreme Wealth Disparity,
and absolve themselves of any responsibility for the Suffering of The POOR.

It is GOD's will that they suffer,
and it is Gods WILL that we are WEALTHY.


And it gets worse.
Their WEALTH and POWER is a sign from GOD that they (and ONLY they) have been chosen to rule the WORLD.

This is some sick, SICK shit,
and not reserved for Republicans.
Centrist Democrats attend regular "Prayer Breakfasts" hosted by "The Family",
and Eat That Shit UP!

There is a good article on "C Street" and "The Family" in the New Yorker.

Frat House for Jesus
The entity behind C Street.
by Peter J. Boyer September 13, 2010

<I started to post some snips,
but you really have to go read the whole thing
for it to make sense.>

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/13/100913fa_fact_boyer





 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
4. So Bloomberg is saying HE is extremely lucky?
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 04:26 PM
Dec 2013

BS. He is an expensive piece of trash and nothing more. Just more proof that all the money in the world cannot by someone class.

adirondacker

(2,921 posts)
5. How does someone this idiotic amass such a fortune?
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 04:32 PM
Dec 2013

Don't bother answering. Scary that he has power over millions.

madfloridian

(88,117 posts)
7. deutsey, good to see you.
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 05:44 PM
Dec 2013

Haven't seen much of you in a while.

The "lucky" are raking in more dough all the time. By needlessly harming the poor and needy.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
11. I lurk a lot here and make random potshot posts like this one
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 07:11 PM
Dec 2013

It's good to see you as well...if only it were under better circumstances.

Regardless, I hope you have nice holiday season.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
9. IOW, blame God. There ya go, Mikey...
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 06:40 PM
Dec 2013

give it up and go away...for good...I don't want to see your face on my TV anymore...

AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts)
10. Calvinism, a large influence on Protestantism in this country, teaches this
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 07:02 PM
Dec 2013

Calvinism said that it was gods will (at birth or before of someone) whether they would be the chosen ones and thus would be blessed with prosperity, or damned and suffer as a result, and no one can help them because it's Gods will (and thus it's Gods will for people to be poor because they are already destined for damnation and all events are willed by God.)

madfloridian

(88,117 posts)
13. Predestination
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 09:17 PM
Dec 2013
"Predestination, in theology, is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God. John Calvin interpreted biblical predestination to mean that God willed eternal damnation for some people and salvation for others.[1] Explanations of predestination often seek to address the so-called "paradox of free will", whereby God's omniscience seems incompatible with human free will. In this usage, predestination can be regarded as a form of religious determinism; and usually predeterminism."



 

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
18. Fate
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 10:10 PM
Dec 2013
It follows from what has been said that, in the Catholic view, the idea of fate--St. Thomas dislikes the word--must lack the note of absolute necessity, since God's decrees are free, while it preserves the character of relative necessity inasmuch as such decrees, when once passed, cannot be gainsaid. Moreover, God knows what is going to happen because it is going to happen, and not vice versa. Hence the futurity of an event is a logical, but not a physical, consequence of God's foreknowledge. See FREE WILL, GOD, MIRACLE, PROVIDENCE.


http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05793a.htm
 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
12. He is a disgusting excuse for a human
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 07:18 PM
Dec 2013

.....Addressing Politicker directly, Mr. Bloomberg also took a direct shot at the media: “I think one of the problems is a lot of journalists have never looked around the world–your smirk shows you haven’t been outside the country and don’t know what poverty means elsewheres.”

As if everyone has your Billion$ to skip through life, gallivanting about the world with not a care.

painesghost

(91 posts)
16. Bloomberg has got to be one of the most hated politicians out there.
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 10:02 PM
Dec 2013

I don't know any Republicans or Democrats that support him. At least Bush has his supporters on the Right. Who exactly supports Bloomberg?

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
17. A guy who was born rich would say that. Bloomberg increased his wealth beyond
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 10:06 PM
Dec 2013

what he inherited, but he was born very rich.

madfloridian

(88,117 posts)
23. I had read parts of it. So intense.
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 10:57 PM
Dec 2013

She's a lovely girl with so many hopes and dreams. I taught some like that. They were so special, I probably treated them as such; I think it showed. I think other students treated them that way because I did, so I don't regret it. When I look back I would give them my phone number when they had unusual problems going on. Not once did any ever misuse it. They needed someone to talk to, someone to care.

DeschutesRiver

(2,354 posts)
24. Intense is the perfect word. And it helped balance things to know that there are still people
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 11:42 PM
Dec 2013

who care..thanks for the hope you gave to the ones who needed it. It can be a heartless and uncaring world and it is nice to be reminded that some people do their best to try to make a difference.

Instead of making excuses, like Bloomberg.

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