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CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 08:36 PM Mar 2016

Not all of the 1%'ers are like the Koch brothers and fossil fuel executives

(Just posted on the GD-P board - I'm sure all hell is about to break loose.)

When are people going to wise up to the fact that some of the 1% are on our side, Some of the very rich actually have a conscious. Not all of the executives on Wall street are trying to buy votes with their contributions. Some have stated publicly that they are more than willingly pay higher taxes. Others don't need the government tax breaks and cozy deals; they have too much money to worry about such BS. Some billionaires are teaming up with other billionaires to give away most of their fortunes to charity.

A progressive candidate would be foolish not to set up a Super PAC and not take their money, especially when the Koch Brothers and other evil billionaires are funding the opposition with hundreds of millions of dollars in this election cycle alone. Wouldn't that be better than extracting $27 contributions from folks who really can't afford it.


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Not all of the 1%'ers are like the Koch brothers and fossil fuel executives (Original Post) CajunBlazer Mar 2016 OP
So true! anotherproletariat Mar 2016 #1
Don't know whether they were in the 1% or not Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #2
Great observation: It's not wealth that's bad per se but greed CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #3
You are right. In fact some Sanders supporters right on this forum are "1%ers", and some.... George II Mar 2016 #4
 

anotherproletariat

(1,446 posts)
1. So true!
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 08:56 PM
Mar 2016

It really doesn't take that much wealth to be in the top 1%. You don't have to be a billionaire. According to the IRS, the top 1% income range is over $428,713 adjusted gross income per year. If we have to play by the post-Citizen's United rules, then it is to our benefit to not explicitly exclude anyone who may want to support a Democratic candidate.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
2. Don't know whether they were in the 1% or not
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:02 PM
Mar 2016

But FDR and JFK were wealthy and are considered liberal icons.

It's not wealth that's bad per se but greed. There's a belief among many successful people that once you've achieved success you give something back to the community.

The wealthy who do not believe in such but instead screw over the less fortunate in the pursuit of even more wealth are the ones who deserve our disdain.

George II

(67,782 posts)
4. You are right. In fact some Sanders supporters right on this forum are "1%ers", and some....
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:54 PM
Mar 2016

....of Sanders biggest backers outside of this forum are 1%ers.

Indeed, in the unlikelyhood that Sanders is elected President he would be instantly propelled into the 1%!

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