So you say, hypocrite. Is one-percenter Taylor paying his fair share? Why does he keep working? Why doesn't he give $59 million to the poor?
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So you say, hypocrite. Is one-percenter Taylor paying his fair share? Why does he keep working? Why doesn't he give $59 million to the poor?
evince
Truthmatters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle
The term "eye of a needle" is used as a metaphor for a very narrow opening. It occurs several times throughout the Talmud. The New Testament quotes Jesus as saying that "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God".
The term "eye of a needle" is used as a metaphor for a very narrow opening. It occurs several times throughout the Talmud. The New Testament quotes Jesus as saying that "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God".
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Music makes me happy.
Being with good people makes me happy.
You can't buy that.
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.
It is so simple it amazes me it is so elusive to so many.
I do feel sorry for those who are obsessed with wealth acquisition far in excess of needs. Hey, if it comes to you easy, fine. Enjoy it. But to deny yourself happiness in pursuit of more, when you already have plenty? Totally foolish. As if you can buy more days on the planet to enjoy it.
No wonder so many conservatives are so hacked off about taxing.
They think they are losing the battle for happiness if some of their wealth is taxed away - even if they have way more than they ever need!
Fools.
Being with good people makes me happy.
You can't buy that.
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.
It is so simple it amazes me it is so elusive to so many.
I do feel sorry for those who are obsessed with wealth acquisition far in excess of needs. Hey, if it comes to you easy, fine. Enjoy it. But to deny yourself happiness in pursuit of more, when you already have plenty? Totally foolish. As if you can buy more days on the planet to enjoy it.
No wonder so many conservatives are so hacked off about taxing.
They think they are losing the battle for happiness if some of their wealth is taxed away - even if they have way more than they ever need!
Fools.
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evince
Truthmatters
music?
you suggest he should stop making music?
wow you really are one horribly lost soul who only seeks to create pain in others
how deeply pathetic you are.
hell I even feel sorry for the human creature who was forced to write your russo bot hole program
Post the proof that you pay the US Treasury more than you have to.
I'll understand if you can't, of course.
Liberals seem to think it's only rich conservatives who are greedy, tight-fisted and miserable, yet they don't seem to have any evidence to back up their smug assumptions.
No, Desh, I asked why he keeps on working.
Are his concerts free?
Does he perform gratis?
evince
Truthmatters
evince
Truthmatters
"The research Norton has conducted illustrating this phenomenon is dispiriting. In a paper published earlier this year, he and his collaborators asked more than 2,000 people who have net worths of at least $1 million (including many whose wealth far exceeded that threshold) how happy they were on a scale of 1 to 10, and then how much more money they would need to get to 10. “All the way up the income-wealth spectrum,” Norton told me, “basically everyone says [they’d need] two or three times as much" to be perfectly happy."
evince
Truthmatters
when will people realize its not words to make poor people feel better about being poor
Money can buy THINGS
money cant buy happiness
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Unlike the study Desh claims to have seen that supposedly proved that "Republicans are way more racist than Black people", this study actually exists:
..."counties with a higher proportion of people voting Republican report higher charitable contributions, and tax burden partially mediates this relationship. However, the effect of political ideology on charitable contributions is nonlinear. As the proportion voting Republican in non-Republican-dominated counties increases, the predicted levels of charitable giving actually decreases. In contrast, as the proportion voting Republican increases in Republican-dominated counties, charitable contributions increase."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0899764018804088
Unlike the study Desh claims to have seen that supposedly proved that "Republicans are way more racist than Black people", this study actually exists:
..."counties with a higher proportion of people voting Republican report higher charitable contributions, and tax burden partially mediates this relationship. However, the effect of political ideology on charitable contributions is nonlinear. As the proportion voting Republican in non-Republican-dominated counties increases, the predicted levels of charitable giving actually decreases. In contrast, as the proportion voting Republican increases in Republican-dominated counties, charitable contributions increase."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0899764018804088
Can't answer my questions, can you, Desh?
Why does a man with a reported net worth of $60 million keep charging for his performances?
Doesn't he know that...
Are you saying that James Taylor is a mega-rich sociopath, Desh?
Desh sees nothing wrong with DEMOCRATS chasing big bucks
Since Bill and Hillary Clinton left the White House in 2001, they have turned political fame into a personal fortune, raking in more than $240 million, according to analysis of 15 years of their tax returns.
Bill made most of the money, earning $189 million by writing books, giving speeches, consulting private companies and advising billionaire Ron Burkle.
Days after his presidency ended, he earned $125,000 for a speech at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. in New York, according to a financial disclosure form Hillary filed as a senator in 2002.
It was the first of hundreds of paid speeches that collectively made him an estimated $106 million over 15 years.
In 2004 he published his bestselling memoir My Life, one of the former president’s four titles. Clinton earned an estimated $38 million as an author from 2001 to 2015.
In addition to the high-profile books and speaking gigs, he quietly earned several million dollars offering consulting to private companies. He made $15 million advising billionaire Ron Burkle’s investment firm Yucaipa and another $24 million consulting for-profit education companies Laureate Education and GMS Education.
Although Hillary’s earnings lagged during her years in the Senate (2001-09) and President Obama’s cabinet (2009-13), she quickly made up for lost time after leaving public office.
She earned $9 million in speaking fees in both 2013 and 2014.
In 2007, as Hillary was gearing up for a presidential race, she earned only $123,000 as an author and nothing as a speaker. But in 2015, she made $1 million from speaking and $3 million from writing. Her book Hard Choices was released in June 2014, perfect timing for the election season. Its publisher, Simon & Schuster, paid her $12 million from 2013 to 2015.
In 2007, the year Hillary fought Barack Obama for the DEMOCRAT nomination, Bill was traveling to places like Norway, Korea and Germany, earning $9 million from speaking engagements. In 2015, he was far more grounded, earning roughly half as much as a speaker.
Bill Clinton wound down two of his most valuable consulting gigs as his wife fought for the presidency a second time. His earnings from Laureate Education dropped from $4.3 million in 2014 to $1.1 million in 2015 as he stepped down from his role as honorary chancellor of the for-profit university. His earnings from GEMS Education fell from $2.1 million in 2014 to $562,500 in 2015.
With both Clintons on the campaign trail, the power couple earned $11 million in 2015, their lowest total since 2009. Even still, their combined earnings were higher the total compensation packages of some of America’s highest-profile business executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oracle/2018/11/30/communications-providers-offer-lesson-in-how-to-embrace-digital-disruption/#1be8e26452a4
Since Bill and Hillary Clinton left the White House in 2001, they have turned political fame into a personal fortune, raking in more than $240 million, according to analysis of 15 years of their tax returns.
Bill made most of the money, earning $189 million by writing books, giving speeches, consulting private companies and advising billionaire Ron Burkle.
Days after his presidency ended, he earned $125,000 for a speech at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. in New York, according to a financial disclosure form Hillary filed as a senator in 2002.
It was the first of hundreds of paid speeches that collectively made him an estimated $106 million over 15 years.
In 2004 he published his bestselling memoir My Life, one of the former president’s four titles. Clinton earned an estimated $38 million as an author from 2001 to 2015.
In addition to the high-profile books and speaking gigs, he quietly earned several million dollars offering consulting to private companies. He made $15 million advising billionaire Ron Burkle’s investment firm Yucaipa and another $24 million consulting for-profit education companies Laureate Education and GMS Education.
Although Hillary’s earnings lagged during her years in the Senate (2001-09) and President Obama’s cabinet (2009-13), she quickly made up for lost time after leaving public office.
She earned $9 million in speaking fees in both 2013 and 2014.
In 2007, as Hillary was gearing up for a presidential race, she earned only $123,000 as an author and nothing as a speaker. But in 2015, she made $1 million from speaking and $3 million from writing. Her book Hard Choices was released in June 2014, perfect timing for the election season. Its publisher, Simon & Schuster, paid her $12 million from 2013 to 2015.
In 2007, the year Hillary fought Barack Obama for the DEMOCRAT nomination, Bill was traveling to places like Norway, Korea and Germany, earning $9 million from speaking engagements. In 2015, he was far more grounded, earning roughly half as much as a speaker.
Bill Clinton wound down two of his most valuable consulting gigs as his wife fought for the presidency a second time. His earnings from Laureate Education dropped from $4.3 million in 2014 to $1.1 million in 2015 as he stepped down from his role as honorary chancellor of the for-profit university. His earnings from GEMS Education fell from $2.1 million in 2014 to $562,500 in 2015.
With both Clintons on the campaign trail, the power couple earned $11 million in 2015, their lowest total since 2009. Even still, their combined earnings were higher the total compensation packages of some of America’s highest-profile business executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oracle/2018/11/30/communications-providers-offer-lesson-in-how-to-embrace-digital-disruption/#1be8e26452a4
Don’t tell Trump!
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
I love my life.
Life is so good for me!
Maybe it is easier because I gave up on the idea of a God a long time ago. Being free form religious pressure really does ease up on a lot of stress. One of the most important things in being happy is avoiding stress, I think. That's one of the reasons I don't put up with or enable online abuse. It just turns into unneeded stress. And stress detracts from happiness.
To enjoy your life, you need to enjoy your days.
Are you going to have a good day today?
I am, if I have anything to do with it.
And I usually do!
Life is good. I love my life.
You can love yours too.
Try reducing stress and try to move toward having your days full of what you like to do, whatever makes you happy!
Enjoy the passage of time.
Like James Taylor sang.
Life is so good for me!
Maybe it is easier because I gave up on the idea of a God a long time ago. Being free form religious pressure really does ease up on a lot of stress. One of the most important things in being happy is avoiding stress, I think. That's one of the reasons I don't put up with or enable online abuse. It just turns into unneeded stress. And stress detracts from happiness.
To enjoy your life, you need to enjoy your days.
Are you going to have a good day today?
I am, if I have anything to do with it.
And I usually do!
Life is good. I love my life.
You can love yours too.
Try reducing stress and try to move toward having your days full of what you like to do, whatever makes you happy!
Enjoy the passage of time.
Like James Taylor sang.
Absolutely agree!
Money buys sex, which is what most men seem to want.
"Love" is a silly concept, IMO.