Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore has been touring Occupy Wall Street demonstrations across the country–including some of the most violent, such as Occupy Oakland–urging activists to continue their fight against the wealthy “one percent” of Americans.
Initially, Moore tried to deny that his massive wealth made him a member of that one percent. Even when forced to admit the obvious, Moore suggested that he was not always among the one percent, based on his income: “Other years, like last year, I don’t have a job (no movie, no book) and so I make a lot less.”
The fact is that Moore is so wealthy that he does not need to worry about his income. According to public tax records, Moore owns a massive vacation home on Torch Lake, Michigan–one of the most elite communities in the United States–in addition to his posh Manhattan residence.
Through an independent source, Big Hollywood has obtained exclusive photographs of the house matching the address of Moore’s waterfront mansion. It is the kind of luxurious summer home that 99 percent of Americans can only dream of owning.
The Occupy movement is full of 1%ers who believe that America needs to rebuild the middle class, and that the 1% slackers need to pay their share of the tax burden. Moore, Buffett, and thousands more wealthy Americans want income equity and opportunity for all. Check them out at: ~"We are the 1 percent, We stand with the 99 percent"~ http://westandwiththe99percent.tumblr.com/
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The Occupy movement is full of 1%ers who believe that America needs to rebuild the middle class, and that the 1% slackers need to pay their share of the tax burden. Moore, Buffett, and thousands more wealthy Americans want income equity and opportunity for all. Check them out at: ~"We are the 1 percent, We stand with the 99 percent"~ http://westandwiththe99percent.tumblr.com/
He's not willingly give his money to those that need it? Nooooo...is he going to hire more workers? How about pay his workers more. Obviously he could have paid his workers MORE if he can afford a million dollar VACATION HOME.
He's not willingly give his money to those that need it? Nooooo...is he going to hire more workers? How about pay his workers more. Obviously he could have paid his workers MORE if he can afford a million dollar VACATION HOME.
~ "Obviously he could have paid his workers MORE if he can afford a million dollar VACATION HOME" ??? If Moore doubled the pay of his employees, he'd still be a wealthy man... and that would nothing to do with the Rich paying their fair share of the country's tax burden. Moore, Buffett and thousands of others who are wealthy, want the country's middle class to prosper, not fail at the expense of the Richest Americans.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
~ "Obviously he could have paid his workers MORE if he can afford a million dollar VACATION HOME" ??? If Moore doubled the pay of his employees, he'd still be a wealthy man... and that would nothing to do with the Rich paying their fair share of the country's tax burden. Moore, Buffett and thousands of others who are wealthy, want the country's middle class to prosper, not fail at the expense of the Richest Americans.
I don't understand, the people you mention live tens if not hundreds of times above the average American. Doesn't that mean at some point, while accumulating their wealth, they under paid their workers? So now they can come out and support the 99% and that washes their hands of their prior greed? How convenient.
Are you saying that if the government doesn't come and take their money for redistribution they are not morally obligated to do it themselves. Sounds like a pretty lame excuse to me.
I don't understand, the people you mention live tens if not hundreds of times above the average American. Doesn't that mean at some point, while accumulating their wealth, they under paid their workers? So now they can come out and support the 99% and that washes their hands of their prior greed? How convenient.
Are you saying that if the government doesn't come and take their money for redistribution they are not morally obligated to do it themselves. Sounds like a pretty lame excuse to me.
Cicero's " Doesn't that mean at some point, while accumulating their wealth, they under paid their workers? ", statement just shows how clueless Cicero is on this subject. The answer to your question is, IMO, NO! But it says a lot about how you perceive the problem.
Although I'm sure there are some wealthy who have accumulated their wealth on the backs of their employees, I doubt that is true in most cases. Many people have become wealthy with no or almost no employees... Some have a very well paid employees, even overpaid, and became rich BECAUSE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
The 99% movement is about opportunity, about a fair tax structure for everyone, and about preventing Corporations from buying our Government.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Cicero's " Doesn't that mean at some point, while accumulating their wealth, they under paid their workers? ", statement just shows how clueless Cicero is on this subject. The answer to your question is, IMO, NO! But it says a lot about how you perceive the problem.
Although I'm sure there are some wealthy who have accumulated their wealth on the backs of their employees, I doubt that is true in most cases. Many people have become wealthy with no or almost no employees... Some have a very well paid employees, even overpaid, and became rich BECAUSE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
The 99% movement is about opportunity, about a fair tax structure for everyone, and about preventing Corporations from buying our Government.
the corporations that bought our government because it was allowed by our government because we elected our government
I remember being in school in the 80's.....aaaaahhhhhh the 'just do it' logo all over and Coke machines in public schools.......who was raking that in? yeah.....I wasn't voting then
it was at that time that 401k's and retirement(ask Dennis Hopper) became the main game.....
I ain't working for the man, plan began it's saga.......
then it became...look what I made 'the man' give me.....a mortgage that I really couldn't afford but was a great podium puck
the government 'social safety nets/welfare/security' should be that poor and certainly NOT so fat and REALLY less important or imposing....but the hippies/yuppies were happy with it because they assumed everyone liked their campfire......and were looking for alot of wood for it......
how old is michael moore?
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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