If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?

[CC27]

kentuck (115,850) Posts

If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?

You still would not have a trillion.

You would have $900 billion dollars.

I say that we give those 300 million Americans a check for 3,000 each and just tax one man.

Elon Musk would still have a $100 billion dollars left to play with, and would still be one of the richest men in the world.

It is so obscene.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221301416

He is a special kind of stupid

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Every time I educate online lefty to the fact that this wealth is not sitting in a mayonnaise jar on top of the fridge but distributing it would require selling assets like factories - thereby leaving workers unemployed - for pennies on the dollar, online lefty rages in absolute disbelief. Their ignorance of this fact tells you all you need to know about their ability to discuss the subject intelligently.

[SVPete]

This is kt's fantasy image of Musk (and other billionaires):



Reality is that stealing that $900M from Musk would destroy multiple companies, sell off real estate, and due to the fire-sale timing, Musk would not have the $100B kt imagines. Then again, due to the fire-sale timing, the theft would not yield the fantasized $900B.

And who would be next year's target for kt's mass thievery? Ongoing efforts cannot be funded with one-time $$$$.

[ADsOutburst]

This reminds me of preschool math problems. You know, the ones that go "If Bob has ten apples, and he gives 1 to each of nine other people, how many does he have left?"

Yes, that's how simplistic the 'thinking' is at DU.

[DUmpDiver]

If the poorest 300M each got $3,000 then most would run out to spend it and cause inflation. One year later they'd economically all be just where they started.

[CollectivismMustDie]

Jealousy, envy and hatred.

This is what fuels modern day leftoids.

[FlippyDoo]

If you gave kentuck 100 IQ points, you still wouldn't have a genius.

[Old n Grumpy]

This reminds me of preschool math problems. You know, the ones that go "If Bob has ten apples, and he gives 1 to each of nine other people, how many does he have left?"

Yes, that's how simplistic the 'thinking' is at DU.

According to progressive mafamatics he would wind up with 11

[DUmpDiver]

If you gave kentuck 100 IQ points, you still wouldn't have a genius.

He'd be on a par with housecats.

[FlippyDoo]

He'd be on a par with housecats.

It would depend on the housecat. I had a couple about 8 years ago. The smartest was more intelligent than kentuck even if you spotted kentuck 200 points. Now the dumb one. Well, although he was a sweet cat, he was about dumbest animal that I've ever seen, but I still think he'd be above kentuck even with kentuck being given 100 points.