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Title: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: CC27 on June 13, 2026, 09:33:06 AM
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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
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on June 13, 2026, 09:44:05 AM
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.
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: SVPete on June 13, 2026, 09:57:25 AM
This is kt's fantasy image of Musk (and other billionaires):

(https://insidethemagic.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/money-bin.jpg)

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 $$$$.
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: ADsOutburst on June 13, 2026, 10:28:37 AM
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.
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: DUmpDiver on June 13, 2026, 07:35:46 PM
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.
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: CollectivismMustDie on June 14, 2026, 12:19:35 PM
Jealousy, envy and hatred.

This is what fuels modern day leftoids.
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: FlippyDoo on June 14, 2026, 01:24:28 PM
If you gave kentuck 100 IQ points, you still wouldn't have a genius.
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: Old n Grumpy on June 14, 2026, 01:35:13 PM
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 :-)
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: DUmpDiver on June 14, 2026, 04:20:42 PM
If you gave kentuck 100 IQ points, you still wouldn't have a genius.

He'd be on a par with housecats.
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: FlippyDoo on June 14, 2026, 05:49:43 PM
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.
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: SVPete on June 15, 2026, 08:50:09 AM
Oo! Oo! I found some of Elon Musk's "Money Bins"!
SpaceX - https://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SPACEX-HEADQUARTERS-HAWTHORNE-CALIFORNIA-scaled.jpg

Starlink
(https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/fb/51fbb531-c573-4349-a070-603375674d25/content/images/2026/01/Starlink-Building--1-.jpg)

X/Twitter
(https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1244493476.jpg)

Boring Company
(https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/the-boring-company-prufrock-iii-engineering-demo-day-recruitment-event-1000x600.jpg)

Neuralink -

Tesla
(https://static1.hotcarsimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tesla-Building-1.jpg)

PayPal
(https://investorplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/PYPL1600.jpg)
Title: Re: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...?
Post by: ADsOutburst on June 15, 2026, 07:21:14 PM
The left is acting like Musk becoming a trillionaire is itself somehow causing harm, despite hundreds of people becoming millionaires in very short order.

The left's perspective is so narrow. They're like the Monarch of Lineland.