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

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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

[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.