Oxfam says world's rich could end poverty

laker1963

Rain

Al Jazeera? My number one source for news!Regardless, if true...really makes you think.

laker1963

Rain

laker1963

No thats is not what I meant. I meant your comments regarding Aljazeera not being your usual news source as though they were not a credible source for news. In fact they are one of the most trustworthy news sources on the planet today. I know some people like to hear or read news that closely follows their own beliefs, but THAT is not news. Good or bad, nice or not news should be raw and honest. Let the veiwers decide the truth after they are given all of the facts in a raw, unfettered manner. That was my point.

Rain

laker1963:

Good or bad, nice or not news should be raw and honest. Let the veiwers decide the truth after they are given all of the facts in a raw, unfettered manner.

Agreed.

beatnic

Aljazeera was the first to accurately report on Benghazi. They also have a lot of propaganda. But, you have to read all viewpoints to get a clear understanding.

beatnic

And I agree with the article in that the uber rich have the lion's share of the world's wealth. Our present administration would have you believe its' the people that make $300k/yr.

fla-gypsy

Alas the "war on poverty" has become a "war on the rich"! Brilliant! Increasingly I find myself thinking the end of sanity is near and the logical conclusion of this path the world (and the U.S.) is going down will be very ugly. The founders of our nation (U.S.) viewed property rights second only to life and liberty itself and now we are so willing to take from those who have by force if necessary, to give it to someone else.

Vulchor

I think it rather obtuse thinking for anyone to truly know what the founding fathers wouldve thought about many modern day issues. Gun control was about muskets to overthrown govt back then. Politics was about a king taking control over peoples lives...not billionares using their "influence" to effect elections. I mean, they wre quite clear about separation of church and state, and we've done a real bang up job with that one, right?

laker1963

fla-gypsy

Are things really that much different? The only real difference is the scale on which it exists, the players involved and the technology used to deploy it. The founding fathers were very clear on property rights, liberty and weapons in my estimation. They botched it on religion by a lack of specificity.

Vision

laker1963

kaspera79

fla-gypsy

bearb

Is this not what the concept of a bomb is? perhaps it is not the ''top 10%" on here, but many generously re-distribute their bounty to others for no other reason that the feeling of sharing the wealth so to speak. some focus on newbies, some on vets to blow up their box in return...but as with most charity things i involve myself, money or time with...i get much more than i receive. obviously the motivation on this idea would be to help those in need, make the world a much better place...but perhaps actions like these would not have allowed these ppl to make this kind of money in the first place.

Vision

LOL Did anyone care to read the "Sarcastic of course....and that this CCOM ....." People do it willingly... No? Ohh yea.... you didnt care to read that part.... I blame you

bearb

If you wish to see where your income actually does put you in the world ranking, use this site: http://www.globalrichlist.com/ the results will probably scare you a lot...i would think a lot more of you are actually in the top 100,000,000 richest ppl in the world than you realize. Visit the site please...it is pretty shocking to most ppl!

Vision

bearb

k....i m out of this discussion pleeeese! I forgot why i dont post on the non-cigar stuff. But please do visit that globalrichlist site...very interesting..and humbling to me atleast.

rzaman

This is an article about fact finding. I don't understand how it became so political. The truth about social science is, if the gap of the distribution of wealth widen up in an alarming level then there will be a social chaos. This theory has nothing to do with Capitalism or Socialism.

Vision

I was being sarcastic and trying to add levity to the discussion.... Then I was attacked and called "slow".... Meh......

Vision

I think it was Mike T. that said it best. He said something like "You cant even joke around without someone attacking you."

laker1963

Ken Light

When asked for comment, the 100 richest people in the world said, "That's interesting. Now go f*** yourself."

Vision

Vision:

I was being sarcastic and trying to add levity to the discussion.... Then I was attacked and called "slow".... Meh......

Laker... would you like to comment?

laker1963

Vision

fla-gypsy

So every dissenting opinion is personal, and nothing about that article was political until I made it so? An article sourced by Al-Jazeera, that calls for a "Global New Deal" mentions tax havens, tax laws, and income inequality? Please define "political" in your terms for me.

laker1963