RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuckerbe (Full Version)

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TheRaptorJesus -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuckerbe (12/11/2010 4:42:04 PM)

So we have a person decrying charity work?

I'll never cease to be amazed.



MasterNJ20 -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuck (12/11/2010 7:43:25 PM)

Well its simple..if he charges 1 penny per person to watch him play and 1 million people watch him (on tv, etc), then he gets 1 million pennies he made 10,000 dollars from 1 game. with 162 games in a season, let us assume he plays 100 of them. That is 1 million dollars. Now we can go back and look at how many people ACTUALLY watch the games, etc and see if he is making a large amount per person watching.

People who make alot of money do it through volume, not ripping people off (usually).

Oil companies, as corrupt as they are, make pennies (about 8 pennies) per gallon if I recall correctly. In the USA the government profits about 50 pennies per gallon. Interesting, no?

Anyway, if someone gives away money it is (usually) an honorable thing to do. No one should be looked down on because millions of people paid pennies to them and that added up to billions. The pledge is to encourage free giving of excess wealth. its better than having a private jet...or a parking lot of airplanes (some actor collects planes with his millions, if you're wondering where they can spend all that cash)



Brain -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuckerbe (12/11/2010 8:09:33 PM)



The purpose of the government should be to improve the life and well-being of all its citizens. And using tax revenues to do so is appropriate.

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ORIGINAL: CerVeza

and to all those leftist billionaires like puppet master soros who feels he isn't taxed enough (I know, they are crazy), you can all visit http://thurly.net/0ffj and pay MORE in taxes! Yay! Let the government waste even more of your wealth! Pretty cool eh?




liks2plzlf -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuckerbe (12/11/2010 9:49:00 PM)

Maybe they feel guilty because they don't pay much income taxes



MrRodgers -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuckerbe (12/11/2010 9:49:09 PM)

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ORIGINAL: CerVeza

and to all those leftist billionaires like puppet master soros who feels he isn't taxed enough (I know, they are crazy), you can all visit http://thurly.net/0ffj and pay MORE in taxes! Yay! Let the government waste even more of your wealth! Pretty cool eh?

That's just it, the govt. wastes yours and ours...not theirs.

Most billionaires' income is tax-free interest, capital gains or carried interest so they pay less than 1/2 what you pay (top bracket) when they should have paid %50 on those gains instead of more taxes in total actually paid by federal tax on labor.

(the richest %5 of American have an effect federal tax rate of %16.6, see the aforementioned)



AnimusRex -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuckerbe (12/12/2010 12:08:46 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Brain
The purpose of the government should be to improve the life and well-being of all its citizens.


Whoa, whoa with that commie socialist talk!

The purpose of gummint is to reward those who have given the most contributions.

get it straight, ok?



hertz -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuckerbe (12/12/2010 3:36:16 AM)

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: willbeurdaddy

You arent the arbiter of who is or isnt over-rewarded. In a largely free-market system it is IMPOSSIBLE for someone to be "over-rewarded".


Which is one of the flaws of the free-market system.

Unless you want to explain to me how a baseball player making $28 million a year is more valuable to society than a doctor or a firefighter.



Yep...



rulemylife -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuckerbe (12/12/2010 8:24:51 AM)

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ORIGINAL: TheRaptorJesus

So we have a person decrying charity work?

I'll never cease to be amazed.



Uhhhhhh..........if that was in response to me, go back and read the post I was responding to.

It was not about charity but the concept that there is no such as being over-compensated in a free market system.



rulemylife -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuck (12/12/2010 8:43:39 AM)

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ORIGINAL: MasterNJ20

Anyway, if someone gives away money it is (usually) an honorable thing to do. No one should be looked down on because millions of people paid pennies to them and that added up to billions. The pledge is to encourage free giving of excess wealth. its better than having a private jet...or a parking lot of airplanes (some actor collects planes with his millions, if you're wondering where they can spend all that cash)


Again, people seem to be misinterpreting what I was saying.

I was not talking about the charity aspect but specifically replying to Willbeur's free market theory in post #9.

And that actor collecting the airplanes is John Travolta.



MasterNJ20 -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuck (12/12/2010 9:18:01 AM)

Well I was really putting two posts in one.... the top half about the baseball player being an explanation of how a baseball player, or oil company, can get overly rich while not being overly rewarded per transaction, which was for you, RML.

The second half that you quoted was for people who are saying the wealthy should be required to return their money.

And thank you for the actors name, I couldn't think of it.



popeye1250 -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuck (12/12/2010 10:10:41 AM)

If I were a billionaire I wouldn't join that club. Who the hell would want to sit around with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet engaging in idle chit chat?
"Oh Warren, how many years have you been having your annual meeting in Omaha?"
"Thirty six years now."
"That's nice."
"Bill, anything new comming out at michrosoft?"
"No, nothing for two years or so."
"That's nice."
I'd just set up my own charitable trust.
If I were a billionaire why would I want to meet other billionaires? Besides "money" what would we have in common?
I doubt I could get Bill or Warren to hit the strip clubs for the night. They're probably in bed at 9 or 10 pm.



pahunkboy -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuck (12/12/2010 10:37:24 AM)

Yeah- I sure would not want to sleep with those guys.

Talk about creeping me out.



SL4V3M4YB3 -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuck (12/12/2010 10:41:11 AM)

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250
"Bill, anything new comming out at michrosoft?"
"No, nothing for two years or so."
"That's nice."

What I want to know is how many years ago that conversation would have been?



Moonhead -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuck (12/12/2010 11:41:27 AM)

Before Gates retired, so we'd be talking at least four years back.



SexyBossyBBW -> RE: Zuckerberg Joins 'The Giving Pledge': 17 More Billionaires To Give ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Mark Zuck (12/12/2010 11:51:26 AM)

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250
I wouldn't join that club. Who the hell would want to sit around with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet engaging in idle chit chat?
Oh yes popeye, I would much rather sleep with you, rather than conscientious, deep, worldly, wealthy, mature gentlemen. [8D]  M



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