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Centibillionaires

While I personally hate bezos and musk...good for them, honestly.

We are the only country on earth where you can start a business selling books from your garage, to end up being the richest man in the world....on paper at least.

One thing you also have to look at is inflation, the dollar is worth 1/2 of what it was worth in 1990.....1/2!

It's easy to be a billionaire when the dollar is worth peanuts.

Ide be interested to see the world wealth map when their value is converted into a fairly universal hard currency like gold
 
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While I personally hate bezos and musk...good for them, honestly.

We are the only country on earth where you can start a business selling books from your garage, to end up being the richest man in the world....on paper at least.

He didn't get that way from playing by the rules everybody else has to play by.
Breaking the law, then bullying local governments to cut deals favorable to you in the extreme is a huge help on competition.
Having the government shut down all your competition so people can only buy from you is a huge help.

The big corporations and ultra rich get that way because they can blatantly do things that the average small business owner would be in jail for.
 
He didn't get that way from playing by the rules everybody else has to play by.
Breaking the law, then bullying local governments to cut deals favorable to you in the extreme is a huge help on competition.
Having the government shut down all your competition so people can only buy from you is a huge help.

The big corporations and ultra rich get that way because they can blatantly do things that the average small business owner would be in jail for.
Not saying I agree with it...or support it....but it's nothing new or unique to them....thats the way business has been done in america since...well since there's been an america....I bet even good ol' george washington had to make a bribe or two to amass his wealth.

No one gets anywhere in business without making a few bribes and backdoor deals.

frankly a lot of those issues would go away if we simply reduced the power of the govt.

this is simply a case where "dont hate the player, hate the game" rings true.
 
Tesla has made a bunch of millionaires this year.
52 week low of 70.10.... today its trading over 700 per share. He is building 3 new car plants, his solar panels are doing well, not to mention Space X which is still private, The Boring Company and Nurolink. Elon will surpass Bezos and possibly the first trillionaire.
 
52 week low of 70.10.... today its trading over 700 per share. He is building 3 new car plants, his solar panels are doing well, not to mention Space X which is still private, The Boring Company and Nurolink. Elon will surpass Bezos and possibly the first trillionaire.

I wonder if he would 'gift me' a measly little million?
 
Thats a lot of cabbage. The rest of us are becoming poors.


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“Centi-“ doesn’t mean what you think it means... The prefix centi denotes 1/100, as in 1 centimeter is 1/100 of a meter. “Hecto-“ is the appropriate prefix, unless you’re referring to “long form” where “deci-“ (1/10) is appropriate...

 
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52 week low of 70.10.... today its trading over 700 per share. He is building 3 new car plants, his solar panels are doing well, not to mention Space X which is still private, The Boring Company and Nurolink. Elon will surpass Bezos and possibly the first trillionaire.
I'll bet his solar panels are doing well. Our murderous moronic governor Cumhole took $700 million taxpayer dollars and built them a gigantic factory, which at least check hasnt hired enough people to operate a fast food restaurant. The only bright spot was governor Cumhole was able to line the pockets of his corrupt supporters with the lucrative construction contracts, so all is not lost. Quite certain his untraceable kickbacks closed that financial loop nicely.
 
That’s a lot of dicks! Oh well, a million is still a million whether you start a business, invest, or suck dicks.
It really starts to make you question your purchases. Is this rifle worth 200 dicks? Is a case of 556 worth 40 dicks? Another reason why I stay away from 50 cal, 4 or 5 rounds per dick....yea no thanks.
 
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It really starts to make you question your purchases. Is this rifle worth 200 dicks? Is a case of 556 worth 40 dicks? Another reason why I stay away from 50 cal, 4 or 5 rounds per dick....yea no thanks.

If they taught personal finances like this in school, nobody would ever go broke again. Damn, a bottle of good liquor would be 5 dicks! A carton of smokes is 3 dicks, and groceries would be near 15 dicks!
 
If they taught personal finances like this in school, nobody would ever go broke again. Damn, a bottle of good liquor would be 5 dicks! A carton of smokes is 3 dicks, and groceries would be near 15 dicks!

This all assumes somebody wants to pay for your "services". What if nobody is interested in paying for "services" since they can get it for free?
 
I do not fault the wealthy for being wealthy but I'm often disgusted by their use of their wealth. I also occasionally ponder whether those at the top truly deserve the compensation that they get.
 
That’s a lot of dicks! Oh well, a million is still a million whether you start a business, invest, or suck dicks.
The Left wants to do away with paper money and go to the dick sucking system.

Mankind will have made a complete circle and back to the world's second oldest profession.
 
“Centi-“ doesn’t mean what you think it means... The prefix centi denotes 1/100, as in 1 centimeter is 1/100 of a meter. “Hecto-“ is the appropriate prefix, unless you’re referring to “long form” where “deci-“ (1/10) is appropriate...




centi- combining form
Definition of centi-
1: hundred
centipede
2: one hundredth part of
centimeter
[French, from Latin centi-, hundred, from centum; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.]
 
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He didn't get that way from playing by the rules everybody else has to play by.
Breaking the law, then bullying local governments to cut deals favorable to you in the extreme is a huge help on competition.
Having the government shut down all your competition so people can only buy from you is a huge help.

The big corporations and ultra rich get that way because they can blatantly do things that the average small business owner would be in jail for.

IMO he didn’t have to bully local governments, he just provided them the option of a) giving Amazon tax breaks to build in their city, or b) not giving tax breaks and risk “losing out”. Too many local governments were all to happy to compete for Amazon and their $15/hr jobs.

ETA that I agree our small business(es) don’t have the same appeal to local government.
 
IMO he didn’t have to bully local governments, he just provided them the option of a) giving Amazon tax breaks to build in their city, or b) not giving tax breaks and risk “losing out”. Too many local governments were all to happy to compete for Amazon and their $15/hr jobs.

Let's put it another way, if some other small business was to totally ignore laws and run up a huge sales tax bill, they would be hit with fines and penalties and potential jail time. They would NOT be told, how about you just spend all that money the court ruled you owe, on building stuff and we'll call it good...

Also DON'T buy that B.S. about Amazon having good $15/hour jobs. The reality is Amazon is one of the most horrible, oppressive places to work for true 1800s style horrible working condition. Sure they claim they pay their employees $15 per hour, but they make sure your hours on site vs. how much you take home comes out to much less than that. Amazon exploits people till they destroy them and then moves on to the next victims.
 
Let's put it another way, if some other small business was to totally ignore laws and run up a huge sales tax bill, they would be hit with fines and penalties and potential jail time. They would NOT be told, how about you just spend all that money the court ruled you owe, on building stuff and we'll call it good...

Also DON'T buy that B.S. about Amazon having good $15/hour jobs. The reality is Amazon is one of the most horrible, oppressive places to work for true 1800s style horrible working condition. Sure they claim they pay their employees $15 per hour, but they make sure your hours on site vs. how much you take home comes out to much less than that. Amazon exploits people till they destroy them and then moves on to the next victims.

I worked there and was making $18.30 an hour. They make you bust your ass when you are there but the pay was good for the type of work required.

I also do not like Amazon as a company but they do provide decent paying jobs for a lot of people.
 
Amazon has to drive the employees because we want to order something and have it on our door step asap and serving 350 million people who can't wait.
 
Tesla has made a bunch of millionaires this year.

Tesla made exactly jack shit, Musk did not need to move a finger to get from 26- cca 100Billion , folks sitting at home waiting for government checks, gambling on stock, and more than anything FED printing trillions of $ + government dolling out trillions made a bunch of billionaires !! while mainstreet burns
 
Tesla made exactly jack shit, Musk did not need to move a finger to get from 26- cca 100Billion , folks sitting at home waiting for government checks, gambling on stock, and more than anything FED printing trillions of $ + government dolling out trillions made a bunch of billionaires !! while mainstreet burns

Cool story.
 
The stock market went up because the government poured trillions of dollars worth of free money into it.
Apparently the stock market going up is good optics even if the real economy is being destroyed.
The politicians and the rich only care about themselves and why not use some "emergency" to rob the public blind and give it all to the elites.
 
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centi- combining form
Definition of centi-
1: hundred
centipede
2: one hundredth part of
centimeter
[French, from Latin centi-, hundred, from centum; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.]

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I’ve liked Amazon since I bought it at $327 per share.
I worked there and was making $18.30 an hour. They make you bust your ass when you are there but the pay was good for the type of work required.

I also do not like Amazon as a company but they do provide decent paying jobs for a lot of people.
Stop me if you've heard this one...



I like Amazon because if one of their vendors makes a great product, they copy it, manufacture it in a ChiCom factory with child slave labor and sell it under their own brand and say "fuck your copyrights and patents"......


.......oh, wait.....


It just goes on and on and on....



Here's another profitable growth industry, good pay, great investment:

Planned Parenthood Leaders Admit Under Oath to Harvesting ...
https://www.lifenews.com/2020/06/30...harvesting-body-parts-from-babies-born-alive/
The 13th video: exposes a Planned Parenthood medical director admitting that babies born alive after abortion are sometimes killed. The 14th video: catches Planned Parenthood executives discussing gruesome abortion procedures and the sale of body parts from aborted babies for profit.
Journalists Who Exposed Planned Parenthood's 'Baby Body ...
https://www.dailywire.com/news/brea...arenthoods-baby-body-parts-trade-found-guilty
Planned Parenthood was awarded almost $2 million for the filming after alleging activist journalist David Daleiden secretly recorded executives negotiating to sell baby body parts. Peter Breen, a lawyer for Mr. Daleiden, said the judgement is a direct threat to undercover journalism in California and across the country.
 
Stop me if you've heard this one...



I like Amazon because if one of their vendors makes a great product, they copy it, manufacture it in a ChiCom factory with child slave labor and sell it under their own brand and say "fuck your copyrights and patents"......


.......oh, wait.....


It just goes on and on and on....



Here's another profitable growth industry, good pay, great investment:

Planned Parenthood Leaders Admit Under Oath to Harvesting ...
https://www.lifenews.com/2020/06/30...harvesting-body-parts-from-babies-born-alive/
The 13th video: exposes a Planned Parenthood medical director admitting that babies born alive after abortion are sometimes killed. The 14th video: catches Planned Parenthood executives discussing gruesome abortion procedures and the sale of body parts from aborted babies for profit.
Journalists Who Exposed Planned Parenthood's 'Baby Body ...
https://www.dailywire.com/news/brea...arenthoods-baby-body-parts-trade-found-guilty
Planned Parenthood was awarded almost $2 million for the filming after alleging activist journalist David Daleiden secretly recorded executives negotiating to sell baby body parts. Peter Breen, a lawyer for Mr. Daleiden, said the judgement is a direct threat to undercover journalism in California and across the country.
Yup, they are not a company with morals but they do provide jobs. It would be interesting if tax incentives were given to small businesses if that would help market competition.
 
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Yup, they are not a company with morals but they do provide jobs. It would be interesting if tax incentives were given to small businesses if that would help market competition.

I wonder how it is working for one of Muskie's outfits?
 
Yup, they are not a company with morals but they do provide jobs. It would be interesting if tax incentives were given to small businesses if that would help market competition.
'Cmon man......jobs?

Amazon Giving $500M in Holiday Bonuses to Frontline Workers
https://www.tmz.com/2020/11/26/amazon-giving-500-million-bonuses-frontline-workers-thanksgiving-day/
The news comes just days after Amazon veteran staffers grew furious over new hires getting as much as $3,000 in signing bonuses to work the holiday season... while vets got measly turkey vouchers...


It's just slavery with more steps....


Tax incentives?

The SBA shit the bed with EIDL and PPP loans, they hired Rocket Mortgage (Quicken Loans) to set up the program and couldn't set-up a secure portal for loan documents.

Hat Tip to: CITA, not only were the "most secure" elections held, the SBA had the "most secure" email that got phished and hacked.

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You mean like Solyndra or the farm subsidies PedoJoe and the Ho promised to take away?

It's hilarious......but stunningly depressing.

Print fiat currency and talk about "the free market".