Billionaire President

Originally posted by Omega Vision
And he does more than just give money, he also initiates some rather beneficial projects. I recall reading something about a project he was bankrolling from his own pocket to design a good computer for children in developing nations that would be sold for under $100 each.

I can guarentee that it would end up being sold right here, in the US of A, and targeted at low income individuals. When you have that much money, charity is a must, as it allows you more direct control over how your money is spent. It's nice that he spent his own money to research it, under a tax shelter, and then end up making as much money off of that as those who owned those cheap cell phone plans that errupted in the inner city and then spread through the youth market because it was 'gangsta.

I think his and his wife's and his father's foundations have done a lot of good. But I think the man is shrewd, as well.

Seems like a waste of time. Just another rich white guy who wants political power.

Originally posted by skekUng
I can guarentee that it would end up being sold right here, in the US of A, and targeted at low income individuals. When you have that much money, charity is a must, as it allows you more direct control over how your money is spent. It's nice that he spent his own money to research it, under a tax shelter, and then end up making as much money off of that as those who owned those cheap cell phone plans that errupted in the inner city and then spread through the youth market because it was 'gangsta.

I think his and his wife's and his father's foundations have done a lot of good. But I think the man is shrewd, as well.

Originally posted by Tha C-Master
What I mean is that he was more supportive of him back when he started and didn't mention that. He mentioned it now but it's later in the term where it is less relevant.

Originally posted by skekUng
According to today's standards, this is socialism, spreading the wealth around and the reason Zeal Ex Nihilo gets migraines. As the Republican party has recently begun polling at 51% 'birther', there is a better-than-ever chance Mr. Trump could make traction. Policies like this one you mention, however, will only be turned against him should folks like the Kock Brothers ever begin to take him seriously. He won't last as long as the primaries because he's not really as batshit crazy as he is pretending to be right now. (I assure you, his more level-headed solutions will go right out the window should he keep his footing after more supposedly serious politicians toss their hat into the ring. I would say that America is just about due to elect a reality tv star to the presidency. He could fill his cabinet positions with all 62 members of the duggar family.

You know the doomsday clock, and how important it was to know how far from midnight we were, during the Cold War? Well, I'd like to suggest to all those birthers and conspiracy theorists out there that we replace it with an "Idiocracy Clock", which will let us know just how long we have before we're all the Mt. Dew-guzzling, sitting on a toilet as comfortable as a recliner watching TV, "Welcome to Costco, I love you" morons suggested by the 2006 Mike Judge film, Idiocracy.

Oh and not sure if that's the affordable laptop project you guys talked about that he supported, but I love this one: http://one.laptop.org/

It's so great, also I wanted that laptop since I first heard about it 😐

Originally posted by King Kandy
Its only "relevant" since he's trying to stir up hatred and fear for Obama so he has a better shot of winning next year. It isn't an impact on Obama's presidency this term.

Originally posted by Bardock42

Oh and not sure if that's the affordable laptop project you guys talked about that he supported, but I love this one: http://one.laptop.org/

It's so great, also I wanted that laptop since I first heard about it 😐

wtf is this bullshit. Poor people in other countries get Bill Gates certified cheap laptops to use in School? I live in a not poor country and I got no laptops in school!

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
wtf is this bullshit. Poor people in other countries get Bill Gates certified cheap laptops to use in School? I live in a not poor country and I got no laptops in school!

the poor in America need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps

and besides, look how bad the government/corporations always mess up poor communities, whereas there has never been a time that white people have messed up African nations with their interference

lol

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
wtf is this bullshit. Poor people in other countries get Bill Gates certified cheap laptops to use in School? I live in a not poor country and I got no laptops in school!

Exactly!

I demand a Bill Gate's poor person computer. I've been cheated.

Originally posted by Bardock42

Oh and not sure if that's the affordable laptop project you guys talked about that he supported, but I love this one: http://one.laptop.org/

It's so great, also I wanted that laptop since I first heard about it 😐

But, that doesn't even address the point of the movie.

Originally posted by King Kandy
Um, they HAVE existed, for over two years at least. And they are not being sold in the US like you say.

the beauty of a statement like "it would end up being", is that it doesn't have to be true at the moment for it to be correct.

Lots of hundred dollar bills floating around the third world, isn't there?

Originally posted by skekUng
the beauty of a statement like "it [b]would end up being", is that it doesn't have to be true at the moment for it to be correct.

Lots of hundred dollar bills floating around the third world, isn't there? [/B]

Nice to know since now its safe to ignore it.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
wtf is this bullshit. Poor people in other countries get Bill Gates certified cheap laptops to use in School? I live in a not poor country and I got no laptops in school!

Actually, the US is one of the major benefactor of this if you look at the world map, with almost 100 000 laptops in use....so...yeah.

Originally posted by skekUng
But, that doesn't even address the point of the movie.

Indeed, this addresses the people who watched the movie and behave like that.

It addresses your idea of us all becoming that though and it being a horrible, horrible thing.

Originally posted by tru-marvell
With Mr. Trump announcing his possible run for the white house-I thought it a good idea to post this:

Who among these 10 ( or if u really want to add your own) Billioniares
would you most likely vote for and who from this list would you choose as their running mate.

Needless to say, Black's short, miserable stint as chancellor proves how wrong that thinking is, something that was obvious to everyone else (with common sense) from the start.

Originally posted by King Kandy
So basically your idea is unfalsifiable because if it doesn't happen, you can just say it hasn't happened yet.

Nice to know since now its safe to ignore it.

no, it's nice to know that once these things are finished being useful under the tax shelter that R&D provides, the product will be marketed here.

Originally posted by Mindship
Cathie Black for school chancellor, even though she had zero educational experience, never went to public school, and her children were attending a private school in another state.

/facepalm

ah politics...

Originally posted by Bardock42
And tax them on their income additionally? And if so, how much?

Well here's the problem with how people have been fooled into believing bullshit in this country. It's been framed that the insanely high taxes on high income pre-Reagan was an effort to redistribute wealth when in actuality, with the way right-offs were setup, they were a clever way for government to basically twist the rich's arm into growing their business and hiring. The idea was that you either grow your business and make a little more next year or you get punished for being unamerican. Free trade complicates that since America is more or less the least protectionist nation on the planet and the richest people receiving income exclusively from capital gains makes it worse. A good tax plan to eliminate the deficit and actually recover the economy would look like this-

-70% tax on income over $1 million. This can be written off by investing in domestic companies.
-90% tax on capital gains levied on all citizens under 65 who do not earn an additional income.
-5% luxury tax on net worth for all citizens and legal residents owning property in the United States or its territories worth over $5 million. To be increased to 15% during economic deficits and 30% during wartime, regardless of whether congress has declared war.
-Flat 30% write-off for charitable contributions regardless of income.
-All income subject to Social Security tax.
-20% sin tax on all recreational drugs, prostitution, political contributions and pornography with the exception of alcohol.
-Unpaid corporate income tax to be levied against the personal income of all boardmembers and executives of said corporations (additional 35%, regardless of whether it exceeds 100% of income).
-Penalty for dodging taxes using offshore havens-seizure of all assets and a minimum of 35 years in prison.
-Revoke tax on unemployment insurance payments.
-Revoke tax on pay and awards for Peace Corps and AmeriCorps corpsmembers and all military NCO's and CO's earning under $50,000 annually.

That's just tax policy and I would vote for any billionaire touting that kind of budget. If we're going to have horrific income inequality, we should solve it by having the people hoarding 50% of the wealth foot 95% of the tax burden.

lol, sin tax? and not on alcohol?