Originally posted by Symmetric ChaosI'll settle for that.
Well an American one.
Originally posted by Symmetric ChaosI bet they come to NY. NY loves it millionaires and billionaires so much it's gotten dependent on them for its livelihood. If I understand correctly, Wall Street was not punished as fervently as it "should have been," for its part in the recession, for fear of companies packing up and leaving, taking all that tax revenue with them.
But as we all know if you tell businessmen they can only make billions of dollars a year once the median standard of living rises they'll just leave the country. Which is why no wealthy people live anywhere in Europe.
It's as if, just as humans long ago began shaping the natural environment to their benefit, but to the detriment of other species along the way, so it might seem that the "financial elite" are thus shaping the financial environment.
Originally posted by Mindship
I'll settle for that.I bet they come to NY. NY loves it millionaires and billionaires so much it's gotten dependent on them for its livelihood. If I understand correctly, Wall Street was not punished as fervently as it "should have been," for its part in the recession, for fear of companies packing up and leaving, taking all that tax revenue with them.
It's as if, just as humans long ago began shaping the natural environment to their benefit, but to the detriment of other species along the way, so it might seem that the "financial elite" are thus shaping the financial environment.