Quote:Rich people create very few jobs. In fact, per dollar of income they create much less employment than poor people do.

 

Being the guy siphoning off massive amounts of money from a monstrous corporation doesn't make someone a job creator, and the sooner that meme is abandoned as fantasy the better.

 

Oh, man, this is where you and I part ways completely. 

 

I have some friends who are rich, and they didn't make their money "siphoning it off from a large corporation."   They built businesses from the ground up, they did it with blood, sweat, and tears, and taking big risks, and along they way they created good jobs for hundreds of families, some of them in their particular business organization, and others outside it, like realtors, contractors, landscapers, boat builders, housekeepers, divorce lawyers, car dealers, and on and on and on.  And the money they managed to put in the bank went to mortgages and loans to people who needed them, and some of that money went to loans for people to start businesses that created hundreds of more jobs. 

 

I will NEVER discount the idea that some people are job creators and they get rich as a result of that, and they deserve their wealth because they created jobs and products that make lives a lot easier.  

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