No, he didn't. She invited herself . . . her mission was to convince Trump to liberate prisoners. Moreover, that visit had absolutely nothing to do with economics, finance or efficiency. No, you truly don't. You think you do, but you are mistaken. You give absolutely no credit for the creation and maintenance of the employment of others. Until you give credit for that "facet", you fail to recognize all of the "multifunctional outcomes", and to be more engaged in the subject matter and less involved in political partisanship. In the case of my example, Warren Buffet, he is worth about $150B and employs roughly 400,000 individuals. Making some crude assumptions and doing some rough math, he is probably responsible for an annual payroll and benefits far exceeding $50B. That's a lot of lives hanging in the balance, and a lot of management, decisions, and worry come with that. I'm not saying Buffet's time is worth all that he earns. He gets rewarded for more than just his time. He puts his money at risk . . . just like many everyday Americans do in their 401ks and IRAs. He just does so on a different scale - one you cannot possibly comprehend - and he deserves a return for taking that risk, much the same as all of us who have money in the stock market, in a 401k account or in an IRA. Buffet could coast downhill, pissing away his fortune on cocaine, prostitutes and wasted paint supplies like Hunter Biden on steroids, but he instead chooses to continue growing his business. This is a self-made man . . . not some silver-spoon-in-mouth heir, like a Paris Hilton who offers nothing redeeming to American Society. It is those you should despise, by the way, not they who grow the ranks of the working in this nation. I infer from your desire to make $150,000 that you could be earning closer to $100,000 and feel dissatisfied at that level. I'll put it in perspective for you. Regardless of what my present salary is, my wife and I live quite comfortably on less than $60,000 annually. We have always lived well within our means, and will continue to do so. At $100,000 annually, we could pretty easily set aside $15,000 annually after taxes. $150,000 would put the annual savings at over $50,000 after taxes. I personally think you should be less focused on billionaires, and more on how to make the most of your current income . . . not theirs. I nominate that for Broad Brush Statement of the Year . . .
If you invite yourself do you think he'd see you and do a photo op? Hah, nah. I chose it somewhat arbitrarily to make a point about just how much a billion dollars is. I'm in science, I'm not gonna make money no matter how hard I work.
What makes YOU the arbiter of how much money a person should make? Personally, I couldn't care less how much money a person makes whether that's $100 a year or $100 trillion a year, it's not any of my business. And it shouldn't be any of yours.
I've probably had a second job for 30+ years since I graduated from college, and I'm nearly retirement age. If you love what you're doing, but want to make more money, why not give it a try?
I've done it before, so I'm not opposed. At the moment though, it's not legal for me (visa restrictions and whatnot)
You would care if someone had 100 trillion dollars, I guarantee it. Recall how Zimbabwe went through hyperinflation and produced some 100 trillion dollar bills. I don't care if someone has 100 trillion zimbabwe dollars. However, it demonstrates that in order for those zeros to have meaning, there must be a limited supply available. While wealth isn't exactly a zero-sum game, it certainly has apects of one. If someone has 100 trillion 2024 dollars, you are either abandoning the dollar as a currency or suffering for it.
I see the nuance of my exaggeration to emphasize a point is beyond your scope of understanding. Carry on, boy.
Problem is there is corruption/ waste/ inefficiency/ poor work ethic in Govt. I find I as one person can get the work done of 20 civil servants here in Canada. Even going up vs my competition in lawncare/ I can easily maintain 120+ properties/ competition cannot match me with 6 on staff. Thus I can clear 350K in eight months working as an army of one.
Well that is exactly the rub. Government employees have been the most protected class of people in our nation. There is literally nothing you can do to get fired, unlike the private sector. So why then would a federal employee have any motivation to exceed?
Thet's pritty durned good pay, iffin ya ask me. In all seriousness, entrepreneurship motivates one to make the most of one's time . . . working for someone else doesn't do that. It's easy to see why folks working for "The Man" are jealous, and why they feel underpaid. Their first impulse is to lash out against the one who is thinking about how to get more done in less time, instead of thinking about how much others make.
Exactly! So true. My nephew got his first job working for the City of Ottawa. He got hired by Parks/ they cut grass/ same as me. I used to get him riled up when I bragged that I could do same amt. of work as ten City Public works guys. At last Christmas dinner/ he told my Wife that John was wrong back then. He then laughed and told her its really bad. John can probably do the work of 25 City employees! And he started off at $36 an hr./ so not min. wages.
