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03-25-2013, 07:15 AM
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Walmart Heirs own more wealth than bottom 40%
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...ealth-bottom-/
Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs own more wealth than bottom 40 percent of Americans.
The Waltons, of course, are members of the proverbial 1 percent. But are they really sitting on that much wealth? We decided to check it out.
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03-25-2013, 07:52 AM
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The government should seize that wealth and distribute it to every freeloader and deadbeat in the country. 
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03-25-2013, 08:11 AM
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Good for them! Their old man only created the greatest retail apparatus in the history of the world.
Btw, Your next Liberal savior was a Walmart board member who helped lead them during some of their greatest growth. Bet you won't hold that against her.
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03-25-2013, 08:15 AM
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Walmart should be paying the Stock Clerks 100k a year like the Teachers in Chicago get
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03-25-2013, 08:24 AM
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and this is surprising in what way? I hope you didn't think that the lower classes would fair well under Obama's crony socialism, and actually develop positive net worth based on food stamps, unemployment and disability? 
to put things in perspective, lets do the "fair" thing and confiscate the entire wealth of the Walton family, $100 billion dollars, and hand it over to these lower 40% of families which according to the article number 29 million.
each family gets a check for a whopping $3,440.
case closed, problem solved. no more wealth for the Waltons, and each family is now on easy street.
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03-25-2013, 09:05 AM
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But here's the even better part Jim, After you take the money from the Waltons and give it to the rest, where do you think both sides will be a year from now?
I would bet the Waltons would be re-establishing their wealth and the rest would be busted again.....
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03-25-2013, 09:05 AM
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Walmart should use nothing but windmills to provide electricity to its stores.
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03-25-2013, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by newtothegame
But here's the even better part Jim, After you take the money from the Waltons and give it to the rest, where do you think both sides will be a year from now?
I would bet the Waltons would be re-establishing their wealth and the rest would be busted again.....
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Yeah, but if you took all the rich people's money it would keep the poor going for two maybe even three years, and, after that...well, I haven't figured that out yet 
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03-25-2013, 09:21 AM
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Soon it will be the grand kids and the greatgrand kids who doing their best Johnny du Pont impressions.
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03-25-2013, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by newtothegame
But here's the even better part Jim, After you take the money from the Waltons and give it to the rest, where do you think both sides will be a year from now?
I would bet the Waltons would be re-establishing their wealth and the rest would be busted again.....
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exactly because after buying booze, cigarettes and lottery tickets, the 40% would spend what was left at Walmart!
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03-25-2013, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by newtothegame
But here's the even better part Jim, After you take the money from the Waltons and give it to the rest, where do you think both sides will be a year from now?
I would bet the Waltons would be re-establishing their wealth and the rest would be busted again.....
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I have read where several economists figure about 5 years....that's it & all $'s back where they came from.
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03-25-2013, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by hcap
Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs own more wealth than bottom 40 percent of Americans.
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So what, they earned it, so what's the beef? Oh wait, I know, liberals just cannot tolerate Walmart, one of the great success stories of our time. A business that thrives and makes it's founders wealthy through hard work and initiative is, by the usual warped leftist thinking, evil.
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03-25-2013, 10:48 AM
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I'm glad there's no Walmart in my town. Teenagers are much better off hanging out on a street corner than be under the yoke of an evil oppressor like Walmart.
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03-25-2013, 10:52 AM
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Liberals despise such success stories. Take from the rich and give to the poor is their theme, whether the fortune was earned through hard work or not.
They should share their wealth with who their told to share it with, not who they want to share it with?
What total bullshit, just like this thread.
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03-25-2013, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by hcap
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...ealth-bottom-/
Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs own more wealth than bottom 40 percent of Americans.
The Waltons, of course, are members of the proverbial 1 percent. But are they really sitting on that much wealth? We decided to check it out.
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Who made you or Bernie Sanders worthy of determining what was too much money for any person or persons? Why are liberals so opposed to success?
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