When asked by New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin whether he thought billionaires had become too powerful in American life, the coffee magnate complained that “the moniker billionaire now has become the catchphrase”. Rather than using a word like billionaire to describe a person with billions of dollars, Schultz suggested it may be better to use expressions like “people of means” or “people of wealth”.
Poor Schultz. He was just trying to help us all out; generously digging into his rich vocabulary and spreading the semantic wealth. However, after footage of the interview went viral this week, the businessman has been mercilessly mocked. People of mean spirit have been suggesting their own alternatives to billionaire such as “robber barons”, “cash vampires”, and various other phrases that are probably too rude to repeat...
Yeah, I've probably repeated about twenty rude ones on Twitter just this weekend alone.
But let's play nice, shall we? Let's not go after the super-rich who are failing at noblesse oblige with the vindictive venom of French Revolutionaries.
If we're gonna label Billionaires for what they are, let's keep this professional yet accurate.
What, Schultz. You don't like that? You don't like getting called out for your greedy tax-dodging stealing-from-the-public ways?
Whadda ya gonna do, pay us to NOT insult you? You should. All of you Billionaires should tread lightly. There's 300 million of us and only 585 of you. I think we can take 'em in a fair fight.
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I read someone on Twitter the other day say that billionaires are crimes against humanity, but I'll take Avarice Americans.
-Doug in Oakland
You don't happen to know Drew in Oakland do you?
"We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs.We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me--and I welcome their hatred."
--FDR 10/31/1936
And the beat goes on . . . .
Okay, seriously, I am getting a ton of views statistics on this article but I'm not seeing any links to follow back. I just wanna thank the person(s) providing the shares, please leave a comment.
Doug In Indy, there's only Doug In Oakland. No Donnie, No Dweezy, No Doc, No Dyno, No Dimsdale, No Dickie. All of Oakland is Doug. Only Doug. Accept it.
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