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| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by Deborah98(f): 4:58pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
Where are those people saying this life no balance gather here let's discuss the way forward,my brain just dey misbehave seriously, someone should help me put out out the figures in words .. 1 Like |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by Ajibel(m): 5:22pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
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| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by Agbebakun22: 5:27pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
seanwilliam: Wow that mean say that Jeff na bastard money e get ooo... Thanks for the info sha |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by Bimpe29: 5:28pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
We're not just reciting the holy book but faithfully believe its contents. No one shall ever be rich/wealthy as Suleiman/Solomon (Peace of God be upon him). |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by DexterousOne(m): 8:13pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
Sanchez01: EXACTLY! This is obscene 1 Like |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by DexterousOne(m): 8:40pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
Xisnin: You got this all wrong One, Bernie Sanders is saying the absolute truth But let's leave Bernie out of this first The Feds are pumping the markets with excess liquidity, and they are intervening in every way possible in the market So the person you are quoting is right ! When I knew america was finished Was when the Feds started buying junk corporate bonds by the billions That's when I knew capitalism was dead and buried And what we have is a mix of corporate socialism and crony capitalism When record number of Americans are suffering seriously due to the failure of both the White House and both houses of Congress (both party leadership actually) Instead of the treasury, and congress to bail out people and small businesses They bailed out corporations and gave them all they wanted Now they are taking it so far as to saying that employees may not get to sue employers for creating unsafe working conditions if they catch covid at work.... America is descending into Brazil before our very eyes And that's what Bernie is complaining about This unbridled greed will destroy the country... The companies made so much money during the pandemic and they should be taxed more to at least help out in recalibrating things Bernie is also right on that one What he advocates for is what every developed country enjoys, but the greed of the corporate elite and the media that they control continue to deceive americans into believing all is well..... When they are being ripped off. What kind of economy gives all manners of loopholes for corporations to escape paying taxes Then use tax payer money to bail them out when they get into trouble for their own foolishness (eg. Using your Free Cash Flow in the good years for stock buybacks to inflate your share prices  ) and when the rainy day comes you are cash negative And btw, anti trust laws are in place to prevent behemoths like this from getting so big But greed And more greed Thankfully the American youth (at least s sizeable percentage of them) are waking up to see the shitshow going on and are taking their destiny into their own hands by running for office and they have been winning so far Corporate Greed eventually will be slain 1 Like |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by DexterousOne(m): 8:50pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
kiddkash: Indeed he is a monster Whose wings need to be clipped Amazon has brought far more harm than good 1 Like |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by DexterousOne(m): 8:57pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
Originalsly: Those front line workers he put on the field to risk their lives for the machine to keep running He treated them like crap They were getting sick And some were dying off All he could come up with was an extra $2 an hour for hazard pay Its WRONG And he was even fighting not to extend it.... This pandemic really exposed him and his company as the ghouls that they both aee And I lost all respect for him at that point The fact that free markets is fashionable does not mean we should normalise greed, cruelty and wickedness.... A living wage and not starvation wages should have been paid to the front line workers who risked their lives.... 2 Likes |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by DexterousOne(m): 9:05pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
JustforMen: You misunderstand the man And you are a victim of the brainwashing of mainstream media (who btw are the lackeys of the corporate greedy class) smear against Bernie For Bernie As long as you are paying your fair share of taxes (which most corporations are not) and paying your workers a reasonable wage That's fine by him and everyone But we know that these greedy corporations are not paying their taxes, and are also not paying their workers a reasonable wage For many Americans who are working so hard at two jobs and are just getting by, while the corporations keep most of the gains from their labour, it's wrong and immoral And that is what Bernie is speaking against But many who vilify him I just laugh Because subconsciously, they see themselves as belonging to that 1% class one day, hence their defence of these ghouls Sorry to break it to you all The game is rigged against most of us And there is a reason why It is called 1% Most of us will not get there in our lifetimes |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by Originalsly: 9:26pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
DexterousOne: It wasn't really about the wages because Amazon pays above the minimum wage. Walmart is the starvation wage champions. Amazon's problem was not providing a safe work environment for the employees in their warehouses. They weren't providing masks.... sanitizers etc... was business as usual. One lead a protest... it grew... workers walked off the job... Bozos didn't care... until it became news and he knew that was bad press. He made changes and added the hazard pay.raise... but fired the guy that started the protest. That did not go down well with the public... the guy got reinstated. Like you... that made me see him as a heartless person... money is everything. |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by lymelyte(m): 9:28pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
FahBuLous:what does he need gambling for again when he can buy all betting site in the world 2 Likes |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by kiddkash(m): 9:44pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
DexterousOne:please I want to understand exactly. did he swindle people out of their money or did he provide service in exchange for their money |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by pacespot(m): 9:54pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
The rate at which people are shopping on ecommerce sites today is unprecedented, I'm a culprit too. For instance, after multiple attempts to get someone to help me order Xiaomi Mi 9 phone from the computer village in Lagos, I discovered the guy was trying to dupe me, so I resorted to ordering my phone online. That is the ease of shopping provided by technology today, you can practically buy anything you want, even equiping your house furnitures online. That is why people like jeff are centibillionaires. 1 Like |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by 0neal(m): 9:54pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
Enough $money to continue the "copy cat" projects  |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by DexterousOne(m): 9:58pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
Originalsly: Yea I still recall all these incidents like it was yesterday How that black dude that blew whistle was treated I watched some of the interviews he granted What he revealed was damming Chris or so if I remembered correctly The unsafe working conditions were also what I wanted to mention How does $2 compensate for getting sick due to covid? Greed will destroy this economic order we are in... 1 Like |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by Ayobami7(m): 10:00pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
wow |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by Sniper101(m): 11:33pm On Aug 27, 2020 |
Ajibel: It's quite hilarious how most of y'all keep thinking the dude is actually 200 billion dollars rich 'in cash' |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by Xisnin(m): 12:37am On Aug 28, 2020 |
DexterousOne:Bernie is lying. I would have given him the benefit of the doubt if he was one unenlightened but he knows exactly what he is doing just like the communist of the old. Either I am in charge or I tear down the system. The Feds makes independent decisions on the best way to stabilize and improve the economy. Nigeria's CBN has been spent millions of dollars to defend the Naira. They are doing their job even though I am against such methods. It will be folly for someone to blame people that benefits from such intervention while also claiming the economy is fake. At least, I don't expect any educated person to make such a charge unless they are lying like Sanders. At no time in recent memory have the economy been left to function on its own. There has always been intervention. This is laughable. The Feds buying junk bonds has nothing to do with Capitalism being dead. Capitalism can never be dead as long as humans exist. Even if some do-gooder communist were to take over by magic, it wouldn't be long before such system implodes. Perhaps, capitalism means something entirely different to you. I am against all bailouts even for the "people" as they are just ploy to buy votes. Any employee can sue if they like but that is not what you are asking for. No. Bernie has been a totalitarian marxist for a long term, his complain has nothing to do with Brazil. It is funny to compare America to Brazil when they aren't even close in any indices or style of government. What specific recent legislation has made America become like Brazil. I am sorry, this statement is meaningless. Which companies exactly. Equivocating is another Bernie strategy to bamboozle his audience. Some companies were destroyed by the pandemic while others mostly internet giants saw an unprecedented growth. Even our previously struggling Jumia shared from the windfall. "Tax the rich" is good for campaign but not in practise. How much tax is Bernie proposing and who exactly is the rich? Bernie fails to mention or he was ignorant that most of those developed country "enjoying" has had lower corporate tax than the US for decade; about 20% as opposed to US' 35% until Trump cut it. They also have a much higher income tax. It turns out that the socialist European Bernie claim to admire are actually much lax on corporate tax while simultaneously taxing individuals at a very high rate. Who would have thought? Who is being ripped off? They are not loopholes. Those laws were specifically designed to boost reinvestment and they have largely delivered. As I stated before, I am 100% against bailout or subsidy but I am damn sure that communist and socialist will also favor bailout if they are in charge. It is no accident that every country that can afford it bailed out critical part of their sector during the 2008 and now this pandemic. This another misleading point. Anti-trust laws were enacted to foster healthy competition and not prevent behemoths. Thanks to behemoths, we have had cheaper products and better quality of life. There is no such thing as American youth. Some subsections of subsections with particular political leaning are making noise as if they are in the majority. If we are to believe their noise, Trump, the buffoon's support would have dropped far below the 40% that he held since 2016. I don't know what you mean but if it is anything remotely related to sweeping socialist takeover. Then, it can only end in disaster. There is a reason that communist countries are opening up instead of doubling down. Vietnam is doing it, even Cuba, the socialist paradise is now on board. Hugo Chavez "slayed" the "greedy" capitalist in his country and end up destroying venezuala's economy. India suffered in backwardness for years under socialist and protectionist principles before it reformed. In fact, you can pick any random country and predict its economic development based on the level of restrictions it places on business and their government's hatred of corporation. Of course, some people cheer such moves because they want revenge. Just as some cheered while Stalin slayed greedy bourgeoise and simultaneously slayed millions of proleteriat. Yes, that a system isn't perfect and requires tinkering does not mean the alternative should be considered. |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by DexterousOne(m): 1:08am On Aug 28, 2020 |
@Xisnin Your responses to my post is why I hesitated to take my time to type But I did anyways I'll say it again One, Bernie is not lying, he is saying the truth And the voters can see that That is why progressive candidates he is endorsing are winning nationwide Cori Bush Jamaal Bowman Alex Morse (Hopefully) Etc efc Second The feds buying junk bonds means that capitalism is DEAD I bet you dont have a background in finance /economics Because if you did You wont be saying what you said Government bailing out corporations that took stupid decisions is an aberration in capitalism Adam Smith will be pissed in his grave The feds buying these junk bonds are interventionist with the aim of saving the companies from falling into the abyss that their greedy management put them in, in the first place That dealt the death blow to capitalism And what we have like I said before, is a mix of corporate socialism and crony capitalism And again Anti Trust was put in place so that Amazon does not happen Rockefeller was broken up for a reason And if Amazon existed in the Rockefeller era It would have been broken up too There is no way Teddy Roosevelt will be president And social media giants will be consolidating the way they do today Facebook buying whatsapp and Instagram Google buying all the buyables And Amazon doing same These consolidation kills competition The day of reckoning is already here No need to look far..... With what is going on Their days are numbered Nothing corporate apologists can do about it It's either there is a reform Or they bring out the pitch forks |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by DexterousOne(m): 1:20am On Aug 28, 2020 |
@Xisnin Lest I forget too As an accountant I know for sure that US companies (especially under trump) have been paying ridiculous effective tax rates since There is a big difference between the nominal tax rates and effective tax rates The loopholes are too many : Transfer pricing arrangements Write offs and deductions And all that fuckery.... I'm in the system So I know how it works And on that basis again Bernie was not wrong The new bill on the table contains protections for employers such that employees cannot sue them for creating unsafe working conditions for them Trump and McConnel is pushing for it to pass Knowing the democrats to be lily livered The bill just MAY pass (tho bernie sanders is having a push back and it seems to be working) If you actively follow proceedings in Washington You would have known that And not erroneously claim that it is not in existence America is currently crumbling under its own weight of greed.... If the effective tax rates were higher, the US debt will not balloon this big, and defunding of critical sectors of the economy would not have been happening |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by DexterousOne(m): 1:29am On Aug 28, 2020 |
Serious reform is needed in the American system If not Like I said They are headed the way of Brazil Only those with deep understanding will understand where I'm headed with that statement It's the habit of many to be defending these criminal organisations that call themselves corporations because in your imagination, you see yourself "up there " But like I said before For most of us, it's not gonna happen Even tho I'm doing okay for myself And I am an active participant in this system I will never defend it Because it's a criminal, wicked and destructive system that cannot sustain itself We are only buying time In due course Everything will scatter It seems the smear on Bernie by MainStream Media (which btw are the lackeys of the corporations he speake against) is sticking with some people I used to be that person Until I did my own independent assessment of the situation on ground, and saw that we have been misled Bernie is just advocating for every thing that every developed country enjoys Like universal healthcare Cuts to the wasteful military budget Ending price gouging by big Pharma and health insurance companies Higher taxes for the rich (which I wholeheartedly support) And increase in investment in social infrastructure Basically he is advocating to taking America back to the days before the neofascist gangster called Reagan derailed the country down this path of corporatism America of the 1950s |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by sacajawea: 7:41am On Aug 28, 2020 |
Originalsly:CAPITALISM a "Blessing"? is that the Right word? Anyways how is bill gates rise Evil 1 Like |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by Originalsly: 10:19am On Aug 28, 2020 |
sacajawea: A blessing of capitalism is not the same as capitalism is a blessing. 'Blessing' in context .... to counter 'evil' that was used. His rise was in IT.... but then he took another path... the evil one... the wolf in sheep's clothing role.... as a philantrophist... focusing on vaccination to help the poor and underprivileged be immune to various diseases when in fact his agenda is to eradicate them. Population control is his end game .... deduction of poor people on the planet... poor non Whites. You should wonder why in areas "blessed" with his outreach programmes in Africa women are having problems being impregnated or bringing the baby tomfull term.... or men having low sperm count. Is he involved in COVID-19? The man is evil period. |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by sacajawea: 11:06am On Aug 28, 2020 |
Originalsly:These are HUGE Accusations. Are insinuating he has a Hand in Covid-19? Well My Question is Why would he want to do all of that? Why? |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by Ajibel(m): 11:30am On Aug 28, 2020 |
Sniper101: I know it's not cash sir, so don't get worked up about that unnecessarily sir  1 Like |
| Re: Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion by UrVillagePpl: 8:24pm On Aug 29, 2020 |
moneyissweet:Legitimate fraudster 1 Like |
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