Rio would make a perfect model. Rich kleptocrats in high rise splendor, and the rest of us peons living in hovels.
Rio would make a perfect model. Rich kleptocrats in high rise splendor, and the rest of us peons living in hovels.
That’s EXACTLY what they want.
They have ENOUGH money themselves to live whatever lifestyle they’d like. They DESPISE the idea that others can live a little bit like them.
They want there to be a huge DIFFERENCE between the lifestyle they live and the lifestyle of the masses. It makes them, as elitists, feel even more elite.
The top tax rate under Carter was 70%. The economy was sure booming then!
I don’t think these stupid politicians understand that in the sort of political atmosphere they would likely not survive. Same with the stupid celebrities. They do not realize that in Third World countries they value and pay people who are scientists, engineers, and businesspeople are cutthroat.
I once read in a Jet Li biography that in Asia, it is impossible to get rich acting. Their cultures don’t value entertainers the same way we do here.