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Bill Gates vacations better than most aboard 450-foot luxury yacht near Italy
NY Daily News ^ | 08/08/2014 | LEE MORAN

Posted on 08/09/2014 11:16:17 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen

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To: Kid Shelleen

$5million a week is 2/3 of a thousandth of a percent of his fortune.


21 posted on 08/09/2014 11:46:21 AM PDT by samtheman
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22 posted on 08/09/2014 11:47:12 AM PDT by Bratch
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It is NOT a zero sum game. Good for him. Just because he has doesn’t mean I don’t or can’t/

here is an article about a billionaire who bought a yacht company. He views it as a job engine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/your-money/seeing-a-supersize-yacht-as-a-job-engine-not-a-self-indulgence.html?_r=0


23 posted on 08/09/2014 11:47:22 AM PDT by rey
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Was it powered by carbon neutral affordable illegal immigrant labor?

24 posted on 08/09/2014 11:50:13 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Drango

“Some are begrudging his success. Serious class envy. He earned it...ain’t capitalism grand?”

Totally agree! What is sad is that here on FR I had to get to post 10, before I saw your sensible post.


25 posted on 08/09/2014 11:51:02 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Kid Shelleen

What work is he vacationing from?


26 posted on 08/09/2014 11:51:54 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Kid Shelleen

Is this to give cover to the Obama entourage in MV?


27 posted on 08/09/2014 11:52:00 AM PDT by stanne
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Luxury yacht sinks off coast of St. Tropez France Sidebar Moderator reported missing

In case anyone forgot how dangerous these yachts can be.

/johnny

28 posted on 08/09/2014 11:52:31 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Savings from the recent 18K layoff should make his vacation more affordable.


29 posted on 08/09/2014 11:53:06 AM PDT by fso301
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Just think how many people have jobs and an income because of his spending.

He is a self made man — why begrudge him his success.


30 posted on 08/09/2014 11:53:30 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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Just think how many people have jobs and an income because of his spending.

He is a self made man — why begrudge him his success.


31 posted on 08/09/2014 11:53:37 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Probably could have rented Tiger’s “Privacy” for less.

Did see Paul Allen’s boat, about the size of a light cruiser while it was going repairs in Ft Lauderdale. What a ship.


32 posted on 08/09/2014 11:54:19 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: PGR88

Supported by Foreign H1B Visas


33 posted on 08/09/2014 11:54:33 AM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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I’m assuming that nobody knows I’m worth 50 billion.


34 posted on 08/09/2014 11:58:41 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (We're The First Generation Not Forced To Fight To Defend Our Freedom.And It Shows!)
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To: Drango

Americans used to look up to millionaires as people who had “made it”. As more and more people realize that they’ve lost their jobs so certain millionaires can become billionaires, the relationship has soured. Gates has destroyed the tech field for many Americans invested time and money to work in the field, and then turns around (after threatening to send jobs overseas if he can’t import more Asian coolies) and complains that American students don’t go into tech anymore.

Why shouldn’t people find that insulting to say the least? I don’t see general resentment against rich people on FR; I see anger towards certain individuals who’ve been exposed as unelected overlords who play a large role in our economic future.


35 posted on 08/09/2014 11:59:59 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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See # 35; India and Red China should be building shrines to him, but don’t expect Americans to worship him anymore. They used to, and then he gave those jobs to Asians.


36 posted on 08/09/2014 12:01:33 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Organic Panic

Sorry, that tall guy with the oar is deceased.


37 posted on 08/09/2014 12:05:14 PM PDT by Gumdrop (~)
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To: Kid Shelleen

And loves Common Core and the Islamification of America while he lives abroad in the bubble...


38 posted on 08/09/2014 12:05:36 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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> Some are begrudging his success. Serious class envy. He earned it...ain’t capitalism grand?

It’s what he did AFTER he got it that we don’t care for...


39 posted on 08/09/2014 12:07:14 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Organic Panic

Too expensive to feed. Of course with Obamnisty, instead of feeding them you just throw the lot overboard and get a new bunch.


40 posted on 08/09/2014 12:15:41 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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