On 11/09/2019 08:39 PM, Ray wrote:


"Clare Snyder" wrote in message
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On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 15:53:32 -0500, Wade Garrett
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On 11/9/19 4:27 AM, Roscoe wrote:
Bernie or Liz I think asked that and it got me thinking. A billion
is a thousand thousands. Does anyone really need to be a billionaire?

If the rich didn't create all that wealth-- who would the liberals take
it from?
It is inaccurate to say the rich "create" wealth. They "accumulate"
wealth

Some like Gates and Bezos do create wealth by
producing what some choose to use or consume.

With the exception of some of the Amazon sponsored shows, Bezos doesn't
produce a damn thing. Don't get me wrong -- Amazon is my go-to source
for many things but they are just a highly efficient retailer. Even AWS
doesn't add anything to the mix other than a service.

Yeah, I'm a dinosaur and I never quite got the whole service economy
thing. Gates, or I should say Microsoft, does create software. Even that
is very intangible. I've been in the software game for about 40 years
and I'm not sure anything I've done was all that necessary or even had a
positive effect.