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- ukit20
Leaked files show how Swiss bank helped clients dodge taxes and hide millions
- organicgrid0
Inside the Strange Fight Over Mark Zuckerberg's Bedroom!
- organicgrid0
The conflicts play out in "The One Percent," as Jamie follows his father from the croquet court to family meetings asking about the film and his family's wealth. His father tries to answer his questions on several occasions, but eventually gives up, walking out of one interview with his head in his hands saying, "I can't take any more. It's too much for me."
Brian McNally, the Johnson family's financial adviser, chastises Jamie on camera for his behavior.
"You're behaving like a little arrogant trustafarian," he tells him.
Milton Friedman, the famed economist, was equally impatient with Mr. Johnson's questioning. During his on-air interview -- among Mr. Friedman's last before he died -- he accuses Mr. Johnson of advocating socialism and abruptly ends their talk.
Mr. Johnson insists he's not opposed to wealth -- including his own. Wealth, he says, has given him a great education, freedom, chances to travel and, best of all, the resources to do films about wealth. He says that while his documentaries are profitable, they wouldn't pay for his lifestyle.
Yet with "The One Percent," Mr. Johnson wanted to show how the rich have gone too far. Through interviews with economists, policy experts and environmentalists, Mr. Johnson argues that today's wealthy have become an increasingly isolated elite. He says rather than using their wealth for good, they have used it to restructure the economy, lower their taxes, cut social programs for the middle and lower classes, and amass ever more wealth.
Mr. Johnson says finding willing subjects for "The One Percent" was difficult, and not just because of his reputation. He sent out more than 100 letters to wealthy people asking for interviews and most said no or failed to reply. Even George Soros, the billionaire financier who often argues against inequality, refused.
- organicgrid0
Report reveals extent of tax dodging by HSBC global clients
Leaked documents show extent to which HSBC's Swiss branch helped wealthy dodge taxes.
- deathboy0
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These guys seem to be alright. Republicans with libertarian/liberal social philosophies, like supporting womens choice, same sex marriage and against liberal economic policies. Don't really see anything evil about them. Also seem to do pretty good on the philantrophy... not that philantrophy is a moral +1... They seem to have a very Milton Friedman economic approach to things which makes sense logically. The only thing they seem to do bad is give more money to republican causes. Which I don't care much for. Money in elections is never altruistic (altruism is a lie). But at least the philosophy is right and their goal is less government, which means less people to lobby too. And didn't obama raise more money than romney last election? So wouldn't that make the people who gave to him worse... except there is no 1 person to blame. Like that 1 death a tragedy, 1 million a statistic.If its a million people paying 1 billion dollars for free something taken from others through force VS a couple people paying a billion dollars to promote a smaller government where mob rule has trouble existing. I'd say the lesser evil is in the second one.
- Please define "smaller government" what get axed, eliminated, and or reduced?organicgrid
- did you even watch that?moldero
- Skimmed it. a lot of logical fallacy style arguments. not worth watching all the way. you can tell its it sells to emotion not reason.deathboy
- reason. and smaller government in healthcare, education, environmental. think how diesal viewed in the 80s set us back 15 years in clean diesal technologydeathboy
- set us back compared to europe on clean diesal technology. cheaper fuel more power less pollution, or cleaner coal which is necessary if eletric cars work out..deathboy
- coal which is a must if a electric car pans out... my bet is on fuel cell technology as teslas AC is to musks DCdeathboy
- of course i wouldn't trust their motives for the greater good, theyre just less evil, than say sorosdeathboy
- Smaller gov't is the biggest Republican lie there is. They only want less Federal Gov't, and more local gov't.CyBrainX
- And Obama's contributions had a much lower avg. donation amount/more people contributing, rather than world-ending Koch style lobby millions.CyBrainX
- This "smaller gov't" is such a farce! What a stupid platform. What's smaller? The only examples we have destroyed their economies.formed
- yuekit0
For $725 Million, You Can Buy a Texas Ranch That's the Size of a Small Nation