Why conservative billionaires have started talking like Bernie Sanders: “We are creating a caste system from which it’s almost impossible to escape”
"Joined by his friend Ken Langone, founder of Home Depot, Georgescu warns his fellow 1 percenters that “[w]e are creating a caste system from which it’s almost impossible to escape.” The column raises the specter of “major social unrest” if inequality is not addressed."
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January 6, 2014
Surprise! Right-Wing Buffoonery Continues in 2014: Pope Pisses Off Rich Republicans Edition
www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/surprise-right-wing-buffoonery-continues-2014-pope-pisses-rich-republicans
"Gheen is head of a rabid anti-immigrant group called Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC). And he’s extremely worried that immigration reform might be on the agenda in the new year. But it hurts his feelings when people call him a racist because of his anti-immigrationist views. He is not a racist, he explained to a radio host in Idaho this week — he’s just against the people who are trying to change America’s history of being “predominently governed by people of European descendancy.” And by that, he doesn’t mean whities, although those are the people of European descent."
"Gheen is head of a rabid anti-immigrant group called Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC). And he’s extremely worried that immigration reform might be on the agenda in the new year. But it hurts his feelings when people call him a racist because of his anti-immigrationist views. He is not a racist, he explained to a radio host in Idaho this week — he’s just against the people who are trying to change America’s history of being “predominently governed by people of European descendancy.” And by that, he doesn’t mean whities, although those are the people of European descent."
January 5, 2014
Joe Conason | Rich Catholics Threaten Pope Francis - Because He Frightens Them
Joe Conason | Rich Catholics Threaten Pope Francis - Because He Frightens Them
"If anyone wonders whether Pope Francis has irritated wealthy conservatives with his courage and idealism, the latest outburst from Kenneth Langone left little doubt. Sounding both aggressive and whiny, the billionaire investor warned that he and his overprivileged friends might withhold their millions from church and charity unless the pontiff stops preaching against the excesses and cruelty of unleashed capitalism."
"If anyone wonders whether Pope Francis has irritated wealthy conservatives with his courage and idealism, the latest outburst from Kenneth Langone left little doubt. Sounding both aggressive and whiny, the billionaire investor warned that he and his overprivileged friends might withhold their millions from church and charity unless the pontiff stops preaching against the excesses and cruelty of unleashed capitalism."
August 5, 2013
Home Depot founder’s quiet $10 million right-wing investment
Home Depot founder’s quiet $10 million right-wing investment
"A hawkish think-tank also nets millions from Sheldon Adelson and Paul Singer in previously unpublished filings"
"A hawkish think-tank also nets millions from Sheldon Adelson and Paul Singer in previously unpublished filings"
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