Oh, World Economic Forum...

[GenuineRisk]

Where a billionaire who flew his two nannies to the conference on a private jet talks about how we must all learn to live on less.

And then there's this gem, from the CEO of Blackstone, explaining why he doesn't support giving more money to education:

"I’ve always wondered, what you do in a society with people who just retire,” he told conference attendees. “If you could get those people, like a board, [to be an] unpaid workforce, pay them next to nothing or nothing, and have them go into the school system to be mentors to kids, and be an example of a certain type of success that you would get dramatically different outcomes. If you can get unemployed people that cost nothing, that can have this dramatic difference, that costs nothing. I love things that cost nothing that have great results. Imagine if you laid on technology and other types of things, you could really set the world on fire with this type of stuff.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/blackstone-gr...RkMDNs.twitter

There's a word for an unpaid labor force... not volunteer... the other one... what is that word again? I think it was very popular in the South until sometime in the mid 1860s or something like that... Gadzooks... what was it?

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Where a billionaire who flew his two nannies to the conference on a private jet talks about how we must all learn to live on less.

And then there's this gem, from the CEO of Blackstone, explaining why he doesn't support giving more money to education:

"I’ve always wondered, what you do in a society with people who just retire,” he told conference attendees. “If you could get those people, like a board, [to be an] unpaid workforce, pay them next to nothing or nothing, and have them go into the school system to be mentors to kids, and be an example of a certain type of success that you would get dramatically different outcomes. If you can get unemployed people that cost nothing, that can have this dramatic difference, that costs nothing. I love things that cost nothing that have great results. Imagine if you laid on technology and other types of things, you could really set the world on fire with this type of stuff.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/blackstone-gr...RkMDNs.twitter

There's a word for an unpaid labor force... not volunteer... the other one... what is that word again? I think it was very popular in the South until sometime in the mid 1860s or something like that... Gadzooks... what was it?

Plantation owners workers?

Reading your sig quote, really miss Molly..have some clippings of her humorous stories stored away somewhere, have to dig them out.

[Danzig]

Earlier this week, one of the Davos attendees, billionaire Jeff Greene, railed against American excess … after taking his wife, children, and two nannies along to Switzerland with him in one of those private jets.


“America’s lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence,” Greene told Bloomberg. “We need to reinvent our whole system of life.”


Greene, who ran for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2010, has a less-than-stellar track record when it comes to being an advocate for environmental sustainability. According to a 2010 article in the Tampa Bay Times, in March 2005 Greene’s three-story, 145-foot yacht Summerwind—the size of ”a 14-story building turned on its side”—dropped anchor onto one of the planet’s most pristine coral reefs in Belize, inflicting a 50-by-200-foot swath of damage.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Danzig

Earlier this week, one of the Davos attendees, billionaire Jeff Greene, railed against American excess … after taking his wife, children, and two nannies along to Switzerland with him in one of those private jets.


“America’s lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence,” Greene told Bloomberg. “We need to reinvent our whole system of life.”


Greene, who ran for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2010, has a less-than-stellar track record when it comes to being an advocate for environmental sustainability. According to a 2010 article in the Tampa Bay Times, in March 2005 Greene’s three-story, 145-foot yacht Summerwind—the size of ”a 14-story building turned on its side”—dropped anchor onto one of the planet’s most pristine coral reefs in Belize, inflicting a 50-by-200-foot swath of damage.

Did the 'Fuhrer' Al Gore fly commercial?

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Danzig

Earlier this week, one of the Davos attendees, billionaire Jeff Greene, railed against American excess … after taking his wife, children, and two nannies along to Switzerland with him in one of those private jets.


“America’s lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence,” Greene told Bloomberg. “We need to reinvent our whole system of life.”


Greene, who ran for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2010, has a less-than-stellar track record when it comes to being an advocate for environmental sustainability. According to a 2010 article in the Tampa Bay Times, in March 2005 Greene’s three-story, 145-foot yacht Summerwind—the size of ”a 14-story building turned on its side”—dropped anchor onto one of the planet’s most pristine coral reefs in Belize, inflicting a 50-by-200-foot swath of damage.

As a Democrat

[somerfrost]

Just another example of why I can't support either political party, the issue isn't which party is the most corrupt rather how can politics be returned to the average person without selling his/her soul. Doesn't seem likely as those with money will never surrender power.

[Pants II]

Well that line of thinking isn't traditionally liberal, somer.

If resources are in fact limited...then what is the benefit of our country accepting this globalism scam?

It is of no benefit to the average American.

So under this current political environment you can continue to expect less comfort and far more stress.

But at least we will all be equal? Which is a silly concept in the wild.