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- Ridonkulus, on 03/12/2009, -1/+48I was really hoping I'd make the list this year
- hellchild915, on 03/13/2009, -0/+25LOL A Mexican druglord is on the list
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2 ... - WordsnCollision, on 03/12/2009, -6/+28Gee, i can't find my tiny violin.
- jeffiek, on 03/12/2009, -0/+20Well, work on your resume. Take some more writing classes. Maybe next year you can make the list.
Oh wait, you meant be on the list. - batmandude8, on 03/13/2009, -2/+224 out of the top 5 have either no education or dropped out!
- Haoie, on 03/12/2009, -3/+17Who wants to date a billionaire?
Sorry, millionarire.
And now he's broke. - WriterSD, on 03/12/2009, -2/+14Michael Dell is on the list and he is only 44. I can't imagine being so successful so early in life. (jealous)
- RonPauls, on 03/13/2009, -5/+16you won't realize how much you miss billionnaires with lots of income until they aren't there and there's no tax money coming in.
- inactive, on 03/13/2009, -0/+11i honestly dont see where people find the motivation to keep making money past a certain point. having 1 billion dollars is so crazy that i cant even imagine. *****, having 10 million dollars would be so crazy that i cant even imagine.
- inactive, on 03/13/2009, -0/+111.Drop out of school
2.Start business
3.??????
4.PROFIT! - malanic, on 03/13/2009, -0/+11If their money is tied up in productive companies providing employment and paying taxes, and they give up a reasonable portion to philanthropy, then good luck to them. But if it's tied up in lavish personal property, and 'toys', and they give nothing back to society, or to charity, then stuff them.
- ryanonfire, on 03/13/2009, -1/+12I think to them it's just about empire building and less about money. It's like their little baby, they just want it to grow and not die.
- videodroner, on 03/13/2009, -1/+11Oh yes, I'm sure you would.
They deserve a "***** you" because they made it in life. They reached the spot that you wish you were in.
Get a ***** life. - rolf, on 03/13/2009, -0/+9Most billionaires got rich by bringing an idea to the masses. So they already positively affected my life and I'm not really envious of their money.
- brandita, on 03/13/2009, -2/+11Hey at least when you lose 20 Billion, you have the other 20 Billion left to cry you to sleep.
- copypastry, on 03/12/2009, -3/+11Bernie Madoff.
LOLJK - videodroner, on 03/13/2009, -1/+9Typical whining American. You haven't made it in life, so everyone else should be brought down to your level?
- TheEngineer2008, on 03/13/2009, -0/+7You didn't submit an article, moron. You submitted the whole entire category, which was just a bunch of links. Didn't you wonder why you got only nine diggs???
Next time why not submit the entire forbes.com domain and claim anyone who submits anything from the entire site ever to have duped you? - BlackJackJester, on 03/13/2009, -0/+6Tax what? Their net worth? Yea, lets punish the people who run the companies that employ millions of people worldwide for being some of the few people in the world who can handle such a job.
How about you get a job and stop whining about how much more a smarter, better, and probably more attractive has more than you, and therefor owes you something. - Barackalypse, on 03/13/2009, -1/+6Yeah, up in smoke as the stock market shed half its value:
- inactive, on 03/13/2009, -2/+7You need to be a billionaire these days to be considered successful?
- ChristopherShwn, on 03/13/2009, -1/+6When you get to that level your money makes you more money.
- Conglomerate, on 03/13/2009, -0/+4Except that you're missing the point that money is an intangible asset with no actual physical value. It only has assumed value, so if people assume the value of a stock to go down the amount of money you have goes down with it. If you have a stock for $50 and it goes down to $25 the next day, guess what. You just lost $25 and that money is no longer there and no one has it. Quit believing in your stupid conspiracy theory and learn how the market works.
- buddyfarr, on 03/13/2009, -0/+4that would be because they didn't care about education. they found something that they knew would be a great idea and didn't take no for an answer.
Just as Charles Swindoll said:
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes." - yocouchdigga, on 03/12/2009, -2/+6sharing is caring!
- senfo, on 03/13/2009, -0/+4http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2 ...
- ryanonfire, on 03/13/2009, -0/+4There's some German billionaire who is only 25.
- malanic, on 03/13/2009, -1/+4You obviously don't understand how it works around here.
You recently joined, you don't have any friends at all, and you've probably made no shouts at all. There are 10,000 articles submitted every day, so your submission has two chances of making FP; Buckleys and none.
I don't bother too much with; friends, shouts, or 'playing the social game' so I just come to read the comments and make my own when something interests me. If you want to invest (read 'waste') a lot time on Digg, then your odds of getting an FP will increase.
But if whingers like you had your way, then this article would never see the light of day (since you submitted it first), and I wouldn't get to read or comment on it.
It may seem unfair, but I doubt that you could come up with a better system and still keep the site's 'social' nature. They're constantly trying new algorithms to try to make the system more 'fair'. - tgc1, on 03/13/2009, -0/+3Don't worry, at the rate the Fed keeps printing money, you'll be a billionaire like the people in Zimbabwe. Of course a loaf of bread is going to cost you 3 billion when that happens. But hey, you'll be on the Billionaires list.
- inactive, on 03/13/2009, -0/+3People seem to have a hard time grasping this concept. It's amazing how many people think that there are conspirators who are "sucking money out of the system" and stashing it somewhere.
- Tuto, on 03/13/2009, -3/+6Because if these people weren't billionaires then the money would just disappear?
- Barackalypse, on 03/13/2009, -2/+4This is unfortunate because I think Obama was counting on these folks to pay for all his new spending.
- Tenareth, on 03/14/2009, -0/+2@tgc1
That's not how it works. What is closer is you have 10 oranges today, and I tell you "Hey, I would buy those from you for $50 each", so you think you have $500 worth of oranges.
Tomorrow you come over and say "Hey, I'm ready to sell these now" and I tell you "Ok, I'll pay you $5 each"
You now have $50 worth of oranges, and that $450 NEVER existed because value only exists at time of sale, it's all smoke and mirrors before that. - caution, on 03/13/2009, -0/+2Wealthy people are my heros!
- Tenareth, on 03/14/2009, -0/+2All the people that shop at Walmart barely impact the tax revenue at all. Corporations and people that make a lot of money are where a good chunk of the taxes come from.
You don't give money to those people, they provide services you want and need, which you then pay for.
Perhaps you would prefer that nobody created affordable cars, clothes, etc? Don't try to play high-and-mighty about being a poor person, and that's what drives the world. If everyone was successful to some extent, that would be fine too. - videodroner, on 03/13/2009, -0/+2Trust me, they know how to "make ends meet," and how to surpass that. That's how they got to where they are.
- benbread, on 03/13/2009, -0/+2JK Rowling - Citizenship: United Kingdom - Based: Scotland..
There I was thinking Scotland was part of the United Kingdom.? - greenroom628, on 03/13/2009, -0/+2well, let me re-iterate stewart's sentiment regarding billionaires' lives --
***** YOU! - venuspcs, on 03/13/2009, -0/+2Of the Top 500 Billionaires on that list there is a Total Net Worth of 2.0692 Trillion Dollars. Of that 889.7 Billion is in the United States.
- MrCashyCash, on 03/13/2009, -0/+1He's been on this list for over 10 years.
- AugustZephyr, on 03/13/2009, -1/+2FYI the Walton family (#11 and 3 way tie for #12) owns Walmart.
From wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Walton
"[Sam Walton] left his ownership in Wal-Mart to his wife and their children: S. Robson "Rob" Walton, John T. Walton, Jim Walton, and Alice Walton." - ifonly, on 03/13/2009, -0/+1Why is Bin Laden not on the list either?
- riks311, on 03/13/2009, -0/+1I'm just glad that forbes didn't use one of their stupid slideshows for this list.
- idolwalrus, on 03/13/2009, -0/+1#318 is one funny looking dude
- tgc1, on 03/13/2009, -1/+2The money does not disappear. He's right. It goes somewhere ELSE. Maybe out of one market, and into another.
Let me put it to you this way. If you have 10 oranges, and at the end of the day you end up with 2 oranges. The 8 oranges didn't just disappear. They went somewhere else. - WriterSD, on 03/13/2009, -0/+1I said "so successful," not "it's the only way to be successful."
- Schmich, on 03/13/2009, -1/+2Please re-post step 3! I only see "??????" and I want to be on the top list.
- shig, on 03/13/2009, -0/+1He's ranked #11 among the most successful shipping industrialists in the world.
- Vandango, on 03/13/2009, -0/+1Minus one Mr. Burns.
- matude, on 03/13/2009, -0/+1You accidentally the
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