Ten richest celebs supporting OWS have collective net worth over a billion dollars?

by ~ The Rebel ~ Posted 2011/10/29 21:32:13

Related Topics: Michael Moore, Occupy Wall Street, Credit Card, Nancy Pelosi, OWS, Democrat, Credit, Wall Street, Actors, Alec Baldwin, Kanye West, Celebrity, rapper, Roseanne Barr, Democrats, Hip-hop

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Celebrity airheads who are supporting the occupiers are feeding Wall Street to the crocodile, forgetting that the beast quickly gets hungry for more.

#1 Yoko Ono Net Worth - $500 million.
Ono stated "I love 'Occupy Wall Street'! John is sending his smile to 'Occupy Wall Street'. I am sending my love to 'Occupy Wall Street'. We are all working together. "
#2 Russell Simmons Net Worth - $325 million
Keep in mind that on top of being a hip-hop mogul Simmons is the founder of a high fee credit card company called UniRush Financial Services.
#3 Roseanne Barr Net Worth - $80 million
Roseanne thinks anyone with over $100 million should be beheaded. Interesting that her net worth is $80 million. I guess she doesnt make "the cut".
#4 Deepak Chopra Net Worth - $80 million
Chopra said #OWS is turning anger into awareness. The fortune he has made off his fluff filled books has just turned me to anger.
#5 Kanye West Net Worth - $70 million
#6 Alec Baldwin Net Worth - $65 million
#7 Susan Sarandon Net Worth - $50 million
#8 Michael Moore Net Worth - $50 million
#9 Tim Robbins Net Worth - $50 million
#10 Nancy Pelosi Net Worth - $35.5 million

Luca~PWCM~JLA 2011/10/29 21:57:39

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According to Forbes, the top 10 celebrities, excluding athletes, earned an average salary of a little more than $100 million in 2010.

According to The Wall Street Journal Survey of CEO Compensation (November 2010), Gregory Maffei, CEO of Liberty Media, earned $87 million, Oracle's Lawrence Ellison ($68 million) and rounding out the top 10 CEOs was McKesson's John Hammergren, earning $24 million. It turns out that the top 10 CEOs have an average salary of $43 million, which pales in comparison with America's top 10 celebrities, who earn an average salary of $100 million.

Consider also: This top 10 CEO's sit on the Boards of public traded corporations, who's stockholders are millions of average Americans whom push for these companies to make as much profit as possible so that their investment can increase in value, while at the same time provide products or services people use (and want) in their everyday lives.

Conversely..the movie star derives their income by having the people pay for the sole purpose of being entertained for 2 hours.

Further...the Top 1% are any individual OR household with income of $379,150.00, or single head of household incomes of $189,700.00. This 1% segment is 1.4 million people and would include many people...such as College Professors, Police ...

According to Forbes, the top 10 celebrities, excluding athletes, earned an average salary of a little more than $100 million in 2010.

According to The Wall Street Journal Survey of CEO Compensation (November 2010), Gregory Maffei, CEO of Liberty Media, earned $87 million, Oracle's Lawrence Ellison ($68 million) and rounding out the top 10 CEOs was McKesson's John Hammergren, earning $24 million. It turns out that the top 10 CEOs have an average salary of $43 million, which pales in comparison with America's top 10 celebrities, who earn an average salary of $100 million.

Consider also: This top 10 CEO's sit on the Boards of public traded corporations, who's stockholders are millions of average Americans whom push for these companies to make as much profit as possible so that their investment can increase in value, while at the same time provide products or services people use (and want) in their everyday lives.

Conversely..the movie star derives their income by having the people pay for the sole purpose of being entertained for 2 hours.

Further...the Top 1% are any individual OR household with income of $379,150.00, or single head of household incomes of $189,700.00. This 1% segment is 1.4 million people and would include many people...such as College Professors, Police Chiefs, Fire Chiefs, Mayors, Doctors, Lawyers, skilled Union heavy/specialized equipment operators, small business owners...etc etc.

What these OWS people have a beef with, is about 100 individuals...they are a bit misguided.
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CMackley ~POTL~PWCM~JLA 2011/10/31 20:44:30

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Let the rich celebrities keep coming. They show the left for the hypocracy that it is.

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santanasmooth 2011/10/30 16:01:48

As much as people would like to distract from the OWS protests they are not against wealth they are against corporate greed. The banks got you into the financial mess that you are currently inn. They got bailed out under Bush and Obama. They were rewarded for failing and the top executives gave themselves big bonuses.

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~ The R... to santana... 2011/10/31 20:49:18 (edited)

Then it's okay for celebs to live high on the hog off the taxpayer's dollar but not corporations that employ people?

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santana... to ~ The R... 2011/10/31 20:54:10

Yes, because they do not hide what they are doing, they do not force you too see their movies or go to their games. The Wal Street Goons , the bankers the insurance agents they rape you blind and your OK with this? The difference between the two is obvious,

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~ The R... to santana... 2011/10/31 21:08:37

I'm okay with none of it... but to single out only some of the wealthiest I think is just plain wrong!

I think too often that wealth affects the politics of this country!

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santana... to ~ The R... 2011/10/31 21:16:23

I'm OK with celebrities making money because they are not essential, we voluntarily give our money to them. Banks, insurance, government are in the business to screw you and you have very little choice.

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Suzie Astridge 2011/10/30 05:39:24
Patriot Unit 2011/10/30 02:47:22

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And just how much taxes have they paid lately?

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FAWKES' NOOSE ~ ΔTX 2011/10/30 01:08:53

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The difference between celebrities and Wall Street is that actors, musicians, etc. get taxed as earned income on the TMTR at 35% just like the rest of us as the bulk of their income is from royalties. Wall Street and the rich who basically do nothing for a living except flip profits derive their income from investment which is Capital Gains and therefore a top tax of 15% before deductions applies to them.

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Prime Time Lime 2011/10/29 23:46:37 (edited)

I see nothing wrong with actors that are multi -millionaires supporting the OWS.The protesters are as much into Capitalism as everyone else,and are not asking for handouts,that is a fallacy.Secondly these millionaires are not the Wall street investors,bankers and the like that have been bilking the nation for decades,banks intentionally giving out mortgage loans so they can repossess homes,investors doing illegal things in the stock market,and the government bailing them out.

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Luca~PWCM~JLA 2011/10/29 21:57:39

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According to Forbes, the top 10 celebrities, excluding athletes, earned an average salary of a little more than $100 million in 2010.

According to The Wall Street Journal Survey of CEO Compensation (November 2010), Gregory Maffei, CEO of Liberty Media, earned $87 million, Oracle's Lawrence Ellison ($68 million) and rounding out the top 10 CEOs was McKesson's John Hammergren, earning $24 million. It turns out that the top 10 CEOs have an average salary of $43 million, which pales in comparison with America's top 10 celebrities, who earn an average salary of $100 million.

Consider also: This top 10 CEO's sit on the Boards of public traded corporations, who's stockholders are millions of average Americans whom push for these companies to make as much profit as possible so that their investment can increase in value, while at the same time provide products or services people use (and want) in their everyday lives.

Conversely..the movie star derives their income by having the people pay for the sole purpose of being entertained for 2 hours.

Further...the Top 1% are any individual OR household with income of $379,150.00, or single head of household incomes of $189,700.00. This 1% segment is 1.4 million people and would include many people...such as College Professors, Police ...

According to Forbes, the top 10 celebrities, excluding athletes, earned an average salary of a little more than $100 million in 2010.

According to The Wall Street Journal Survey of CEO Compensation (November 2010), Gregory Maffei, CEO of Liberty Media, earned $87 million, Oracle's Lawrence Ellison ($68 million) and rounding out the top 10 CEOs was McKesson's John Hammergren, earning $24 million. It turns out that the top 10 CEOs have an average salary of $43 million, which pales in comparison with America's top 10 celebrities, who earn an average salary of $100 million.

Consider also: This top 10 CEO's sit on the Boards of public traded corporations, who's stockholders are millions of average Americans whom push for these companies to make as much profit as possible so that their investment can increase in value, while at the same time provide products or services people use (and want) in their everyday lives.

Conversely..the movie star derives their income by having the people pay for the sole purpose of being entertained for 2 hours.

Further...the Top 1% are any individual OR household with income of $379,150.00, or single head of household incomes of $189,700.00. This 1% segment is 1.4 million people and would include many people...such as College Professors, Police Chiefs, Fire Chiefs, Mayors, Doctors, Lawyers, skilled Union heavy/specialized equipment operators, small business owners...etc etc.

What these OWS people have a beef with, is about 100 individuals...they are a bit misguided.
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Ravinous to Luca~PW... 2011/10/29 22:02:09

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I think that is the inherent problem, is that people seem to have joined in with Occupy and confused what the 1% they fight really is. It's the system of manipulation, not a bracket of people defined by their income. Not everyone in the top 1% benefit from this system. Small business owners may be their by definition of income, despite that income solely goes into supporting said business.

I think you pointed this out before in another topic as well.

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Luca~PW... to Ravinous 2011/10/29 22:03:56

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yeah...i keep hammering the same message...i wish i was smart enough just to keep it in a file so i could re-paste over and over...rather than type it fresh each time...Perhaps that is why i am not in the top .001% lol

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Ravinous to Luca~PW... 2011/10/29 22:11:55

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I think I would come to hate myself if I became part of the corrupt system, or try to take it out from the inside. Then again who could say, as absolute power corrupts absolutely. And that is proving quite true for the most part.

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Luca~PW... to Ravinous 2011/10/29 22:19:13

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we are human...and we ALL are greedy...it is just that our petty greeds are not as much a force in changing society as the greed of the wealthiest and most powerful. Money is Power..and SOME use that power to foist ideology upon the world. Steve Wynn is a Liberal...very wealthy...does he care about changing the world?? He may try to "cut deals" to his advantage to get a new Casino built...but he is not on this global playing field of corruption..nor is Trump...nor are many others...but SOME are...and these are the ones pulling all the strings..

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Ravinous to Luca~PW... 2011/10/29 22:27:22 (edited)

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Actually look at Bill Gates own father as another good example of positives, he is in the top, but he often points out his disgust at the corrupted in the system. Doesn't force his ideologies on people, but let's them know it and then leads by example in his actions and uses the political system correctly to voice these idea's, but not force them.

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Luca~PW... to Ravinous 2011/10/29 22:33:39 (edited)

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errr...actually the Bill Gates Foundation assumed fiscal responsibility for the OWS via The Alliance for Global Justice, a nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status. Bill Gates is also an Executive Member of the Club of Rome (the AGJ is wholly owned NGO of the Gate Foundation)

http://agendatwentyone.wordpr...

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Ravinous to Luca~PW... 2011/10/29 22:34:35 (edited)

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I was referring to his father, not Bill Gates himself.

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Luca~PW... to Ravinous 2011/10/29 22:36:01

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ah.,....my mistake...i misread...(forehead thump)

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Ravinous to Luca~PW... 2011/10/29 22:42:32

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That being said he does partake in the Bill Gates Foundation and the Alliance for Global Justice, however his personal actions suggest that he is more for the rule of law by the people than for the state. He's kind of one for helping more than taking or demanding.

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Luca~PW... to Ravinous 2011/10/29 22:46:34

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there are many more "good" people than bad people in this world...we are indeed the 99%..

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Ravinous 2011/10/29 21:44:51 (edited)

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It's not your wealth that defines you, but the actions taken by you. The means of how people gain wealth through the systematic market fixing, committing felony and rights violations while hiding behind the mask of "corporation", and manipulation of government towards corporate socialism and regulatory favoritism, all while trying to defend it falsely as "Capitalism" is were the basis of rage of the average person. But we redirect these issues with tactics of partisanship and polarization of issues. These means can be of Strawmen, as you use, are no different than those the media used to marginalize the Tea Party movement when it started.

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Roger47 2011/10/29 21:39:19

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The reason this surprises people is that so many wealthy conservatives can't comprehend anyone doing anything that might hurt themselves in the pocket book. They fail to realize there is such a thing as being rich enough, and that it is better to have a society where all who work are able to share in the prosperity to some degree.

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Brianna... to Roger47 2011/10/29 22:10:27

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That makes no sense at all. Wealthy conservatives provide jobs. Show up, be clean, work hard get promoted, you prosper whether you work for a conservative or liberal you make your own life. No one owes you a damn thing.

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tonyynot to Brianna... 2011/10/29 23:53:44

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You tell them. These actors are the ones robbing us at the box office, they evidently are overcharging us. Then they talk sh*t to us

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Brianna... to tonyynot 2011/10/30 00:19:25 (edited)

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I have stopped supporting many of them. I watch old movies now and don't go to concerts if I know the preformer is a liberal. I even threw out some of my favorite CD's. America comes first for me.

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~ The R... to Brianna... 2011/10/30 00:24:16

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I've done the same. Wish more would too!

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Roger47 to Brianna... 2011/11/03 05:47:39

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A few wealthy conservatives provide jobs. Far more live off their investments, and pay someone to take care of their lawn and garden for slightly more than minimum wage. Most jobs are created by small businesses that make far less than a million dollars a year.

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