Let's go.........RANDOM!

[shinygerbil]

http://romneymakes.com/

what a guy

[Cooper42]

What I like about that page is the bit where it clearly states this is not hating on Romney for being rich (a big no-no for 'mercans. Because in the land of the free all you need is yourself (screw all thos epeople and publicly funded institutions and infrastructure that helped you) to make millions).

But clearly lays out that his business tactic: gobbling up smaller firms, shutting them down, losing jobs and creaming off the procedes is all kinds of "ew".

[Ace Rimmer]

But clearly lays out that his business tactic: gobbling up smaller firms, shutting them down, losing jobs and creaming off the procedes is all kinds of "ew".

Is there a single rich person that didn't do something dispicable to get to the top?

[Xocrates]

Is there a single rich person that didn't do something dispicable to get to the top?

Yes.

[Ace Rimmer]

Name/s?

[zjoere]

http://romneymakes.com/

what a guy

He's got nothing on Bill Gates though. Besides becoming president is something that requires a ridiculous amount of money if I'm not mistaken. Isn't it usually the candidate that spends the most money on the campaign that wins?

[Xocrates]

Name/s?

I didn't provide names to prevent people from moving the goalposts

Define rich and despicable and I'll provide names

[Ace Rimmer]

Alright, that's perfectly acceptable, and understandable; rich is a relative term.

Technically, every citizen of the U.S. that isn't homeless could qualify for 'rich' if we're talking world standards. Therefore, let's define the 'rich' as those who meet the following criteria:

1. Net worth of $1 million or more
2. Did not inheirt their fortune
3. Did not 'win' their fortune (e.g. lottery winner)

Edit: Got caught up in the rich part and forgot the despicable.

The Free Dictionary defines it as: worthy of being despised; contemptible; mean

[zjoere]

Bill Gates? He doesn't seem mean to me.

A lot of wealthy musicians could fit in as well.

[Xocrates]

Then there is at least one obvious answer: Notch

[Ace Rimmer]

Bill Gates: Nice answer! However, let's take a very. quick. look.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162- ... y-lawsuit/
http://www.businesspundit.com/the-world ... sial-ceos/ (#12)

Notch: Even better answer! He actually seems genuine, even 'bad' stories shine good light on him.

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8519901309 ... full-story
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/07/m ... rm-patent/\\

I say Bill Gates doesn't fit into this model, however friendly he may appear in public. Notch does seem to fit. Therefore:

Xocrates 1, zjoere 0.

Also, just one name? Come on, you can do better. Even if you inlcude Gates, that's only 2 out of 24 million according to an old (2011) article. That's 8.333x10^-6%

[Xocrates]

Also, just one name? Come on, you can do better.

Is there a single rich person that didn't do something dispicable to get to the top?

Remember what I said about moving the goalposts

[Ace Rimmer]

Ahahaha. Very good then, you win.

In other news, needs more random.

[Jordy...]

Keep it civilized Jelco, please.

[zjoere]

Ahahaha. Very good then, you win.

In other news, needs more random.

Wait so you agreed with the statement that Mitt Romney got rich by doing something despicable and defended it by claiming every rich person got rich by doing despicable things? You should have seen defeat coming

But since I'm a competitive person and want to get more points than Xocrates I'll list some more names. I didn't do any rich so some of them might have killed a hooker or something despicable like that (or not be rich):
Lionel Messi, Muhamed Ali, Lewis Hamilton, Paul McCartney