8 of the Most Clueless, Offensive Statements by America's Out-of-Touch Rich People

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http://www.alternet.org/economy/they-dont-get-it-8-most-clueless-statements-1




1. Greg Gopman

In December, Greg Gopman, then-CEO of the startup AngelHeck, went on an unhinged rant against ... well, it started against San Francisco’s homeless for mucking up his view, but soon came to include anybody of a lower socioeconomic status than his own.

***SNIP

2. Andy Kessler

Speaking of those homeless, hedge fund manager Andy Kessler thinks he knows what keeps them on the street: charity, volunteering, homeless shelters, or anything else that actually helps alleviate a homeless person’s misery.

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3. Bud Konheim

Bud Konheim, CEO of luxury fashion company Nicole Miller, didn’t want to let Gopner and Kessler have all the fun of hating on the poor. He told CNBC’s Squawk Box that North America’s lower class needed to stop whining — or, better yet, go find a poorer continent.

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4. Ben Benmosche

AIG CEO Robert Benmosche told the Wall Street Journal that outrage over Wall Street bonuses following the 2008 economic collapse was as bad as lynchings.

“The uproar over bonuses was intended to stir public anger, to get everybody out there with their pitchforks and their hangman nooses, and all that — sort of like what we did in the Deep South,” Benmosche said. "And I think it was just as bad and just as wrong.”

[raven mad]

2. Wow. I did not think of Mitt............

my mind was more on folks like, um........ you just clocked me! Um.......... yeah. Mitt.

[HughBeaumont]

3. The Villainous One Percent think nothing of acting like wrestlers performing a heel turn.

Because they CAN!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/100257582

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4. +1

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5. They need a short ride in a tumbrel to cure them of their problem.