Art Garfunkel Net Worth: 45 MILLION

[boston bean]

The establishment 1% supporting Bernie! blech... Bernie ought to denounce Art's allowing him to use his music!

LOL

[DanTex]

1. And his top supporters are uber-rich capitalists Ben and Jerry.

A couple guys who made a fortune selling ice cream to a country with an obesity epidemic.

You can only imagine if those two introduced Hillary at her campaign kickoff speech.

[redstateblues]

4. I thought all successful people were evil oligarchs

[SMC22307]

75. You thought wrong. (n/t)

[Human101948]

53. The point is that these rich guys are volunteering to pay more taxes....

Something you rarely hear from the Wall Street banksters and corporate crooks.

Artie or Ben and Jerry could impoverish themselves and donate all their money to the government (as I have often heard right wingers demanding) but it would be a futile gesture, a momentary blip on the radar screen.

However, if we have a system where all rich people pay more taxes than they do now, we just may be able to have some things we ream about now and pay down some debt that has been created by outrageous tax cuts for the wealthy.

How many of Hillary's wealthy supporters are calling for higher taxes on their incomes? That's a serious question, because there may be some.

[DanTex]

65. So are the wealthy people who support Hillary, since she is proposing to raise taxes on the wealthy.

Of course, that doesn't stop Hillary bashers from demonizing them solely because they are wealthy. Warren Buffett (I have no idea who he supports) has proposed higher taxes on the wealthy. The "Buffett rule" was his idea. George Soros is routinely demonized (I don't know who he supports either), and he's been very vocal about believing that he and other rich people should pay more taxes.

And so on.

The real question is are there any wealthy supporters of Hillary's who don't think that there should be higher taxes on the wealthy. Can you think of any?

[Duckhunter935]

78. not the hedge fund people

That she hangs with

[DanTex]

80. Soros is a hedge fund person.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/13/424000/soros-pay-more-taxes/

I'm not sure who you have in mind. Is this based on any evidence or quotes, or is just a "feeling" you have?

[Duckhunter935]

83. let's see the speeches she gave

For a quarter of a million each, did she even speak?

[DanTex]

84. I'll put you down for "no evidence". Not surprising.

[Duckhunter935]

91. I will not support

She who has been bought and paid for.

[Unknown Beatle]

177. The problem is that Hillary only says she's going to

raise taxes on the wealthy. But her actions speak louder than her words. She proposes raising taxes on the rich while accepting millions in speaking fees from wall st. firms. Saying it and meaning it are two different things.

Obama also said he would rein in wall st., and look how that turned out.

[hollysmom]

69. Ihave a simile

My youngest brother and his wife knew my husband and I earned more than they did and we were generous with gifts to their kids, but the wife got the idea I should just give them money because they wanted it. I put up with listening to her for years, but when my brother got a large settlement for asbestos exposure and they bought a 50 inch TV 20 years ago when it costs more than a lot for people without a pot to piss in, I realized that I had a toilet I could throw money in and flush and no longer needed to give them anything.

give money to corporatists to help people = flushing money down the toilet. It would mean another tax break for the rich, a lot like the balanced budget at the end of the Clinton admin, went into Bushes tax break for the rich, no matter what the complaints about the deficit.

[Fast Walker 52]

147. Exactly. +1,000,000

[oasis]

152. "Volunteering to pay more taxes". Not so much.

Uber rich supporters of Bernie knew the score before they threw in with him. They get to look "cool" and "with it" by supporting the "leftist" of the left Democrat, with full knowledge of Hillary's
inevitably.

[karynnj]

70. So, you're against ice cream

I know someone who worked for Ben and Jerry's when it was a young company in Burlington . Everything she says speaks of the type of respect for workers that we would want in all companies. By the way, it is entirely possible to eat any ice cream - even Ben and Jerrys - and still have a healthy diet. Every year, B & J in Burlington has a long line of people waiting to get their free cone on the company's anniversary.

Ben and Jerry have supported financially and verbally many many progressive, liberal efforts for years. Either would have been a major catch -- but I doubt HRC would have allotted them the honor of introducing her at her rally - it would not have satisfied any of the campaign team's planned optics.

They WERE Bernie's friends for decades.

[DanTex]

71. Umm, I was being ironic. I like ice cream.

Just pointing out that, while super-rich people routinely get bashed here, apparently being super-rich isn't so bad if you're a Bernie supporter.

Ben and Jerry seem like great guys. Good for Bernie for having them as friends for decades. I'm pointing out the hypocrisy -- two of Bernie's apparently close friends are worth upwards of $100M each. When Hillary has even acquaintances like that, it's bash bash bash.

[pangaia]

114. You do understand the difference between Ben, Jerry and Jamie Dimond, don't you?

[DanTex]

118. Well, there are a lot of differences.

For example, Hillary is nowhere near as close with Dimon as Bernie is with Ben and Jerry.

[questionseverything]

129. you are gonna need a ladder to get out of that rabbit hole

[Ken Burch]

131. There's also the difference that Ben and Jerry have never screwed over workers or entire countries

like HRC's bff Dimon has.

Ben and Jerry have never done anything negative to anyone(other than inadvertently raising the cholesterol levels of people who eat too much of their products).

[DanTex]

134. It's funny that you call Dimon Hillary's "bff." Just another example of how detached Bernie

fans have gotten from reality. Ben and Jerry introduced Bernie at his first campaign event, there's simply no comparison.

[Ken Burch]

138. And did so out of pure goodness.

Rich people who back HRC do so because they know she will put their class first...that's what "pragmatic" is code for.

[DanTex]

139. Of course, because supporting Bernie is an act of "pure goodness."

LOL. It's weird how you seem to think you have such insight into Hillary supporters.

[Ken Burch]

143. It is.

You have no reason to be belaboring this. It's not an injustice to point out the self-interest of rich people who back the rich people's candidate.

It's silly of you to act like rich HRC supporters are somehow victims here.

Why feel sorry for people who have everything?

[DanTex]

149. In your opinion. In Trump's opinion, supporting Trump is an act of pure goodness.

I certainly don't feel sorry for Hillary's wealthy supporters. Again, I'm just pointing out the staggering hypocrisy in the assumption that Hillary's supporters are acting in self-interest, while Bernie's are acting out of "pure goodness."

Like I said, supporting Bernie is more likely to help them financially, since if he gets the nomination, the odds of the GOP winning shoot way up. The real selfless rich people are the ones supporting Hillary, because she can actually win, and after that, she will actually be able to raise taxes on the wealthy. Rich people supporting Bernie are just having fun because they won't personally be affected by a GOP presidency.

[pangaia]

87. Trust me..

There is no way in hell Ben and Jerry would introduce Hillary Clinton at her campaign kickoff speeeeech.

[Armstead]

97. Oh no! The Evil Ben and Jerry...I thiught Bernie was a commie who hates success

[DanTex]

99. I think the term is "champagne socialist".

[Armstead]

102. I think the term is successful people who are also decent human beings

[DanTex]

104. So it's OK as long as they support Bernie.

That seems to be the general theme. If you're rich and support Hillary, you're an evil 1%er, but supporting Bernie gives you a free pass.

[Armstead]

106. Your usual bullshit

It is okay for wealthy people who are decent human being to support Hillary. That is not the yardstick.

[DanTex]

107. Seems to be the yardstick when it comes to HRC supporters. Or Hillary herself, for that

matter.

[Armstead]

111. Hillary is a decent human being

Just not as president.

As for hr supporters, it depends on how they make their money, what they do with their money, and the motivation for donating to Clinton -- actual belief or purchasing influence.

[Ken Burch]

117. It's different if you support a candidate who backs the people instead of the rich.

None of the rich people who back HRC are taking that stand.

[DanTex]

119. You're talking about the GOP. Both Hillary and Bernie back the people.

[Ken Burch]

121. Why are you so obsessed with rehabbing rich folks who back HRC?

Of all the things you could care about, why THAT?

Or is the real argument here that Artie and Paul somehow owed HRC their support?

[DanTex]

123. Just pointing out hypocrisy.

[Ken Burch]

125. There is no hypocrisy.

To back Bernie is to act purely on ideals and to utterly renounce self-interest in the choice.

It's different when the rich guy got rich as an artist(which means no exploitation was involved) and is being, in effect,, a traitor to his class.

Artie isn't expecting Bernie to protect him from any and all sacrifice.

This thread was an absurd stretch in the service of the most conservative candidate in the race.

[DanTex]

132. Of course there is. Rich people who don't back Bernie get bashed, rich people who back Bernie

get lauded. It's hilarious. It's almost like a religious thing. Accept Bernie as your savior and everything is OK.

People who back Hillary also do it for the sake of ideals, obviously, and since nominating Bernie is the quickest way to a GOP presidency, they are the ones who are truly sacrificing personal wealth for the better of society.

[Ken Burch]

126. It's different when a rich person puts their self-interest second.

Only the tiny handful of rich people who back Bernie do that.

No hypocrisy.

[questionseverything]

133. if you are rich and support hc

you support millions of people going without healthcare....which yes, seems evil to me

[DanTex]

136. Quite the opposite. Supporting Hillary means improving the healthcare system,

and expanding access to more people. Supporting Bernie means either ushering in a GOP president or else keeping the status quo in place while wasting years trying to push a pipe dream through congress.

[questionseverything]

156. the aca was pretty much exactly what hc campaigned on in 08

she is the embodiment of the out of touch politician...what she considers affordable for us is ridiculous

for the 55 plus set that pay 3 times as much for coverage the aca is undoable ...for a couple over 55 an 8% premium plus another 10% a piece for the out of pocket is 28%...working people do not have that kind of disposable income

we lost what should of been a permanent democratic majority in '10 because of the corporate sponsored ideas that hc campaigned on which were no public option,mandates and penalties

her idea to limit prescription costs to 250 bucks a month? still much too expensive and if that cap is subsidized then it is just another tax payer give away to big pharma

<shrugs>

[SamKnause]

2. If I won a lottery worth $200 million dollars, would I be

part of the establishment ???

I think our definitions of what constitutes 'the establishment' differs.

[boston bean]

3. hmmmmmm.... I know all the millionaires who support Bernie are just different

than the all the other millionaires out there....

But any who don't support Bernie are just evil incarnate... OK.

[SamKnause]

9. Hi.

Will you please answer my question ???

Are lottery winners part of the establishment ???

[boston bean]

10. Art Garfunkel didn't win the lottery.. Why are you asking me this?

[SamKnause]

16. I want you to clarify what part of the establishment means to you.

[boston bean]

21. Well, I guess I would need to know yours, cause everyone else but bernies millionaires seem to fall

into a different category according to his supporters.

[SamKnause]

26. If you have political clout because of your wealth.

If you are the CEO of a corporation or organization that gives endorsements.

The owners of Wall Mart, Monsanto, Boeing, GM, etc.

The lobbyists for Wall Street, for the pharmaceutical corporations, for the MIC, and for the war profiteers.

Not all wealthy people are part of the establishment.

[boston bean]

28. They are just the evil 1% enabling the establishment to keep screwing us over, right?

I mean, that is what I am hearing...

PP HRC Unions who endorse and help Hillary are also NOT establishment. Yet the candidate calls them that, and his supporters lap it up.

The POST was sarcasm btw. Sorry, you missed it.

[hfojvt]

154. wealthy people DO have political clout

Once I got invited to a $500 per person fund raiser - for a Democrat.

That made me wonder - what kind of people can afford to give $500 to a candidate?

Not necessarily CEOs, but some fairly rich people, people making say, over $100,000 a year.

I tend to support tax increases on those kind of people. So the question is - if I am getting money from those people, am I likely to support increasing their taxes? Are they likely to keep supporting me if I do?

I think it is naive to discount the political clout of the 80th to 98th percentile. They have more income than the legendary 1%. They probably put themselves first in many ways - without even thinking about it. That's only human, after all.

[Ken Burch]

124. Getting rich as a musician isn't the same as getting rich by exploiting people.

Simon and Garfunkel's success never once involved inflicting injustice on anybody.

[MariaThinks]

94. yes, they become part of the establishment over time.

[MrMickeysMom]

62. Any idea what those ratio's are?

The millions who have supported him (hint: large... VERY LARGE number in the ratio) are just working class.

Any idea who the millionaire and billionaires or corporations are supporting HRC? Of course, we can't know that since Citizen's United. Gee...

[quickesst]

8. I would just say...

.... that if a person did win 200 million dollars in the lottery, the odds are that he or she would soon be.

[SamKnause]

13. You think lottery winners have access

to political leaders, CEO's, Wall Street insiders, the MIC, etc. ???

I guess our definition of establishment differs.

[quickesst]

66. Really?

According to many Bernie supporters, money is the root of all evil, because without money there is no influence. Who is to say that a person coming in to that kind of money would not use it to gain political favor? 200 million dollars would buy a great deal of it. With money comes power, and none but the naive would believe that most would not take advantage of it in some form or another.

[SamKnause]

74. I guess I am naive.

I dream of winning the lottery all the time.

I have been playing on and off since the 1980's.

I spent $1.00 on Tuesday and on Friday.

I have typed up a list of family members, friends, acquaintances,

and charities that I want to give to.

Never once, not once in all my years of dreaming have I ever dreamed

of attaining any kind of power.

Maybe I am the oddball out.

[quickesst]

158. I don't think you're the oddball out...

And I think there are many people with intentions similar to yours, but I also think there are many people including those with similar intentions who abuse their windfall once it is attained. Spreading money around for selfish gains and influence is something we don't often hear about.... because we're not supposed to know. Money changes a lot of people. As for winning a lottery, don't get me started. I dropped a few bucks on a wish and a prayer myself.

[mcar]

11. What does that have to do with the OP?

[notadmblnd]

31. They must have come up with this new meme at their morning meeting.

I hope HRC supporters are getting paid big $$. Cause they're certainly working overtime these days.

[artislife]

145. This is what the newspaper looks like in the bottom of the bird cage. nt

[cali]

5. Sigh. You are misinformed, uninformed or playing games.

[boston bean]

6. And here I thought I was talking the right lingo! nt

[cali]

17. Lingo? Lol.

[boston bean]

19. slingo???

[cali]

23. Okay, now you seem intent on embarrassing yourself. Go to it.

[boston bean]

24. Thanks for your permission.. nt

[riversedge]

27. :-) Well said.

[polly7]

48. Always. nt.

[Wilms]

7. All three, actually.

[In_The_Wind]

108. Hello ~ Stoolbend

Welcome to DU

[RiverLover]

18. Yep.

[Fumesucker]

14. Coo coo ca choo Mrs Robinson

Jesus loves you more than you will know...

[beam me up scottie]

15. Art Garfunkel = the establishment?

[MrMickeysMom]

54. They don't want to know the difference, scottie...

GO FIG-Yah! (It's a REAL dilemma that there WOULD be one)

[beam me up scottie]

56. Definitions mean nothing, it's truly bizarre.

[KittyWampus]

60. Being in Congress for how many years? Having your family work for you? Having your wife benefit?

Yeah, that's Establishment.

[beam me up scottie]

63. LMAO! I rest my case!

[polly7]

73. ........

[beam me up scottie]

76. #berniesotablishment he does his own laundry!

#berniesoestablishment he flies coach!

[polly7]

81. They really don't have anything at all compelling against him, do they?

I bet Clinton's campaign headquarters if frustrated beyond belief that a completely honest, trustworthy man is running against her.

But ........... hmmm, maybe not. It does make for good, imaginative slander campaigns where anything goes and you can just throw all sorts of shit at the walls to see what might stick. Racism, sexism, his 'allegiance' to Israel, etc. etc. - this thread.

[beam me up scottie]

85. Nope, that's why they have to manufacture smears.

And you're right, that's why she's sending her surrogates after Bernie, she's panicking.

[redstateblues]

159. OK. Got it. Successful people who support HRC-Evil

Successful people who support Bernie-Good folks. Glad that BSS have sorted that out for us.

[beam me up scottie]

160. This is what you've actually "got":

[boston bean]

77. ..........

[leveymg]

20. Not like S&G run Bechtel Corp. or sell Junk Bonds. This meme is insipid

There are those who earn their money and those who kill people for wealth. Hillary and the GOP want both to keep it and make more, so they'll make another war or two.

[reddread]

25. deserves twice that for serving up the soundtrack of this campaign

so glad we were able to see them nearby with the Everly Bros.

[SMC22307]

86. Such a beautiful song...

thanks for posting that.

[underpants]

29. $45 M delivers the 1%'s newspapers and shines their shoes

[DanTex]

68. $45M does that, huh? Are they hiring?

[tularetom]

30. This may not be the stupidest post I've ever seen but it's right up there

I don't know jack shit about Art Garfunkels politics but I do know Sen Sanders asked him if he could use that song in an ad and he consented.

How the hell you can make a leap from that fact to your ridiculous statement that it proves that the 1% supports Bernie is beyond my comprehension.

You should count to 1000 before you post anymore drivel like that.

[boston bean]

32. I know... How could have I ever come to that conclusion! LOL

[polly7]

89. Seriously.

[KingCharlemagne]

33. Despicable IGNORE - nt

[closeupready]

34. He's got a ways to go before matching Hillbot $200M Katy Perry.

[boston bean]

35. Thanks for this! LOL

[ViseGrip]

36. Well that's just poor compared to the Clintons.

[elias49]

37. Ignorance is forgivable

stupidity, not so much.

[boston bean]

38. You're right! nt

[Gregorian]

39. And to think we all fought Bush together.

Establishment is not a number.

[Fawke Em]

40. Sniff. Is that smell desparation?

[Fumesucker]

120. I love the smell of flop sweat in the morning

[Fast Walker 52]

150. LOL

[ucrdem]

41. Oh, you didn't go there!

Wait, yes you did!

[MrMickeysMom]

42. This is another demonstration of someone who has never listened...

Whether Art Garfunkel acquires a net worth of $1 or $45 million isn't the issue. It's the fair distribution of any wealth, and why that has over the last 40 years been RE-DISTRIBUTED to the upper 1%?

I see you haven't listened to the message yet. It's there for you. You might stop your insults and false analogies long enough to listen to it.

Does the message offend you? Tell me that when you've actually listened to it.

[boston bean]

43. Art should give up 44 M of those earnings in taxes, is that what you are saying?

[elias49]

45. Art should give $44 million to Hillary then?

Bwahahaha!

Maybe Art will get as position in Hill's cultural attache?

[MrMickeysMom]

46. Why would you think I said THAT?

I believe you just said that, and now you should explain why.

See how this works? You don't make up things that I've said, and meanwhile explain the things that you've said. Are you going to play games? Are you all about non-sequiturs today?

[boston bean]

50. Is Art a member of the 1%?

I guess my question came from your words:

It's the fair distribution of any wealth, and why that has over the last 40 years been RE-DISTRIBUTED to the upper 1%?

What should be done to be sure wealth is fairly distributed and should Art be a part of that?

[polly7]

72. I don't think she gets it.

[MrMickeysMom]

101. I don't either, polly....

But, I've decided over the last several weeks that I would follow suite as I do when I phone bank. I've gotten a sense of who is struggling out there, getting bashed over the head with endless corporately run TV ads. They then get a call from a real person, and there's a real sense of ... "huh?" there... If someone wants to engage me, I listen. They're being prodded to be scared to death. Let's hope whatever made them a Democrat will pull them through this endless advertising from the 1%.

I'm asking people here to do the same, almost fully understand that they don't wish to. I have to assume that it really hurts them now. I'm going through this with my own sister, who's reached the point in her support of HRC that she wants to turn everything off. She can't identify where the hate is coming from, but it is not coming from Bernie Sanders, for sure.

I'll at least I can try to have the decency to ask them to think. I'm not sure how long I can be that way. I notice that all the usual comments, when I respond to in this manner, are never answered. That tells me that it's very difficult for them.

They're going to need healing of some widening wounds they are inflicting upon themselves.

[polly7]

105. You're a good soul.

You're trying to help people sort out the reality of what so many are suffering and the confusion over what's caused it. Sanders points out in every speech exactly what's caused it but is never followed by the corporate run media that spews the same old propaganda it always has. I don't envy you for your hard work in trying to help others at least try to, as you say ... think - but I admire you greatly for it.

[MrMickeysMom]

110. Thanks, polly!

It's actually therapeutic for me. I ran a clean campaign myself and served honestly x 5 years as a councilwoman. The hate (almost constantly around me, believe it or not, mostly from Dems who didn't like my questioning wrong doing or cronyism) caused an internal evolution, so to speak.

I have grown a good skin around this one person's role in this campaign. Now it makes sense to me to go through that kind of shit in real life. It clarifies MUCH!

[polly7]

122. I could never serve as you did in any political or community leader position.

I wouldn't have the patience to put up with that kind of hate.

Sanders is very lucky to have people like you and I completely believe he's going to win!

[litlbilly]

44. Bernie is not against people making money, its about fairness. trash this tread is an easy one

[MrMickeysMom]

47. I'm about to do that, based on the ridiculous nature of arguments from these posters...

Go figure...

[litlbilly]

51. I hear ya. It just shows their desperation, they got nothing.

[MrMickeysMom]

57. Actually, they DO....

But, the authority jones is pretty strong.

They have to be told, and they lack doing the services of listening to the message. We have to be prepared for a LOT of mending after it's clear that ALL THIS deception .... ALL THIS POLITICALLY CONTROLLED corporate grabbing the established mouth pieces by the short hairs... It will not get anywhere, and there will be lots of wounds that have to be healed.

You knew that anyway, though.

[KingFlorez]

49. He should only be licensing music from starving artists

45 million isn't chump change.

[Sunlei]

52. "Fools" said I, "you do not know, Silence like a cancer grows"

[karynnj]

55. This is ridiculous

The values that Paul Simon, in particular, has shown over a lifetime are good -- you are just sad that these two wonderful men aren't with Hillary like Demi Lovato.

[boston bean]

58. Actually, not sad at all.

[lunamagica]

88. I'll take Rep. Lewis, Gwen Carr, Sybrina Fulton, Lucia McBath, Gabby Giffords, Dolores Hueta's

Endorsements over anyone who endorses Sanders

[pangaia]

59. If you do not understand the difference between Art Garfunkel and Jamie Dimon,

there is nothing I can do to explain it.

[Duckhunter935]

79. ^^^^^^

This

[Armstead]

100. +100

[polly7]

61. He earned it honestly with his own hard work and talent. What's the problem? nt.

[Eric J in MN]

64. +1 (NT)

NT

[ChisolmTrailDem]

67. Stupid post. Here's what I think about that...

[libdem4life]

82. What a crock. Fail. Wealth does not disqualify one for agreeing that there is income

inequality...and is willing to join in? Are you kidding me? Maybe those who are not wealthy can not understand why those who are wealthy would like to see income inequality disturbed and made at least a bit more equal. It's not g oing to make him poor, but it will improve the life of a poor person who was not so blessed.

Does it makes this his music bad? ...similar knee jerk.

Remember, there are tons of voters who had been chided regularly for voting against their own needs. Those, we like to call Republicans.

Well, Art is intelligent, talented, socially conscious and fully aware that his needs can become more in line with the general population. Many give generously to Progressive causes. How someone can frame that as an "Aha...See There?" is beyond me.

[Ron Green]

90. SUCK OF THE DAY!

You're today's winner!

[demmiblue]

96. That's what he said.

[Gothmog]

92. Thanks for posting

[Skwmom]

93. Is he trying to get corporate or billionaire welfare, etc.? No of course not.n/t

[karynnj]

95. Paul Simon gives back in a very big real way

OVERVIEW: Paul Simon cofounded the Children's Health Fund (CHF), which donates and staffs mobile medical vans that bring health care to poor and indigent children in urban and rural locations around the United States. Simon has also raised funds for groups such as amfAR, The Nature Conservancy, Fund for Imprisoned Children in South Africa, Autism Speaks, and Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation.

<snip>

ISSUES:

CHILDREN'S HEALTH FUND: Paul Simon and Dr. Irwin Redlener founded Children's Health Fund in 1987 after touring Martinique Hotel, a shelter for homeless families in New York City. The New York Children's Health Project was the first program in what would eventually become Children's Health Fund's national network of programs. The program began with one big blue bus, "a state-of-the-art mobile medical clinic that would bring care directly to those children with the least access." Over the years, Children's Health Fund has applied this formula across the country and provides care through innovative pediatric care programs and affiliates that serve children in poor communities across the country.

Children's Health Fund has also "campaigned in support of expanding health insurance coverage for low-income children, as well as public health programs that provide a critical safety net for millions of medically underserved children." In the 1990s, Children's Health Fund launched Kids First, Kids Now!, "a public education and advocacy campaign that focused national attention on the need for a true health care safety net for all of America’s children." The fund has also assistes those affected by natural disasters, including Hurricane Andrew, and more recently, Hurricane Katrina.

OTHER: Simon has also raised funds for outfits such as amfAR (which works in AIDS research), Nature Conservancy, Fund for Imprisoned Children in South Africa, Autism Speaks, and the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation, which aims to end the cycle of domestic violence.




http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/glitzy-giving/paul-simon.html

Ben and Jerry's has long donated a portion of their profits to charity - http://benandjerrysfoundation.org/

[Armstead]

98. Your distortions are astounding sometimes

First of all Bernie is not about punishing success or abolishing wealth. It is about shifting the balance that has become skewed towards the upper brackets at the expense of everyone else. That does not mean no one will be allowed to be wealthy under a Sanders administration.

Art made his money by writing and singing songs that a lot of peope have enjoyed over the years. He didn't make his mioney by screwing over workers, consumers, messing up the environment or skewing our laws and policies.

Third, I am pretty sure he is smart enough to realize that taxes might eat into his income somewhat, and he still gave his blessing. Being wealthy does not automatically make one a selfish jerk.

[whatchamacallit]

103. This is dumbest thing I've ever read

You deserve a trophy.

[jeff47]

109. You know, I'm getting very tired of Clinton supporters assuming we are complete morons.

Over and over again, their "gotcha!!!!" is as shallow and stupid as the one in this OP.

Most rich people being out to fuck over the 99% is not the same as all rich people being out to fuck over the 99%. You know this. Yet here you are, trying to claim the opposite because you think it's a wonderful "gotcha!!!".

Please stop pretending the rest of us are utter fucking morons. It is utterly insulting, and creates discord that will last LONG past the primaries.

[Fumesucker]

142. I'm actually coming to enjoy the desperation they exhibit

I mean everyone slows down and stares at the fatal car crash as the cops wave them by, few of us can resist the temptation to ogle something really hideous with horrified fascination.

[Aerows]

164. I couldn't have said it

better myself.

And you are absolutely right that this will create discord that will last long past the primaries. Look at what happened in 2008. Many, many people have not gotten over the dirty tricks, racist comments, and outright lies Clinton spewed at President Obama.

I would imagine that there are more than a few Bernie Sanders supporters that resent her for that, too.

[SixString]

170. +1

[Ken Burch]

112. So now we're throwing Artie under the bus?

He'd still be backing Bernie if he were broke, y'know.

[awake]

113. I guess this means tha Bernie is even making head roads into the top 1%

Soon 99.5% of America will come together for "the Bern" he is becoming unstoppable when even a 1%er backs him, that is the point of your OP right?

[SMC22307]

115. Before Sanders' "America" ad, did you even know who Art Garfunkel was?

Based on the ignorance on display in the OP, I'm guessing not...

[SidDithers]

116. DU rec...nt

Sid

[Dawson Leery]

127. Bernie's distortions that all rich people are bad has come back to bite him.

The far left has some hatred of wealth, yet they love smartphones, computers, cars, etc.....

Hypocrites.

[cali]

130. Put up or......

Bernie has fucking never said that crap.

You are a picture perfect hilly supporter. Honesty is dispensable. Just make stuff up blithely. Ugh. Sickening.

[polly7]

135. What a crock. Did you get that POS talking point in your daily email? nt.

[Armstead]

137. No, the distortions you express are right wing nonsense

[RoccoR5955]

141. You do know that people in the poorest countries

in Africa today have cell phones, they drive small cars, and have tablets, don't you?
Just because someone has an issue of the rich owning this country, does not mean that we do not want technology that could not be brought about without the workers, or the 99%.

If you love the rich so much, I suggest that you join the opposition to the Democratic Party. It is more where you belong.

We actual Democrats don't hate the wealthy, we just hate when the legally steal it from the rest of us, and want EVERYTHING!

[CBGLuthier]

128. Man, some of you Hillbots are losing your fucking shit spectacularly.

You are really starting to embarrass yourselves.

[artislife]

148. ^^^This.

[Fumesucker]

162. Wait until Hillary loses a couple of actual primaries

This is nothing...

[artislife]

144. Sunday morning funnies?

Because this is too silly to be a serious OP.

[Roy Ellefson]

146. identical to right wing attacks

this attack is identical to what right wingers did to Al Gore and his support for environmental causes...or any wealthy person who supports truly progressive causes. Is this Free Republic?

[workinclasszero]

151. Wow no wonder he is a Bernie supporter!

Art Garfunkel Net Worth: 45 MILLION

[closeupready]

153. Remember "The Mummy" when the scientist goes mad and laughs

hysterically at lots of nothing, subsequent to witnessing the reanimation of Amenhotep's mummy?

Why am I reminded of that now?

Threadstarter is laughing at her own jokes now, and the parallels are scary.

[Nanjeanne]

155. Just Wow

Why are Clinton supporters trying to make this a class war? Bernie never said people shouldn't have wealth. He just said they should pay their fair share of taxes. Bernie never said we should denounce people who have wealth. Only stop the uber wealthy from buying elections, from scamming people through greedy Wall Street tactics, and to encourage wealthy business to pay taxes and fair wages instead of all profits going yo their CEO and exec management.

Democrats used to embrace those issues.

I don't know why it surprises me but it continuously does that some Clinton supporters seem to grasp onto the most simplistic things and make such blatantly silly and disingenuous statements.

[bklyncowgirl]

157. Oh it is silly season for sure. Newsflash Boston Bean, Simon & Garfunkle ain't Goldman Sachs

It is true that Simon and Garfunkle (Simon in particular) are rich. They made their money by creating music that people wanted to hear. They were the right group with the right music at the right time. Nothing wrong with that. Maybe they have some clout in the music industry but that's about it.

Saying that the wealthy should pay more in taxes is not exactly "From each according to his ability to each according to his needs."

[Juicy_Bellows]

161. Paul Simon is worth considerably more, why go after Art?

Methinks you know nothing of their music. This is one helluva pant load.

Any credibility you may have once had has just blown out the door.

[R B Garr]

163. LMAO! This is hilarious!

Bernie is a sell-out to the 1%%%%%errsss. OLIGARCHS!

Great catch!

[Bonobo]

165. This is better than any comedy routine.

Seriously, I feel like I should pay for this.

[Bernblu]

166. LOL! Is the latest: smearing Art Garfunkell???

What a campaign tactic! Did David Brock approve? Perhaps, Hillary can run an ad in Iowa and NH. I don't think it would work because unlike your candidate, Art actually earned his wealth.

[beam me up scottie]

169. SIMON AND GARFUNKEL GO UNDER THE BUS!

What a winning strategy!

[R B Garr]

176. THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT THIS IS SAYING

It is mocking the phony talking points about 1%ers since BS and his supporters have no problem hobnobbing with REALLY RICH people. As long as they support Bernie.

Another deceptive FAIL for you.

[Warren DeMontague]

167. Demi Lovato net worth: 20 Million

I leave it to the gentle reader to determine for themselves whether they believe Ms. Lovato's contributions to the universe of music and entertainment are really worth 44% of those of Art Garfunkel.

[Jesus Malverde]

168. 45 million isn't one percent.

You should get informed, the one percent is a billionaire class.

[nolabels]

171. I think that moniker for the billionaires has a %# at less than .001

And as far as i can surmise that .001% are not the evil incarnate but rather the end result of a bad system that was built to get them there. This kind of thing has happened many times before so do we learn from it this time or have to keep it, tear it down, get angry at it or cogently figure out ways to just make it not work that way anymore? It's going to have to be our collective choice if it's going to change.

[Jesus Malverde]

173. Some families are worth trillions.

Let's focus on the real evil.

[nolabels]

175. Well maybe you might get some scared enough to run from it but that does not solve the problem

The structures that those billionaires dwell in some cases have been built over or a century or more. That in fact mucks up a lot of things. It is something that has to dealt with and that cannot be disassembled even with an assembled power with just a few notices. As a matter of fact that structure if it were to made less it will have to stay erected till any of it is replaced because all the money that is off shored. Placing an evil sign on something just makes it unapproachable and unsaleable to change

[Orsino]

172. It's true. Garfunkel has special access to the Sanders campaign...

...and will push his infrastructure agenda of building bridges over troubled water.

[wavesofeuphoria]

174. The Clinton's net worth - $111 million

Art's money is from being an artist, musician, etc.

The Clintons have been in "public service".

Corporate feminist just don't seem to get. Perhaps some intersectional feminists might enlighten them about the effects of oligarchy on women, POC, children. Until then, keep pushing these memes ...