Charlie Munger: 'Bernie Sanders has
basically won' on income inequality
Posted By: voxpopuli, 5/2/2021 8:13:34 PM
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) Vice Chairman Charlie Munger on Saturday declared progressive Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) the victor in the nation's political fight over income inequality. The hot economy and loose monetary policy will end up narrowing the nation's wealth gap, Munger predicted. "With everything boomed up so high and interest rates so low, what's going to happen is the millennial generation is going to have a hell of a time getting rich compared to our generation," Munger says.
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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) Vice Chairman Charlie Munger on Saturday declared progressive Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) the victor in the nation's political fight over income inequality. The hot economy and loose monetary policy will end up narrowing the nation's wealth gap, Munger predicted.
"With everything boomed up so high and interest rates so low, what's going to happen is the millennial generation is going to have a hell of a time getting rich compared to our generation," Munger says.
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Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting as “an accidental discharge.” The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was investigating.
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Kid you not.
According to the London Spectator (hat tip: Daily Caller), citing a podcast interview that Prince Harry made with the Davos-like Aspen Institute:
I’ve got so much I want to say about the First Amendment as I sort of understand it, but it is bonkers. I don’t want to start going down the
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Desperate Don Lemon 'apologizes'
after teasing ‘end’ of his show
in duplicitous publicity stunt 28 replies
after teasing ‘end’ of his show
in duplicitous publicity stunt 28 replies
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Oh, Just Shut Up Already, Dr. Fauci
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I’m in one of those moods where I wish there weren’t editors or language standards, because there are quite a few leftists I’d really like to encourage to go “make love” to themselves and end it in an unpleasant way. Since this is a column and not a book, and there are editors and language standards, I’ll limit my fire to just one, Dr. Anthony Fauci, save the rest for later, temper my language a bit and make expeditious use of the thesaurus. Needless to say, I view him as the epicenter of a rear-end and truly one of the most destructive creatures swimming in the swamp of Washington.
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Munger is Warren Buffet's right hand toadeater.. apparently he's forgotten that sanders did not win.. neither did Lyin' Joe.. the election was STOLEN.. so much for the Brains of Omaha