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Reply 40

Rishz

Original post by super.teve

I got negged for saying this just...

What a shame. Hopefully I wont get negged :biggrin:

[Ok,]

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 41

Enoch.

Original post by LibraryHomeCinema

Branson isn't the best example. He was given over £1 million to set up a company by his father. He went from rich to richer.

Bill Gates went from zero to crazy wealthy.

No.

Original post by super.teve

Was Barack Obama poor? Okay, why was I negged,- for this I assume?
I asked a question, you could have answered it.

No he wasn't. If I am correct, he lived a middle class lifestyle when younger.

Reply 42

boromir9111

I wonder who will play him in the movie.

Reply 43

HumanNature1992

Jay-Z (pretty much all rappers but he's had the biggest change)

Reply 44

username425364

Original post by ussumane

No.

No he wasn't. If I am correct, he lived a middle class lifestyle when younger.

Yes.
Middle class is arguably poor? (In relative terms to the superich,- in the grand scheme of things, then no of course not, but relative, yes).
Relative poor to richness.

Everything has to be put into context.

He is now going to have millions,- after he writes his book etc.

If he had a household income of say $120,000 before and is now a millionaire,- in comparison he was poor.

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 45

faber niger

Most of these people didn't go from poor to rich in real terms, to be honest; many of them were relatively poorer members of Western states, but in world terms they'd always been pretty well off.

Reply 46

House of Jonny

Quite a few I think.

Andrew Reynolds
Richard Branson
That Lakmish fella.

Duncan Bannatyne.

J.K Rowling.

Every Rich Black Person.

Reply 50

ish90an

Bill Gates came from an upper middle class family, hardly "poor". For real life examples, Alan Sugar, Narayan Murthy, JK Rowling, founder of Ikea (cant remember his name).

Reply 51

ish90an

Original post by House of Jonny

Quite a few I think.

Andrew Reynolds
Richard Branson
That Lakmish fella.

Lakshmi Mittal(owner of Arcelor) was born in a wealthy steel family.

Reply 52

Enoch.

Original post by super.teve

Yes.
Middle class is arguably poor?
Relative poor to richness.

Everything has to be put into context.

He is now going to have millions,- after he writes his book etc.

If he had a household income of say $120,000 before and is now a millionaire,- in comparison he was poor.

If comparing Bill Gates to Obama, would you consider Obama as poor?

Reply 53

username425364

Original post by ussumane

If comparing Bill Gates to Obama, would you consider Obama as poor?

Maybe?
No in my opinion.

It depends if you mean absolute or relative poverty.

Absolute, then hell no,- neither are or were poor.

Relative to each other,- then yes, Bill Gates is rich, Obama poor.

But ofcourse not in the way you mean, relative to each other, yes.

Reply 54

Young Pretender

Original post by super.teve

Being middle class earning $120,000 does not make you poor. He had a very good education; prep schools, Harvard Law School etc which was funded by his parents and gave him the neccessary contacts/skills for his current job. The OP was implying a 'rag to riches' story, and Obama's past is far from that, regardless of relativity.

Reply 55

APonderingMind

Original post by super.teve

I got negged for saying this just...

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It is quite silly of you to assume he was poor... how could he possibly have gotten the connections and education (from private schools) needed to become the President if he was poor?

Reply 56

username425364

Original post by Young Pretender

If you go back to my post, I put a question mark next to his name and explained why I asked the question..

In relative terms, in the way I am defining poor.

Bill Gates VS Barack Obama = yes, rich vs poor.

IT'S RELATIVE.

If you want to be pedantic, then yes.

I only asked a simple question, if it was a true rags to riches, and it is obviously not.

But yes the middle class are poor compared to the super rich.

Reply 57

username425364

Original post by APonderingMind

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It is quite silly of you to assume he was poor... how could he possibly have gotten the connections and education (from private schools) needed to become the President if he was poor?

Like I said, if you go back and look at my post, I didn't know he went to private school.

I read somewhere that he came from "humble" beginnings, and i've seen photos of him next to mud huts etc.

It was a question...