The World Economic Forum is starting in Davos, Switzerland. Among the things being discussed by attendees arriving on some 1,700 private jets is global warming and income inequality. On the subject of quality of life, here’s an absolute gem from a Bloomberg article about a man who “amassed a multibillion dollar fortune betting against subprime mortgage securities”:
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/557953943356317696
Here are the two conflicting sentences back to back for purposes of hilarity:
“America’s lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence,” Greene said in an interview today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We need to reinvent our whole system of life.”
[…]
Greene, who flew his wife, children and two nannies on a private jet plane to Davos for the week, said he’s planning a conference in Palm Beach
Ha! Those World Economic Forum attendees can be such comedians!
@lachlan @baseballcrank These people need a wake up call. They should be required to spend a week with a working class family.
— sharonM (@sharm629) January 21, 2015
@lachlan someone needs to target this assholes wealth for immediate redistribution.
— GeauxFYourself (@GeauxFYourself) January 21, 2015
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Naturally he’s not referring to himself.
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Bingo!
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