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Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN
Are you this friggin Dense. I stated that a typical millionaire is a small business owner. Not the other way around.
Are you really so thick as to not grasp the contradiction here?
That is, if only 13% of small business owners are millionaires, then how could this group be construed as "typical" as a percentage of the total number of millionaires in America?
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You are the one who is confused. We are talking about 2 distinct groups. Millionaires and Small business owners. If 13% of small business owners are millionaires it still could be theoreticly possible that 100% of millionaires are small business owners. To use a grade school math expression, Millionaires are a subset of small business owners not the other way around.
The book I spoke of did a survey of Millionaires in this country and found that the most common vehicle was the Ford F150, because the typical millionaire is some sort of contractor. They didnt survey small business owners and find that the typical one was a millionaire which is what you're arguing I said.
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Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN
Bush/Cheney aren't even close.
You still haven't backed this contention with facts. Your own LA Times quote starts by saying "Since key details of Heinz Kerry's investments are not in the public record, a precise valuation is not possible." And you provided no facts to substantiate either Bush or Cheney's net worth.
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Their homes and jet alone dwarf Bush/Cheney. Put it this way if Cheney leveraged his entire net worth and invested it at 10% it would take him over 140 years to approach the Heinz fortune.
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Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN
But, IMO, the real point is this:
No matter what the difference in Bush/Cheney and Heinz-Kerry's net worth, your insinuation that the same criticisms you're leveling at Kerry and his wife don't apply to Bush and Cheney is ludicrous. Even if Bush and Cheney are worth less than Kerry and his wife, it still doesn't follow that this difference in net worth is meaningful enough for them to be perceived as being in touch with ordinary, working Americans.
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Hey in politics perception is everything. Bush jetting down to his ranch to kick back, wear jeans, and fix the fence on the back 40 seems more "in touch" than winging off to France to hit the slopes or whatever. It may be a lot of carefully crafted nonsense, but Bush does come off as more of a "regular guy" than Kerry.