Billionaires Rally to Ask Americans to Donate Their Social Security Checks

Posted on | April 29, 2010 | Comments

On Wednesday, April 28, 2010, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation met with billionaires, millionaires and politicos at the Ronald Reagan Building in D.C. The day after the new Fiscal Commission held their first meeting, these leaders gathered in secret to devise ways to cut Social Security benefits (not the reason for the budget deficit) in the name of the federal budget deficit.

OUTSIDE the meeting, ‘Billionaires for Social Insecurity’ gathered to ask the public in a more outright fashion to hand over their Social Security checks.

We couldn’t agree more!

Posted on | April 6, 2010 | Comments

Talking Points Memo reports:

“My ancestors, actually, weren’t on the Mayflower. They sent the servants over first to get the cottage ready.”

Haw haw haw haw haw! That’s from the Facebook page of J. Roby Penn IV, the 29-year-old oil-and-gas heir who serves as the mid-Atlantic director of the RNC’s Young Eagles program.
Also: “I believe in a purpose driven life… if life’s purpose is backgammon and tennis.”

And: “If you don’t have an oil well, get one.”

The Young Eagles, as you know, have helped throw the RNC into crisis after their trip to one of LA’s top bondage-themed nightclubs. But given the man-of-leisure persona cultivated by Penn, maybe it’s not so surprising that the group is used to being entertained in style.

Billionaires Shower Dollar Bills, Gratitude on Sen. McConnell

Posted on | March 21, 2010 | Comments

The Billionaires for Wealthcare showered Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell with real bills on behalf of the insurance industry for the GOP’s extraordinary attempts to kill health care reform. The Billionaires met McConnell as he left his appearance on Face the Nation at CBS News in DC.

“Senator McConnell, thank you for all your hard work – here’s a little something extra from the insurance industry” The Billionaires shouted as they tossed their bills. “Vote ‘no’ to kill healthcare reform and there’s more on the way”

The event capped off the nation’s tumultuous health care debate, which saw every member of the GOP attempt to thwart reforms that would lower costs, increase access and end atrocious industry practices.

“We’ve been spending over $5 million per week to kill healthcare reform” said health insurance executive Clay M. Denyed. “We’re glad to finally go public with our support. Besides, confetti is cheap – we know that only money means anything to the GOP.”

Bilionaires for Wealthcare at Health Care Rally at Dupont Circle in DC 3/09/2010

Posted on | March 9, 2010 | Comments

Billionaires for Wealthcare made an appearance at the health care rally at Dupont Circle in Washington DC on March 9th 2010.

It is a Class War, and we’re winning!!

Posted on | February 18, 2010 | Comments

BusinessWeek reports:

“The average income reported by the 400 highest-earning U.S. households grew to almost $345 million in 2007, up 31 percent from a year earlier, Internal Revenue Service statistics show.

The figures for 2007, the last year of an economic expansion, show that average income reported by the top 400 earners more than doubled from $131.1 million in 2001. That year, Congress adopted tax cuts urged by then-President George W. Bush that Democrats say disproportionately benefits the wealthy.”

State of the Union – Billionaires Style

Posted on | January 26, 2010 | Comments

Be part of the latest Billionaire adventure during Obama’s State of the Union tomorrow.

We’re about to launch “Mystery Billionaire Theater” a regular series spoofing news in the style of Mystery Science Theater – and we need your help. We need you to put on your Billionaire thinking cap and imagine what America’s corporate elite will be thinking (both good and bad) during the State of the Union. As well as the GOP response following the speech.

We’ll be using the Twitter hashtag #b4w to aggregate our thoughts during the speech. Tweet your best Billionaire quips & asides and we’ll incorporate them into our SOTU episode. (Don’t twitter? Keep a running log of your talking points and email them to Billionaries4Wealthcare@gmail.com ASAP after the speech)

So gather up your closest Billionaire friends for tomorrow’s speech and lets have some fun.

–Billionaires for Wealthcare

ps. All issues in the speech are fair game, not just healthcare. We’re especially interested in what Obama has to say about Wall Street, the bank bailouts, etc.