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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
I think people may be missing the point. Her tax bill is most likely pretty low. People with any substantial wealth will structure their investments and income so as to minimize their tax liability. The companies she owns are also structured to minimize their taxes paid.
She has a brand to maintain. The brand of being an approachable woman who's just like the ones who watch her at home - the kind of friend you'd invite over for coffee. She shares the same everyday trials and tribulations you do! She hates traffic (nevermind that she take a limo everywhere), she has bad hair days (nevermind that she has a team of stylists), she hates to pay her taxes...get it?
You can beat her up and call her a hypocrite all you want. But you need to realize that you've been suckered into her marketing image as much as anyone else.
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And that somehow makes her hypocrisy more tolerarable? Oh, I get it, it's okay to espouse social ideals of equality and justice while not practicing them yourself. It'll be just like the Kennedy legacy; a bunch of rich *******s who did virtually nothing to help the people they professed care for.
If she's so keen on her image and marketing, why doesn't she just come out and say "You know what? The free market and my talents got me where I am today but wealth is more important to me than my ideals. Even so, I'd like for all of you to do what I say when it comes to caring and sharing and all that other BS because I am better than you and I know what's best for you."
I think I may well grant Oprah honorary tenure at FU.