OK! Who saw 'Eli Broad" on 60 Minutes??!!

[Fire1]

What did you think??

[SoCalDem]

1. It's only 5:03 Pm here

:)

[Fire1]

2. Are you ever in for a treat!! Hope you've eaten already. n/t

[SoCalDem]

3. now I'm scared

:rofl:

[Skidmore]

4. Broad & the Billionaires Club and entrenched media sucking up

to people with huge senses of entitlement. That was disgusting.

[Danmel]

6. 100 percent of his political donations go to Dems

And he has donated tons of money
for stem cell research.

[Fire1]

8. Yeah, blue dog dems. n/t

[valerief]

17. Blue dog dems aren't dems at all. nt

[Fire1]

22. Ya think? n/t

[Skidmore]

10. He still comes across like a jerk who considers himself entitled

to being sucked up to.

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. He can keep the money he's using to deform education

[Fire1]

7. Yeah, kinda made me ill. He seems to be one arrogant s.o.b.

How can you call yourself a 'philanthropist' and expect a 'profit!' Hypocrits! :puke:

[bluestate10]

11. Broad did not say his philanthropy had to make a profit.

What Broad did say is that projects that he put money into had to meet their stated objectives. This poster is content with that code. Why throw money into a effort that is failing to meet it's stated objectives?

[Fire1]

14. I know what I heard. n/t

[asjr]

5. Great segment!

[femmocrat]

9. Yes, I watched it.

I was hoping for more on his intrusive manipulation of public education. They barely gave schools a mention... just one reference to "education reform" and a quick picture of some school kids holding up a sign saying, "Thank You, Mr. Broad."

I agree that his contributions to the arts are impressive, but he sure enjoys taking credit for them! And he seems to only include what he "deems" important, but that was just an impression that I got. I've never been to any of his institutions in LA, so I don't know that for sure.

I would say that modesty is a virtue he lacks, however.

[bluestate10]

12. Broad is at least giving money. I do not like seeing his name on every thing. nt

[lib2DaBone]

13. Has anyone noticed.. now ...that all the jobs are gone to China....

. the only thing left in this country .. is to dismantle is the infrastructure.

Does anyone notice that the Repukes are having a giant yard sale of American Assets?

Public schools, retirement, toll roads, bridges.. it's all on the auction block. Take the money and run....

[valerief]

18. My job is off to China by year end. nt

[madinmaryland]

15. Disgusted by him. He gets to choose he spends the money on.

Nothing that I saw indicated he spent money on that would help the disadvantaged.

How about covering healthcare for everyone making less than $50,000 in LA. Instead he supports an art gallery that caters to the wealthy.

[Fire1]

16. How about the people who lived in "Tent City?" But of course

there's nowhere to put his name.

[Billy Burnett]

19. How many times was he referred to as a "self made" billionaire?

4, 5, 6 times? Sold his bank in '99 for billions.

Imo, he should have been taxed more. If the über rich paid high taxes, as they used to, then the philanthropy wouldn't be as "needed". Those collected tax revenues would be able to pay for WPA type projects right now, and those projects would have touched and helped many more people in need than the nouveau riche perusing the art galleries in NYC and SF.

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. Damn I didn't realize he was going to be on

I'll try to catch it online. Thanks!