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Having $270 billion dollars and spending the bulk of your time trying to make more money is like weighing 900 pounds and thinking "ooh, I bet I can get to 1000". (www.bloomberg.com)
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Imagine being that rich and spending the limited time you have on Earth actively trying to make more money. It's absolutely mental illness!

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[โ€“] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Having a net worth of 270 billion dollars is not synonymous with 'having 270 billion dollars'

[โ€“] Jarix@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

While that is true, at the moment in time they are worth that much, they easily have access to that same amount more or less simply by having better lending rates(after accounting shenanigans are all worked out)than any average person will ever have.

In comparison, our mortgages/loans are the equivalent of using paydayloan rates