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Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionaires"
Why thanks Gene, 'ol pal  (From: Classic Rock): Kiss star Gene insists world would descend into "chaos" without him and his fellow millionaires Kiss star Gene Simmons says he's proud to be among the One Percent of the world's richest people – and insists everyone else owes him a debt of gratitude. The bassist believes the world would descend into "chaos" if it wasn't for him and fellow millionaires. Simmons tells UTSanDiego.com: "The one percent pays 80 percent of all taxes. 50 percent of the population of the US pays no taxes. The one percent provides all the jobs for everybody else. If the one percent didn't exist there would be chaos and the economy would drop dead." He adds: "Try being nice to rich people. I don't remember the last poor person who gave me a job." Describing his 30 years of extreme financial security as "fantastic" he continues: "You know how I spell 'shameless?' P-r-o-u-d." And he explains: "People often confuse my pride and self-confidence with arrogance. I'm like an animal in the jungle that pisses on the ground and doesn't ask permission. That's full disclosure before the facts – others hold their opinions to themselves and never say who they are. You will always know who I am. You don't have to like it." Kiss – whose induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame set off an explosion of controversy this year – are touring the US with Def Leppard.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
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☄ Helpfulby Beagle 2015/01/29 17:22:34
No doubt he believes otherwise but the good news is that the world will keep on spinning just fine when this tedious old windbag falls over dead.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
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☄ Helpfulby Rimshot 2015/01/30 09:46:11
This only shows bass players shouldn't be millionaires at all.....
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
2015/01/29 17:45:38
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It's quite enlightening to read Paul Stanley's biography as he puts no glove in breaking the myth that Simmons is some kind of business genius, as Simmons himself and some people would want to believe.
A hard-working, disciplined, relentlessly driven self-promoter, yes.
But in terms of business and economics, Stanley doesn't spare his old partner.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
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☄ Helpfulby SteveStrummerUK 2015/01/29 18:44:34
To be in the global 1%, all you need is an income of around $34,000. So it's not that hard really. 900 million people in the world live on less than $1.25 a day.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
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☄ Helpfulby Rimshot 2015/01/30 09:46:54
This sounds like he's screwing with us. Isn't he? With comments about not being hired by a poor person, it seems like he really has no clue about logic and reason. He may as well claim that he's never been made 'wet' by having something 'dry' thrown on him... I mean really.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
2015/01/29 18:27:19
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... and chaos doesn't already exist??? [edited for self-preservation porpoises] Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time a rich person offered me a job.  
post edited by soens - 2015/01/31 09:30:27
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
2015/01/29 18:32:00
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The one thing that's sad when he says something like that is that Simmons can't use the Mel Gibson defence. He doesn't have the excuse that he was drunk or high because he's always been absolutely straight and always despised drugs and alcohol.
He claims he never ever had a drink and only once was high because he mistakenly ate some brownies which weren't your grandma's recipe... The rest of the guys who've worked with him all agree w/ him on that.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
2015/01/29 18:40:11
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So he comes by it "naturally" then...
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
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☄ Helpfulby Rimshot 2015/01/30 09:47:19
sharke
To be in the global 1%, all you need is an income of around $34,000. So it's not that hard really. 900 million people in the world live on less than $1.25 a day.
And if you add up the total net worth of the wealthiest 80 individual people in the world, they own as much as the least wealthy 50% of the world population--the poorest 3.5+ billion. http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/file_attachments/cr-even-it-up-extreme-inequality-291014-summ-en.pdf Those are the guys who clearly deserve the most credit for the current state of world peace and tranquility that this washed up bass player is claiming. He is not even in the club.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
2015/01/29 19:21:27
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☄ Helpfulby jamesg1213 2015/01/30 10:20:41
No one "gives" someone a job. They demand an honest days work for a fair days pay. But after hearing this dyed and fried, aging gasbag yammer on I'd be willing to bet he demands much more than that. Waaaay more.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
2015/01/29 20:00:50
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Godling
This sounds like he's screwing with us. Isn't he? With comments about not being hired by a poor person, it seems like he really has no clue about logic and reason. He may as well claim that he's never been made 'wet' by having something 'dry' thrown on him... I mean really.
Sadly he's not screwing with us. Not the first time he has revealed himself to be a total d-bag and won't be the last. At this point in his career, nothinghe says will affect his bottomline. I have seen him make inflammatory remarks that would destroy a career if it was new. At this point, the Kizz brand is bigger than anything he can say as an individual.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
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Godling
This sounds like he's screwing with us. Isn't he? With comments about not being hired by a poor person, it seems like he really has no clue about logic and reason. He may as well claim that he's never been made 'wet' by having something 'dry' thrown on him... I mean really.
He's not screwing with me. I couldn't give a rat's act what he says.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
2015/01/30 09:05:14
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Why thanks Gene, 'ol pal
(From: Classic Rock):
Kiss star Gene insists world would descend into "chaos" without him and his fellow millionaires
Kiss star Gene Simmons says he's proud to be among the One Percent of the world's richest people – and insists everyone else owes him a debt of gratitude.
Describing his 30 years of extreme financial security as "fantastic" he continues: "You know how I spell 'shameless?' P-r-o-u-d."
And he explains: "People often confuse my pride and self-confidence with arrogance. I'm like an animal in the jungle that pisses on the ground and doesn't ask permission. ....."
Prideprīd/ nounnoun: pride; plural noun: prides-
a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance.
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a group of lions forming a social unit.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
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SteveStrummerUK
"People often confuse my pride and self-confidence with arrogance. I'm like an animal in the jungle that pisses on the ground and doesn't ask permission. ''
Not only arrogant, but also very confused, it would appear.
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Re: Gene Simmons : "World would descend into 'chaos' without him and his fellow millionair
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He's just one of the (rich??) lions trying to form a social unit.
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