Paul Allen's little boat

by **Mugzy** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:37 am

This man has such a hard life...

http://www.yachtingcrews.com/paulallen.htm

by **Ldsmith104** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:47 am

Yeah, never should have sold that damn thing but I was in the money crunch and needed some cash flow.

by **Chacal** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:56 am

And he has 2 other yachts.

This is exactly why I don't like capitalism.

by **SHWoff** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:06 am

See... I don't have a problem with someone taking risks and accomplishing what he, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, etc. have. I say more power to 'em.

by **Chacal** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 4:55 am

And more yachts. A man can't have too many yachts.

by **SavageParrot** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:17 am

Originally posted by SHWoff
See... I don't have a problem with someone taking risks and accomplishing what he, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, etc. have. I say more power to 'em.

How much do they pay the people manufacturing their stuff for them. I have no proble with people making a lot of money but eally the amount they make is stupid. Why earn more than you could ever use at the expense of others? Every time their stock goes up due to 'streamlining' or 'effective cost cutting' (or any of those other nice terms for fucking over your employees), it's a black mark against him in my opinion.

That said the other guy whos yaught is shown 'Roman Abramovich' is much worse. He's one of those russian billionaires that used dodgy family connections to sweep in and buy state owned businesses after the fall of communism. He bought for example large portions of the state oil fields for the merest fraction of their worth. The price was a joke. If I was a russian worker I'd be getting ready to chop his head off...

by **Sabres** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:11 am

Rediculous... he pays 20 million a year to keep that thing working, how much time out of the year is he actually on the yacht?

by **SHWoff** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:53 pm

Originally posted by SavageParrot
How much do they pay the people manufacturing their stuff for them. I have no proble with people making a lot of money but eally the amount they make is stupid. Why earn more than you could ever use at the expense of others? Every time their stock goes up due to 'streamlining' or 'effective cost cutting' (or any of those other nice terms for fucking over your employees), it's a black mark against him in my opinion.

I'm all for everyone making whatever they can. My point is that he's the guy (or was) that brings all these brilliant people together, pays them a competitive wage, manages them to specific tasks, and replaces them, if necessary, with other brilliant people. There's nothing stopping you or I or anyone else from doing the same thing. The thing that separates them from some of us is that they are to take extreme risks to achieve more. They also learn from their failures and put that knowledge to work. People follow guys like that.

Now that he has all that money, who's to say what he spends it on. There are many people out there who think the same of what we pay for a gaming computer or 24-inch widescreen monitor or plasma TV or Air Jordan shoes or ...

by **Greg** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:04 pm

Originally posted by Sabres
Rediculous... he pays 20 million a year to keep that thing working, how much time out of the year is he actually on the yacht?

lol i wonder if you parked that in the ghetto of the water aera if it would get boosted?:violin: lots-o-pain-killers:D

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