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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(139,540 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:48 PM 10 hrs ago

Jamie Dimon understands why folks are anti-rich: 'We have left the lower-income folks behind' & 'that's kind of annoying

The bottom 50% of households in the U.S. own only $4.27 trillion of the nation’s $174 trillion in available wealth. By contrast, the top 0.1% own $25.07 trillion, and the top 99 to 99.9% own a little under $30 trillion, according to Federal Reserve data.

With AI now supercharging the stock market, and richer families already owning the majority of those assets, that divide is only likely to widen.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is well aware of this phenomenon. In fact, the man worth more than $3 billion according to Forbes says he understands why people are “anti-rich.” Speaking to Axios, Dimon said the “anti-rich thing has been around for a long time.”

In his role as CEO of the largest bank in the U.S., Dimon rubs shoulders with some of the wealthiest people on the planet. But he also works for the bank’s customers who have more standard levels of income.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/jamie-dimon-understands-why-people-are-anti-rich-we-have-in-fact-left-the-lower-income-folks-behind-and-that-s-kind-of-annoying/ar-AA27XtAk

"Kind of annoying" that's quite the understatement.

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Jamie Dimon understands why folks are anti-rich: 'We have left the lower-income folks behind' & 'that's kind of annoying (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 10 hrs ago OP
Yup, I loved that 'kind of annoying' comment myself. Biophilic 10 hrs ago #1
He's a creep. Scrivener7 10 hrs ago #2
If our education system Scubamatt 10 hrs ago #3
Hey, that's mighty white of you Jamie! Disaffected 10 hrs ago #4
Supercilious twit who doesn't mention his bank was bailed out by the taxpayers Ritabert 9 hrs ago #5
Lol yeah...because eventually, they might rise up and kill us rich folk...or worse yet.. Volaris 8 hrs ago #6
"kind of annoying" durablend 8 hrs ago #7
Wow, the empathy and compassion flowing from him... Spazito 8 hrs ago #8
"It is so annoying to have to see them living in tents or encounter them panhandling on the street! struggle4progress 7 hrs ago #9
"anti-rich" orthoclad 7 hrs ago #10
Looks like crypto was created in order to phase oasis 7 hrs ago #11

Biophilic

(6,868 posts)
1. Yup, I loved that 'kind of annoying' comment myself.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:12 PM
10 hrs ago

Talk about thinking you were so clever and ‘with it’ while being totally out of bounds.

Scubamatt

(364 posts)
3. If our education system
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:20 PM
10 hrs ago

hadn't been intentionally gutted and dumbed-down by the Republicans since the 80s, our kids might be taught about the Gilded Age and the Robber Barons who amassed obscene fortunes, planting the seeds for the great Depression. They might also learn that the things that Trump and his Republicon parrots are now claiming are "communist" are the very type of things that helped right this country after it was devasted by the insane greed of the wealthy.

Volaris

(11,893 posts)
6. Lol yeah...because eventually, they might rise up and kill us rich folk...or worse yet..
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:10 PM
8 hrs ago

RAISE OUR TAXES (GASP)!!
oh, the horror.

struggle4progress

(127,507 posts)
9. "It is so annoying to have to see them living in tents or encounter them panhandling on the street!
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:24 PM
7 hrs ago

After I went to all the work of amassing my fortune, Ithey should respect the fact that at the end of the day I'm tired and just need to head home to put up my feet and drink a nice cold frosty one"

orthoclad

(5,419 posts)
10. "anti-rich"
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:49 PM
7 hrs ago

been around for a long time. Annoying. Is he hearing the sound of Madame Guillotine? Maybe Bastille Day got him thinking.

oasis

(54,548 posts)
11. Looks like crypto was created in order to phase
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:58 PM
7 hrs ago

out the dollar and leave the working class more vulnerable to the oligarchs.

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