Richard DeVos, Hypocrite

[ck4829]

"I don't want to make 'em too comfortable there, I want them to get a little desperate to go out and find their way out of it."
-Richard DeVos, head of AmWay, explaining why he doesn't help the poor.

OK... but he has a strange habit of making the GOP feel comfortable, just look at this.

http://opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?txtName=devos%2C+richard&NumOfThou=0&txt2006=Y

[guruoo]

1. Compassionate Capitalism?

I just wonder how desperate things will
have to get before people like this are no longer
able to feel safe to venture outside their
corporate compounds? Why can't they see this?

http://www.ex-cult.org/Groups/Amway/

[cyclezealot]

4. Source please.

I assume the source is his book. ?

[guruoo]

5. Source of what?

Those were my words, not Devoss'.

[cyclezealot]

6. Guess 4829's summary.

My point was. The quote attributed to DeVos in 4829's original thread attributed the quote to DeVos. But where did DeVos say this. His book or elsewhere. When clicked on opensecrets shed no light on the source of the quote. A speech, the book, where ever.? Pretty obvious the book, I guess. Just wanted to confirm.

[guruoo]

7. Looks like motherjones is the original source...

1st hit:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22I+want+them+to+get+a+little+desperate+to+go+out+and+find+their+way+out+of+it.%22&btnG=Google+Search

On edit, motherjones story cites the Grand Rapids Press as source of the quote.
http://www.grpress.com/main/ - 14 day site search returned no hits for the word 'DeVos'.

[TahitiNut]

2. For the Amway Ayatollah, hypocrisy is a sacrament.

:shrug:

[gratuitous]

3. And God turned to the goats and said

"Away from me, you hypocrites! Because you didn't feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, or visit the sick and imprisoned."

And Richard DeVos said, "I didn't want to make the poor too comfortable. In my estimation, they weren't desperate enough. Want to buy some overpriced kitchen cleanser?"

And God did smile upon Richard DeVos, who then spent eternity cleaning the magnificent kitchens of the formerly poor.

[Obamarama]

8. DeVos is a fuck and his wife Betsy the Bitch is a whore....

Betsy was the former MI Resmuglican Party chairbeast. They will never be Governor & First Lady of Michigan.

[BushOut06]

9. We in Orlando know all too well about what a hypocrite he is

This is the same man who is trying to squeeze Orange County for $$$ to build a new basketball arena for the Orlando Magic, when he has more than enough to do it himself.