"Your highness, the peasants are revolting.”
“You said
it. They stink on ice.”
Every so
often that old gag gets new life, this time from Steve Wynn, a billionaire
casino owner. At an investor presentation, Mr. Wynn said that “rich people only
like being around rich people. Nobody likes being around poor people,
especially poor people.”
Because Mr.
Wynn votes Republican, the media labeled this a gaffe, hoping to fuel class
warfare. (Understand that gaffes can only be committed by Republicans; all
Democrats are given a pass, especially Uncle Joe Biden, spiritual leader of Gaffestan.)
Examine the
context of Mr. Wynn’s remarks. From CNBC.com: “This company caters to the top
end of the gaming world. We’re sort of Chanel or Louis Vuitton, to use the
comparison, the metaphor of the retail business. But unlike Chanel or Louis
Vuitton, we are able in our business to cater to all of the market. By making
our standards so high … that everybody wants to be in the building. Or to put
it in a more colloquial way, rich people only like being around rich people.
Nobody likes being around poor people, especially poor people. So we try and
make the place feel upscale for everyone. That is to say, we cater to people
who have discretion and judgment and we give them a choice and we are
consistent in that.”
Sounds to
me like the welcome mat is out to anybody rich or poor eager to feed a slot
machine.
In other
Wynn Resorts news, the company plans to replace a marginally profitable golf
course with a $1.6 billion water park. This being the parched West, questions
about water will arise. Apparently Mr. Wynn will cross that bridge when he gets
to it. If he even needs a bridge.
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