Give me a break.. it says right here he’s worth $340m… How much did he give to support the protestors today? The pizza shop that has been feeding them all, did he offer to pay for any? It’s ridiculous people think these celebrities are so great for ‘stopping by’…. get over it.. 

Asking to raise his taxes? For what? WAR not the POOR… Just GIVE IT AWAY… Why put the government in the middle of it? Million dollar homes, Cars, etc. Buy homes for the poor, Buy them food… Ridiculous.. And people think this is a role model? $340m for what?

you mad cause your rich people are protesting against you?

Are you kidding me? Im unemployed… I have no health insurance, No income… But this guy with $340m is suppose to make me feel good that he’s willing to pay more taxes? gtfo

Are you kidding me? Im broke, unemployed, no insurance… who knows if I’ll be homeless soon.. and I’m suppose to feel good cause this guy with $340m is willing to pay more TAXES? 

Is my response being deleted? 
Are you kidding me? Im broke, unemployed, no insurance… who knows if I’ll be homeless soon.. and I’m suppose to feel good cause this guy with $340m is willing to pay more TAXES? 

If he cared so much, Why isn’t ‘The Rush Card’ free? You pay HIM to hold your money cause you can’t get a bank account.. He’s money hungry just like the rest… give me a break..

lol u all mad

:P Not mad.. just stupid that people think this dude is soooo friggin great for showing his face.. it was for publicity… and I thought my comments were being deleted.. 

Glad he showed up. We need more…Just because he worked hard and made money, does not mean he is not one of us…Russell Simmons has been vegan since 1998 and advocates the adoption of practicing Ahimsa and veganism citing animal rights along with the environmental and health benefits.[2][5] Simmons is a supporter of Farm Sanctuary, an organization working to end cruelty to farm animals.[6] In May 2009, Simmons was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Slavery Memorial at theUnited Nations to Honor the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

We are for all people who have a decent mind and are fair to others. If he can make lots of money and employ people and treat them fairly, then he is a good man… It’s the elite that have no care for the other people of this world and no care for the environment. Bravo for him showing up. Thank You Russell, send in all your friends… We need all good people to fight the corruption going on.

He sold his soul a while ago for the spotlight… he’s gt branches of fruits throughout the spotlights aswell.   Hope he’s going to help and not just, take some spotlight.

Glad you were able to google that and then copy and paste from Wikipedia to support your debate about him being on ‘our side’ .. What the hell does being a VEGAN have to do with it? Does he give back to the community in any way? Has ANY celebrity ever done ANYTHING for you except take your money for their Overpriced Movies, Overpriced CDs Etc? Wake UP! He’s just like them….. 

It’s called shared risk and reward Anonymous.  If we all put a little in the pot we can achieve way more than simply having a very small number of wealthy folks give all.   Same basic principle as car insurance.  If I had to pay the total cost of my kids toasting my ride I would still be without transportation.  Most Americans are in the same boat…aren’t you?

Bravo…Russell Simmons: “I Am Asking The United States Government To Raise My Taxes”

Read more: http://globalgrind.com/news/russell-simmons-i-am-asking-united-states-government-raise-my-taxes#ixzz1ZIgh0Psh

The man joins in, even though it will COST him, and some of you have the nerve to slam him?  YOU do it for selfish reasons.  YOU stand to gain.  He stands to lose, but is there because its’s the right thing to do.  Thank the man or STFU.

I think these protesters know exactly why they are there. Rage against Greed! don’t try to make this sound like a flash dance, it is a very real protest that is congruent with much of America. People are tired of CEO’s, wall street tycoons, corporations, etc. that make obscene amounts of money while millions starve and many millions more lose their homes and more.

… and so you believe that ‘payroll taxes’ do NOT exist?

… one of those who thinks the only taxes are ‘income taxes’?
… swamp land in (Republican) Florida?
… while those in the upper ten percent, whose salaries are ACTUALLY increasing at a percentage rate annually which is non-negligible, are complaining against those whose salaries have (nearly) not budged in TWENTY years, in spite of taxes increasing, SS being ‘threatened’ by Republicans every fifteen months, AND who regressively pay A MUCH higher percentage of their weekly paychecks for the petrol they need (whose pricing is controlled by REPUBLICANS), SIMPLY for the privilege of driving their older and older cars to WORK for those upper ten percent?
(I’m glad I’ve got it straight… watch for the price of oil to come down at the pump in 2012, perhaps a week after the Republican convention…)

You idiots….he is a Rothschild shill….his jewelery company sells…DIAMONDS…..all diamonds are controlled by the Rothschilds, de Beers and Rio Tinto are owned by the Rothschilds…..i asked him to this today and he openly ADMITTED to having met with the Rothschilds….what a joke

Please check out honest voices from Occupy Wall St.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k72eZiDNMQ&feature=channel_video_title

I am not Anonymous. I am an American.

I am not just a Consumer. I am a Citizen.

I will no longer be labeled Left or Right, Liberal or Conservative, Demopublican or Republocrat.

I will no longer follow Puppets labeled Left or Right, Liberal or Conservative, Demopublican or Republocrat.

I am the People. And I am coming for the Puppetmasters.

I am part of the 99 Percent. And I demand the following:

1. End the Fed.

2. Reverse Citizens United.

3. Repeal PATRIOT Act.

4. Expose 9/11 Truth.

5. End Profit Wars.

6. Refund Taxpayer Trillions.

7. Imprison the Kleptocrats.

8. Single Term Limits.

You are extremely naive and need educating on matters of co-opting, preempting, and public relations, and perhaps infiltration.

well there’s a twist

Maybe he actually thinks it’s atrocious that a man worth $340 million pays lower tax rates than his employees.  Is that such a difficult concept for you to handle?  That someone could actually support changing such a perverse policy.  And WTH is wrong with you?  You’re unemployed and have no health insurance, and you’re angry at him for wanting his class to contribute more to help your sorry self???

“Big” is repeating the anti-semitic BS blaming the Rothschilds for all the world’s problems. Very few Jews are rich. There is a Ruling Class and it is the the Corporate Class, and the right wing mostly Republican politicians who work for them – not the Rothchilds. Anti-semitism is  the socialism of fools.

Russell is there to make this a Left/right issue, that’s BS, we the 99% don’t care for labels. The whole system screwed us. Not for nothin, he is part of the agenda, putting out videos with occult symbology.

You troll’s make me sick.  Russle’s the truth!  And even if you think he’s the biggest liar of them all he still has a couple million people who believe in him, definitely other celebs believe in him, and he will bring the bigger news and publicity on this situation.  I don’t see how anyone can hate when it’s a win situation for the protesters. 

He can go ahead and pay more taxes. Nothing is stopping him, except his own hypocrisy.

It would be nice if there was less of a gap between rich and poor.