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The old, the sick, the poor, these are the enemies of the Republican Party.
There is a special place in hell for Republicans.
You might want to spread that word about. I know a LOT of old people who are dyed in the wool Republicans and wouldn't change even if hell froze over.
The premise of this thread, that the poor live well is in no way connected to reality. I've worked with the people who supposedly live so well, and while they may have things like Xboxes, tattoos, and nine inch nails, they do not live well. They are subject to horrors that the rest of us only read about.
That being said, I will say this, that even though they don't live well, there are levels of bad living just as there are levels of good living. When I was in Beijing I had dinner at a doctor's house. The only difference in his house and that of our project dwellers is that our project dwellers have bathrooms. The doctor's family had their chamber pot on the front porch awaiting pick up by the honey wagon. I learned there that I really should be happier here even though I pay high taxes, I don't pay it all to the government and I can move waaaaaaaaaaay out in the country, live on a lake, and be away from all the human suffering I see every day. That counts for a lot.
The old, the sick, the poor, these are the enemies of the Republican Party.
There is a special place in hell for Republicans.
You might want to spread that word about. I know a LOT of old people who are dyed in the wool Republicans and wouldn't change even if hell froze over.
The premise of this thread, that the poor live well is in no way connected to reality. I've worked with the people who supposedly live so well, and while they may have things like Xboxes, tattoos, and nine inch nails, they do not live well. They are subject to horrors that the rest of us only read about.
That being said, I will say this, that even though they don't live well, there are levels of bad living just as there are levels of good living. When I was in Beijing I had dinner at a doctor's house. The only difference in his house and that of our project dwellers is that our project dwellers have bathrooms. The doctor's family had their chamber pot on the front porch awaiting pick up by the honey wagon. I learned there that I really should be happier here even though I pay high taxes, I don't pay it all to the government and I can move waaaaaaaaaaay out in the country, live on a lake, and be away from all the human suffering I see every day. That counts for a lot.
I agree. I've lived in Mexico and The Ukraine (among other places). The poor here do not have it easy. SO they can watch tv. well oooh. Would it make me feel better if they couldn't?
What is the mentality behind that thinking? "Serves them right for being poor!" ?
I'm just not sure I even understand the point here - but then again I do posses the innate ability to be colossally stupid!
The old, the sick, the poor, these are the enemies of the Republican Party.
There is a special place in hell for Republicans.
The old, the sick, the poor, these are the enemies of the Republican Party.
There is a special place in hell for Republicans.
No, just ass-hats like you that try to use success as a wedge instead of a destination.
Quite the opposite, actually.The old, the sick, the poor, these are the enemies of the Republican Party.
There is a special place in hell for Republicans.
No, just ass-hats like you that try to use success as a wedge instead of a destination.
No, for folks like you (you are not true GOP) who believe success exempts them from the social compact of the Founders.
Quite the opposite, actually.No, just ass-hats like you that try to use success as a wedge instead of a destination.
No, for folks like you (you are not true GOP) who believe success exempts them from the social compact of the Founders.
Success makes us more able to fulfill our social compact with our fellow Americans.
We give and help because we want to, because it's rewarding.
NOT because a suit in DC says that I should pay a 32.5% tax rate to support those who can't support their self.
Modern day Liberalism is the political codification of class warfare
Quite the opposite, actually.No, for folks like you (you are not true GOP) who believe success exempts them from the social compact of the Founders.
Success makes us more able to fulfill our social compact with our fellow Americans.
We give and help because we want to, because it's rewarding.
NOT because a suit in DC says that I should pay a 32.5% tax rate to support those who can't support their self.
Modern day conservatism is the political codification of selfishness.
Modern day Liberalism is the political codification of class warfare
400 people have more wealth than 150 million Americans combined.
The war is over.
The rich won.
As a result of the 2001 tax cuts enacted by a bipartisan Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, the share of taxes paid by the top 10% increased to 72.8% in 2005 from 67.8% in 2001, according to the latest data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Narrowing in further: The top 1% of households, which made 19% of pre-tax income, paid 39% of all individual income taxes.
The trend is similar if you count income taxes, social insurance taxes, excise taxes and corporate income taxes (such as capital gains) combined. The top fifth of households paid 69% of all federal taxes. The top 1% paid 28%.
Bill Gates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGates was number one on the Forbes 400 list from 1993 through to 2007 and number one on Forbes list of The World's Richest People from 1995 to 2007 and 2009. In 1999, Gates's wealth briefly surpassed $101 billion, causing the media to call him a "centibillionaire".[62] Since 2000, the nominal value of his Microsoft holdings has declined due to a fall in Microsoft's stock price after the dot-com bubble burst and the multi-billion dollar donations he has made to his charitable foundations. In a May 2006 interview, Gates commented that he wished that he were not the richest man in the world because he disliked the attention it brought.[63] Gates has several investments outside Microsoft, which in 2006 paid him a salary of $616,667 and $350,000 bonus totalling $966,667.[64] He founded Corbis, a digital imaging company, in 1989. In 2004 he became a director of Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company headed by long-time friend Warren Buffett.[65] In March 2010 Bill Gates was bumped down to the second wealthiest man behind Carlos Slim.
The gaps in after-tax income between the richest 1 percent of Americans and the middle and poorest fifths of the country more than tripled between 1979 and 2007 (the period for which these data are available), according to data the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued last week. Taken together with prior research, the new data suggest greater income concentration at the top of the income scale than at any time since 1928.
Income Gaps Between Very Rich and Everyone Else More Than Tripled In Last Three Decades, New Data Show — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Republican revolution...take from the middle class and the poor and give to the rich!
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Pulling out the "big guns" now
The gaps in after-tax income between the richest 1 percent of Americans and the middle and poorest fifths of the country more than tripled between 1979 and 2007 (the period for which these data are available), according to data the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued last week. Taken together with prior research, the new data suggest greater income concentration at the top of the income scale than at any time since 1928.
Income Gaps Between Very Rich and Everyone Else More Than Tripled In Last Three Decades, New Data Show — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Republican revolution...take from the middle class and the poor and give to the rich!
Nothing of worth here, so
i wouldn't trade places for anything in the world. The poor don't have it great....their schools are usually crap for their kids due to low property tax revenues, crime is high, kids can't play on the street without taking huge risks of life and death, they truly don't eat well, nutritionally wise, they get charged more at their local walmart for the same goods that an uppity neighborhood walmart charges for those well to do people....i kid you not! I witnessed this myself, at my sister's region in florida....
the things on that list are just things....coveting what your neighbor has is a sin or unethical imo....and this is what it appears the op is doing.
I'd bet there is not a person here who would trade places with the poor....at least not anyone sane!
and yes, there is an argument on how well our safety nets work for the poorest, or how they are set up....but in no way would i begrudge the mother or the father of a poor kid, for getting their child a used video game system for christmas or would i think it was uncalled for, to have a refrigerator, or a second old clunker refrigerator in the garage....for goodness sake!!!!
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