This 6 minute video sums up the shocking facts of American wealth and inequality

[PixieStix]

Liberal by words.

Wealth distribution
Inequality
1%
Wah
The Robin Hood mentality never works, it only makes you thieves

Never personal choices or freedom to make what you want of your life. If life gives you lemons, make some freaking lemonade

Nice graphs though

 

[Billy000]

Liberal by words.

Wealth distribution
Inequality
1%
Wah
The Robin Hood mentality never works, it only makes you thieves

Never personal choices or freedom to make what you want of your life. If life gives you lemons, make some freaking lemonade

Nice graphs though

So you don't find these stats at all disturbing?

No, I don't want communism.

No, I don't want socialism.

No, I don't hate the rich. I understand their importance.

This, however, is just wrong.

 

[Stephanie]

Liberal by words.

Wealth distribution
Inequality
1%
Wah
The Robin Hood mentality never works, it only makes you thieves

Never personal choices or freedom to make what you want of your life. If life gives you lemons, make some freaking lemonade

Nice graphs though

So you don't find these stats at all disturbing?

No, I don't want communism.

No, I don't want socialism.

No, I don't hate the rich. I understand their importance.

This, however, is just wrong.

it's wrong to be jealous of what others have...it will eat you up

 

[Billy000]

Liberal by words.

Wealth distribution
Inequality
1%
Wah
The Robin Hood mentality never works, it only makes you thieves

Never personal choices or freedom to make what you want of your life. If life gives you lemons, make some freaking lemonade

Nice graphs though

So you don't find these stats at all disturbing?

No, I don't want communism.

No, I don't want socialism.

No, I don't hate the rich. I understand their importance.

This, however, is just wrong.

it's wrong to be jealous of what others have...it will eat you up

Nothing I said there should indicate jealousy. Clearly you aren't even paying attention to what I am saying. Typical USMB conservative.

 

[Stephanie]

So you don't find these stats at all disturbing?

No, I don't want communism.

No, I don't want socialism.

No, I don't hate the rich. I understand their importance.

This, however, is just wrong.

it's wrong to be jealous of what others have...it will eat you up

Nothing I said there should indicate jealousy. Clearly you aren't even paying attention to what I am saying. Typical USMB conservative.

typical leftie^^^^

 

[PixieStix]

Liberal by words.

Wealth distribution
Inequality
1%
Wah
The Robin Hood mentality never works, it only makes you thieves

Never personal choices or freedom to make what you want of your life. If life gives you lemons, make some freaking lemonade

Nice graphs though

So you don't find these stats at all disturbing?

No, I don't want communism.

No, I don't want socialism.

No, I don't hate the rich. I understand their importance.

This, however, is just wrong.

If the government would do it's constitutional duty and stay the hell out of our lives and stop regulating every minute detail of our lives, and stop wasting money. We might be able to get back on track.

I think it's funny...(not funny, haha), that some people do not see the forest for the trees

The stats may be true, but the reason they may be true, has more to do with government than the rich.

Oh wait many of the top 1% are those who are making the laws and forcing regulations on small business, and every other aspect of our lives.

Oh and they get to opt out of Obamacare.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I just don't see inequality as a problem.

Frank Zappa and Steve Vai didn't take their guitar playing skill from tone-deaf weasels like myself and others; they were born with and then nurtured a skill set.

Making money is a skill that can and should be taught in schools, there are standard things that wealthy and/or truly successful people as a matter of course and it's not hard to learn or implement.

I get angry because I see it as instantly obvious but what's being taught is smokescreen and bullshit and totally wrong

 

[Katzndogz]

Who the fuck cares? Nobody is equal, we all have different skills and abilities.

The USA became the world's #1 economy BECAUSE we let people have the freedom to try things for themselves while your Progressive economies are the worlds poorest and need armed guards to keep running and walls to keep the sane and productive from fleeing

I am not suggesting we become equal. I am okay with the idea of a CEO making much more money than a low level employee. However, these stats are insane. This is NOT how it should be. The middle class is shrinking. That is a problem.

It's not a problem.

Some CEOs work for nothing. Some work for a dollar a year. The others get paid according to what they bring to the table. If they weren't worth more, they wouldn't get more. Why does a "star" get millions of dollars per movie and bit players get a few bucks and shown the door?

 

[Billy000]

I just don't see inequality as a problem.

Frank Zappa and Steve Vai didn't take their guitar playing skill from tone-deaf weasels like myself and others; they were born with and then nurtured a skill set.

Making money is a skill that can and should be taught in schools, there are standard things that wealthy and/or truly successful people as a matter of course and it's not hard to learn or implement.

I get angry because I see it as instantly obvious but what's being taught is smokescreen and bullshit and totally wrong

Who, on this forum, is disagreeing with the basic points you are making right now?

No one.

 

[PixieStix]

I just don't see inequality as a problem.

Frank Zappa and Steve Vai didn't take their guitar playing skill from tone-deaf weasels like myself and others; they were born with and then nurtured a skill set.

Making money is a skill that can and should be taught in schools, there are standard things that wealthy and/or truly successful people as a matter of course and it's not hard to learn or implement.

I get angry because I see it as instantly obvious but what's being taught is smokescreen and bullshit and totally wrong

Who, on this forum, is disagreeing with the basic points you are making right now?

No one.

What is the point in posting the vid then?

 

[RKMBrown]

I encourage you to watch the 6 minute video completely and keep an open mind.

I do understand this topic has been discussed thoroughly already, but I think it is interesting how it samples the perception of the issue by the American people.

Wealth Inequality in America - YouTube

Just more "fairness" clap trap.

 

[Billy000]

I just don't see inequality as a problem.

Frank Zappa and Steve Vai didn't take their guitar playing skill from tone-deaf weasels like myself and others; they were born with and then nurtured a skill set.

Making money is a skill that can and should be taught in schools, there are standard things that wealthy and/or truly successful people as a matter of course and it's not hard to learn or implement.

I get angry because I see it as instantly obvious but what's being taught is smokescreen and bullshit and totally wrong

Who, on this forum, is disagreeing with the basic points you are making right now?

No one.

What is the point in posting the vid then?

Because this is inequality taken to absurd extremes. Unfair extremes. 1 in 6 people in this country are consistently hungry, while a very small group of people own 40% of our wealth. That is crazy.

 

[RKMBrown]

Who, on this forum, is disagreeing with the basic points you are making right now?

No one.

What is the point in posting the vid then?

Because this is inequality taken to absurd extremes. 1 in 6 people in this country are consistently hungry, while a very small group of people own 40% of our wealth. That is crazy.

1in 6 are hungry? Bullshit. Show me one starving person in this country, that is not some victim of abuse by their guardians or choose to be on a hunger strike.

You make out like the friggin wealth pie is a limited value. That is just so damn stupit.

By your measure everyone in this country could be 10000000 times richer tomorrow and you would still bitch that the wealth pie is not being distributed in equal portions. OMG

 

[Katzndogz]

Who, on this forum, is disagreeing with the basic points you are making right now?

No one.

What is the point in posting the vid then?

Because this is inequality taken to absurd extremes. 1 in 6 people in this country are consistently hungry, while a very small group of people own 40% of our wealth. That is crazy.

No one is consistently hungry. Not unless they have other conditions that leads to constant hunger and obesity. Speaking of which, we have the fattest poor people in the world. If you imagine that people are constantly hungry, volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter. If nothing else, you will be educated out of your erroneous notions. Our "poor" have so much food, coming from so many sources, that they send food back to their home countries by the barrel full.

 

[Billy000]

What is the point in posting the vid then?

Because this is inequality taken to absurd extremes. 1 in 6 people in this country are consistently hungry, while a very small group of people own 40% of our wealth. That is crazy.

No one is consistently hungry. Not unless they have other conditions that leads to constant hunger and obesity. Speaking of which, we have the fattest poor people in the world. If you imagine that people are constantly hungry, volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter. If nothing else, you will be educated out of your erroneous notions. Our "poor" have so much food, coming from so many sources, that they send food back to their home countries by the barrel full.

You misunderstand obesity and poverty. The reason why we have poor obese people is because junk food is cheap. Healthy food is not. Could these people be smarter about what they buy? Sure, but eating healthy is still difficult when you are poor.

 

[RKMBrown]

Because this is inequality taken to absurd extremes. 1 in 6 people in this country are consistently hungry, while a very small group of people own 40% of our wealth. That is crazy.

No one is consistently hungry. Not unless they have other conditions that leads to constant hunger and obesity. Speaking of which, we have the fattest poor people in the world. If you imagine that people are constantly hungry, volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter. If nothing else, you will be educated out of your erroneous notions. Our "poor" have so much food, coming from so many sources, that they send food back to their home countries by the barrel full.

You misunderstand obesity and poverty. The reason why we have poor obese people is because junk food is cheap. Healthy food is not. Could these people be smarter about what they buy? Sure, but eating healthy is still difficult when you are poor.

Bullshirt. Healthy food is cheaper than junk food.

 

[DiamondDave]

Because this is inequality taken to absurd extremes. 1 in 6 people in this country are consistently hungry, while a very small group of people own 40% of our wealth. That is crazy.

No one is consistently hungry. Not unless they have other conditions that leads to constant hunger and obesity. Speaking of which, we have the fattest poor people in the world. If you imagine that people are constantly hungry, volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter. If nothing else, you will be educated out of your erroneous notions. Our "poor" have so much food, coming from so many sources, that they send food back to their home countries by the barrel full.

You misunderstand obesity and poverty. The reason why we have poor obese people is because junk food is cheap. Healthy food is not. Could these people be smarter about what they buy? Sure, but eating healthy is still difficult when you are poor.

No.. it is not... you know how many packs of seeds you can get with the money you send on a value meal?? you know how many healthy veggies that yields??

You know how many chicken legs or thighs you can get when they are on sale at $0.99 a pound once in a while? You know they can keep in a freezer wrapped in cheap plastic wrap surrounded with cheap tin foil?

You know how much cheaper it is to buy fresh produce than it is to buy fast food?

To say healthy food 'is not cheap' is a flat out lie.. but that is par for the course for you and your ilk

 

[Billy000]

What is the point in posting the vid then?

Because this is inequality taken to absurd extremes. 1 in 6 people in this country are consistently hungry, while a very small group of people own 40% of our wealth. That is crazy.

1in 6 are hungry? Bullshit. Show me one starving person in this country, that is not some victim of abuse by their guardians or choose to be on a hunger strike.

You make out like the friggin wealth pie is a limited value. That is just so damn stupit.

By your measure everyone in this country could be 10000000 times richer tomorrow and you would still bitch that the wealth pie is not being distributed in equal portions. OMG

Yes, 1 in 6 people face food insecurity, which means they go through periods of time without food.

For Christ's sakes. You assholes do not fucking pay attention. Absolutely nothing i have said so far suggests any of the bullshit you said in your last sentence. How about you be a man and have an actual debate with me?

 

[DiamondDave]

Because this is inequality taken to absurd extremes. 1 in 6 people in this country are consistently hungry, while a very small group of people own 40% of our wealth. That is crazy.

1in 6 are hungry? Bullshit. Show me one starving person in this country, that is not some victim of abuse by their guardians or choose to be on a hunger strike.

You make out like the friggin wealth pie is a limited value. That is just so damn stupit.

By your measure everyone in this country could be 10000000 times richer tomorrow and you would still bitch that the wealth pie is not being distributed in equal portions. OMG

Yes, 1 in 6 people face food insecurity, which means they go through periods of time without food.

For Christ's sakes. You assholes do not fucking pay attention. Absolutely nothing i have said so far suggests any of the bullshit you said in your last sentence. How about you be a man and have an actual debate with me?

By CHOICE in what they spend on...

They will buy smokes, but not buy food.. they will not shop wisely in terms of their food... etc...

1 in six are not 'hungry'... it is another made up bullshit tear jerker stat

 

[Billy000]

No one is consistently hungry. Not unless they have other conditions that leads to constant hunger and obesity. Speaking of which, we have the fattest poor people in the world. If you imagine that people are constantly hungry, volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter. If nothing else, you will be educated out of your erroneous notions. Our "poor" have so much food, coming from so many sources, that they send food back to their home countries by the barrel full.

You misunderstand obesity and poverty. The reason why we have poor obese people is because junk food is cheap. Healthy food is not. Could these people be smarter about what they buy? Sure, but eating healthy is still difficult when you are poor.

No.. it is not... you know how many packs of seeds you can get with the money you send on a value meal?? you know how many healthy veggies that yields??

You know how many chicken legs or thighs you can get when they are on sale at $0.99 a pound once in a while? You know they can keep in a freezer wrapped in cheap plastic wrap surrounded with cheap tin foil?

You know how much cheaper it is to buy fresh produce than it is to buy fast food?

To say healthy food 'is not cheap' is a flat out lie.. but that is par for the course for you and your ilk

Oh, gee how do you suggest they use seeds in the winter time?

A dollar a pound? Are you kidding me? I have never seen that where I live.

You can get a full meal from fast food. You do not get a full meal from fresh produce.