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Precisely. None. Most go into the military to defend thier nation on behalf of thier countrymen...even to defend RW'er.
WTF are you blathering about?
What percent of the wealthy are fighting for their country?
What is the wealth 'cut off' point for getting into the military?
In frequent threads here the brain-dead leftists moan about how the "idle rich" (like there is such a thing) don't deserve their money. But look at the other side. The poor in this country enjoy a lifestyle envied by even middle class people in most of the world. What have they done to deserve this? The idlest of the idle rich invest money and help other hard working people get ahead. The poor simply absorb tax payer funding and have babies.
I am flabbergasted by the arrogance, ignorance, and elitism required to seriously pose this question.
WTF are you blathering about?
What percent of the wealthy are fighting for their country?
What is the wealth 'cut off' point for getting into the military?
Precisely. None. Most go into the military to defend thier nation on behalf of thier countrymen...even to defend RW'er.What percent of the wealthy are fighting for their country?
What is the wealth 'cut off' point for getting into the military?
Frankly I think RW is unmasking himself.
What percent of the wealthy are fighting for their country?
What is the wealth 'cut off' point for getting into the military?
You'd have to ask Cheney what a deferment costs...
Precisely. None. Most go into the military to defend thier nation on behalf of thier countrymen...even to defend RW'er.What percent of the wealthy are fighting for their country?
What is the wealth 'cut off' point for getting into the military?
Frankly I think RW is unmasking himself.
They are the ones who clean up your shit, make your burger, and make sure Walmart has your favorite brand of Depends. You are douche bag Rabbi.
Equal oppritunity is one thing, and afforded to all...what these people demand is equal outcome. With equal outcome, incentive is lost. Individuality is lost.They are the ones who clean up your shit, make your burger, and make sure Walmart has your favorite brand of Depends. You are douche bag Rabbi.
And they have been paid appropriately for their labors...
If everyone on the fucking planet were not qualified to do the same exact thing, they could then probably demand more for their labor... if you do not improve yourself, what you can bring to the table in skills, etc, it is not up to society or government to make up for it
Precisely. None. Most go into the military to defend thier nation on behalf of thier countrymen...even to defend RW'er.What percent of the wealthy are fighting for their country?
What is the wealth 'cut off' point for getting into the military?
Frankly I think RW is unmasking himself.
Precisely. None. Most go into the military to defend thier nation on behalf of thier countrymen...even to defend RW'er.What is the wealth 'cut off' point for getting into the military?
Frankly I think RW is unmasking himself.
He's not talking about our volunteer military, but the draft military. The volunteer military is firmly middle class.
Precisely. None. Most go into the military to defend thier nation on behalf of thier countrymen...even to defend RW'er.
Frankly I think RW is unmasking himself.
He's not talking about our volunteer military, but the draft military. The volunteer military is firmly middle class.
I sure am talking about our volunteer military
How many of the sainted one percent are volunteering to fight for this country?
For one thing, what's poor. To the billionaire, the mere millionaire is very poor. The poor in this country is beyond the wildest dreams wealthy of the poor in most of the world.
My step granddaughter is poor. She lives below the poverty line. Or does she? She is a single mother with four children from four different anonymous men. She lives in Section 8 housing, a nice three bedroom two bath apartment. Her utilities are all subsidized. She had benefit provided telephone service and a benefit provided cell phone. Her childen eat all three meals a day at school, but she still has a loaded EBT card. In addition, there are food banks and food pantries where she doesn't have to pay at all. My step granddaughter doesn't drive. When she wants to go someplace she has generously been provided a transit card to take the bus. If the bus doesn't go where she wants to go she can call for a car. There are a number of public benefit provided access cars. It would be unfair to say she doesn't work. She provides child care to her friend's three children. She gets a check every month for that. Her friend gets paid for providing child care to my step granddaughter's children. She gets her welfare check every month. She has never had to buy her children Christmas presents. They get dozens from any number of holiday giveaway programs. Two of her children have been diagnosed as having some form of hyper activity disorder. They get SSI.
All in all, her take home is in excess of $5,000 a month. She can afford to get her hair and nails done regularly. She can afford to pay for her medical marijuana which she needs for generalized stress. Getting this kind of medical care as a public benefit is something she is vitally interested in. She isn't rich, but she certainly is quite comfortable.
It wasn't always like this. She was going to join the Coast Guard and get job training. At one time she was considering culinary school and become a chef. She had dreams at one time but all that was leached away because being poor was just so easy and so comfortable.
Wow. Lots of neg reps and personal attacks. And not one person has answered the question.
If the left is so stuck on taxing the shit out of rich people because they dont work then why aren't they hep on cutting benefits for poor people who dont work?
Contumacious had it right: they vote. That's it.
Wow. Lots of neg reps and personal attacks. And not one person has answered the question.
If the left is so stuck on taxing the shit out of rich people because they dont work then why aren't they hep on cutting benefits for poor people who dont work?
Contumacious had it right: they vote. That's it.
Clem, you missed the point.
People aren't on assistance because they don't want to work, but because they can't find work. Because rich people have figured out the fastest way to make a buck is to gut the middle class. Bust that union, send those jobs to China, replace someone with a machine. Better yet, let's save some money by using prison labor. And oddly enough, the US locks up more people than any country in the world.
When I had a phone in the 1980's, and i had a question about a bill, I called up, talked to a nice Ameircan person and got it resolved.
When I had a question about a bill last year, I got ten minutes of prompts from an automated answering machine before I was routed to a call center in the Philippines and had to explain for about 10 minutes to a person who didn't speak English as her primary language before I got my problem resolved.
The OP needs to distinguish between 'generational poverty' and 'situational poverty.'
That would make the discussion much more cogent.
Cycle of poverty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The OP needs to distinguish between 'generational poverty' and 'situational poverty.'
That would make the discussion much more cogent.
Cycle of poverty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Idiot. There are some people in between jobs. That happens. FWIW local churches and other benevolent orgs are far better equipped to deal with those situations than the gov't.
But that's not what I'm talking about. I am talking about the perpetual non-working, who continue to receive benefits as a right.
As to your rant, during most of Bush's tenure the UE rate was about 5%. Meanwhile there was lots of off shoring going on. So off shoring does not cause job loss. Actually for every job exported three more are created domestically.
In the 1980s you doubtless did not have a cell phone (few people did). You ached for the time you could get 10 cents a minute for calling. Today your calls are largely free based on a flat rate and you can make them almost anywhere.
In frequent threads here the brain-dead leftists moan about how the "idle rich" (like there is such a thing) don't deserve their money. But look at the other side. The poor in this country enjoy a lifestyle envied by even middle class people in most of the world. What have they done to deserve this? The idlest of the idle rich invest money and help other hard working people get ahead. The poor simply absorb tax payer funding and have babies.
