Oh How I HATE The Wealthy.

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Notice how a leftist will whine against wealth until you ask them for their money.

Panhandlers are scum

 

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I go back and forth about being rich. On the one hand, it can take your eyes off the prize, which is helping others, living humbly, and serving God. On the other hand, it enables you to help others. Or does giving money really help others?

Oh, so now you have something sensible to say. Next, i n the vast majority of cases, "your eyes have already been taken off the prize" if you are wealthy. Because becoming that way almost certainly didn't involve helping others. Next, Andrew Carnegie was involved in much philanthropy. Which I'm sure helped many. The problem is that the money he used to do so was basically blood money. Made off the suffering of those who worked for him. As for the last stupid question, of course giving money to the poor helps them. You rich people sure flip me out. You all think that the problems of the poor come from them not working hard enough. I have news for you. People aren't naturally lazy. (And that certainly wasn't the cause of my poverty) We didn't evolve to be lazy. The creatures with tails that we evolved from and before that weren't lazy. If any of them were, they would have went extinct.

 

[fncceo]

The creatures with tails that we evolved from and before that weren't lazy. If any of them were, they would have went extinct.

I beg to differ ...

 

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79% of millionaires started from $0

5% inherited a small amount, like $1,500, $5,000 etc.. and mathematically, could not possibly make them a millionaire.

The reason why folk become millionaires and billionaires is because we're not all equal, some work hard to succeed and deliver what folk want. And it's your choice to use them or not. If you dislike someone based on money, their wealth, stop funding them. If you dislike China, stop buying Chinese products.

Only a small percentage began with money, and even then, not all of those succeeded. Surely those who win a few million on the lottery should become multimillionaires and billionaires based on your logic. I wish I got a quid for every winner that squandered their winnings.

Have you ever played the lottery? I know you're gonna say no.

You don't know what in the hell you are talking about. Tell you delusions to somebody else

 

[fncceo]

I'm just curious here ... and I don't expect any kind of coherent answer ... but, in America, where the vast majority of people live comfortable, middle-class lifestyles and have aspirations of upper-middle class lifestyles ...

... how to expect to foment the kind of class hatred necessary to bring about your glorious worker's revolution?

 

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I am guessing that it is an average for them all. Some more, some less. For example, there is one pharmaceutical drug company that made a drug called Acthar. The company who made it raised the price of it by 100,000%! I'll bet that not only the CEO but the management got a nice chunk of change out of that.

I am guessing that it is an average for them all.

All 200,000 or so?

The company who made it raised the price of it by 100,000%!

That's awful! Any backup for that awfulness?

 

[Mashmont]

Oh, so now you have something sensible to say. Next, i n the vast majority of cases, "your eyes have already been taken off the prize" if you are wealthy. Because becoming that way almost certainly didn't involve helping others. Next, Andrew Carnegie was involved in much philanthropy. Which I'm sure helped many. The problem is that the money he used to do so was basically blood money. Made off the suffering of those who worked for him. As for the last stupid question, of course giving money to the poor helps them. You rich people sure flip me out. You all think that the problems of the poor come from them not working hard enough. I have news for you. People aren't naturally lazy. (And that certainly wasn't the cause of my poverty) We didn't evolve to be lazy. The creatures with tails that we evolved from and before that weren't lazy. If any of them were, they would have went extinct.

I disagree that becoming wealthy didn't involve helping others. It provides a good or service that people want, and usually helps their lives. Usually the more you help others, the more money you receive in the business context. The fallacy of the leftwing poor is that the rich are evil greedy bastards. Not so. Many of the ones i know are extremely generous to charitable causes.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Oh, so now you have something sensible to say. Next, i n the vast majority of cases, "your eyes have already been taken off the prize" if you are wealthy. Because becoming that way almost certainly didn't involve helping others. Next, Andrew Carnegie was involved in much philanthropy. Which I'm sure helped many. The problem is that the money he used to do so was basically blood money. Made off the suffering of those who worked for him. As for the last stupid question, of course giving money to the poor helps them. You rich people sure flip me out. You all think that the problems of the poor come from them not working hard enough. I have news for you. People aren't naturally lazy. (And that certainly wasn't the cause of my poverty) We didn't evolve to be lazy. The creatures with tails that we evolved from and before that weren't lazy. If any of them were, they would have went extinct.

Next, Andrew Carnegie was involved in much philanthropy. Which I'm sure helped many. The problem is that the money he used to do so was basically blood money.

Blood money from steel? Tell me more!

 

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Next, Andrew Carnegie was involved in much philanthropy. Which I'm sure helped many. The problem is that the money he used to do so was basically blood money.

Blood money from steel? Tell me more!

It has been suggested that Carnegie cut a finger while sitting in his vault counting all his money...?

 

[fncceo]

It has been suggested that Carnegie cut a finger while sitting in his vault counting all his money...?

I think that was someone else ...

 

[hjmick]

I think that was someone else ...

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I was hoping someone would go there!

 

[Mashmont]

I don't know what the fuck you are talking about. How about you just go away and stop bothering me with your nonsense.

Your misguided negative thoughts only hurt you.

 

[Captain Caveman]

You don't know what in the hell you are talking about. Tell you delusions to somebody else

You started a thread that you're an utter clown on. You are either young and immature or old and senile.

 

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Lol.
Get a life.

36 trillion in debt. $20 trillion wealth shift in the last 40 years.......all Trumps fault lmao

You're the one who needs to get a life. I never said the national debt was Trump's fault. But he is only making things worse. Take a gander at what this former president had to say.

 

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You started a thread that you're an utter clown on. You are either young and immature or old and senile.

If only there was a FUCK OFF emoji.

 

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So? It just means they have to keep working, just like me.



I'm a father of two and I'm putting them both through college. If I can do that, so can you.



lol

I doubt there's anything you can teach me.

I've been poor, been homeless, lived outside in a public park in NYC in the middle of winter. Got tired of it.



So? Go to school, get some skills. You can go to school for free, the government will pay for it.

It's your choice, you shouldn't blame others for the choices you make. When I was homeless I got a job even though I couldn't take a shower. As long as you're not peeing your pants, no one cares what you smell like when you show up at the construction site. By the end of the day everyone smells, it's no big deal.

The point is you save your money. You find ways not to spend any. Homeless people eat for free, they get EBT. There's no excuse for spending money, unless you have a habit of some kind.

Just get a job. You can get one through an employment agency and get paid the same week. You can ride the bus to and from work for free. All things are possible if you have the will.

1. No. It means that if they lose a paycheck, they're fucked.

2. If you are against the poor, what I said still stands. Also, I'm retired. So putting kids through school isn't something I have to do.

3. I doubt if you have ever been homeless. If you had been, you wouldn't be so full of shit.

4. Now you are getting even more full of shit. Go to school? Higher education isn't free in this country. Also, back when I needed a job, there were none. So tell me more asshole about how that was my fault.

 

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No.

The wealthy don't take money from you; the government does.

The richest among us tend to pay the most taxes, generally about 27% for the top 1%.

The employ people who buy homes and other things, paying property, sales, social security and other taxes, and these employers are paying similar taxes themselves, paing for most of the operations of the government, including schools, roads, law and order, defense, energy, etc. The success of the wealthy is the primary contributor to the success of the Middle Class.

Demonizing the successful is counter-productive. We need to encourage success. Everyone would love to be successful. Everyone can be, if they strive to do so, every day.

Do you look at your neighbor's house which is bigger and think, they aren't paying enough taxes, even though they are paying more than you?

How about some outrage at funding pride events in the Middle East, or $2B to Stacey Abrams' "Climate" "charity?"

Regards,
Jim

Does somebody pay you to say such stupid things? The poor pay WAY more in taxes than the wealthy do. And what does much of that tax money from the poor pay for? Things like this.

 

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We need stricter laws with harsher penalties for the wealthy who cheat on their taxes or are caught embezzling or engaging in insider trading. They should be thrown in with the gang members.

That's unlikely. Because the wealthy run EVERYTHING.

 

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What if over time we shrink the workforce by 30 percent within 5 years. Would that not open up higher paying jobs all over the place?

 

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Minimum skills earn minimum wages.

Haven't you had enough yet? For the wealthy, there is no such thing as to how minimum those wages can get.