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I remember reading a tome called Utility of Poverty. It explained to people the benefits of poverty for those with money. The labor pool was large and always willing to work harder and longer hours than others. Governments were easier to influence with money. Money was worth much more in a period of poverty than in prosperity. No labor unions and people were much easier to control. Education was a no-no except for the wealthy, and on and on.
===========I remember reading a tome called Utility of Poverty. It explained to people the benefits of poverty for those with money. The labor pool was large and always willing to work harder and longer hours than others. Governments were easier to influence with money. Money was worth much more in a period of poverty than in prosperity. No labor unions and people were much easier to control. Education was a no-no except for the wealthy, and on and on.
===========I remember reading a tome called Utility of Poverty. It explained to people the benefits of poverty for those with money. The labor pool was large and always willing to work harder and longer hours than others. Governments were easier to influence with money. Money was worth much more in a period of poverty than in prosperity. No labor unions and people were much easier to control. Education was a no-no except for the wealthy, and on and on.
Republicans are trying their darndest to kill Public Education.
They believe education is for the children of the Elite and the children of Commoners should only go to school through the 7th or 8th grade and then go to work in the factories like in the good old days of the 1800's.
Educated people don't buy into their line of crap of giving all the money to the wealthy and virtual starvation for the masses.
===========I remember reading a tome called Utility of Poverty. It explained to people the benefits of poverty for those with money. The labor pool was large and always willing to work harder and longer hours than others. Governments were easier to influence with money. Money was worth much more in a period of poverty than in prosperity. No labor unions and people were much easier to control. Education was a no-no except for the wealthy, and on and on.
Republicans are trying their darndest to kill Public Education.
They believe education is for the children of the Elite and the children of Commoners should only go to school through the 7th or 8th grade and then go to work in the factories like in the good old days of the 1800's.
Educated people don't buy into their line of crap of giving all the money to the wealthy and virtual starvation for the masses.
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The rich RECEIVE much more from society than the poor or middle classes therefore they OWE more TO society.
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What do the rich receive from Society that the poor do not?
Mansions / gated estates / yachts / Golden Parachute pensions / police protection ( personal ) / caviar / champagne / personal chefs to make out their menu and do the shopping and cooking / personal shoppers who go buy stuff for them / that's just a few things for starters ... I'm sure I and the other people with brains on here could go on for hours about what the rich receive that the poor don't.
BUT YOU DON'T REALLY GIVE A DAMN ANYWAY.
You are out for yourself and don't give a crap about anyone else.
The Foxbots have brain washed you that everyone is trying to fuck you and you aren't getting your fair share and you don't even want to open your eyes and look for the truth.
I am so glad you aren't a member of my family and I feel so sorry for yours.
There are thousands of governments in the United States that control education.===========I remember reading a tome called Utility of Poverty. It explained to people the benefits of poverty for those with money. The labor pool was large and always willing to work harder and longer hours than others. Governments were easier to influence with money. Money was worth much more in a period of poverty than in prosperity. No labor unions and people were much easier to control. Education was a no-no except for the wealthy, and on and on.
Republicans are trying their darndest to kill Public Education.
They believe education is for the children of the Elite and the children of Commoners should only go to school through the 7th or 8th grade and then go to work in the factories like in the good old days of the 1800's.
Educated people don't buy into their line of crap of giving all the money to the wealthy and virtual starvation for the masses.
I can't speak for Republicans, but your assumption doesn't seem valid. I know lots of people who are opposed to government control of education and it has nothing to do with a desire for exclusive privilege.
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The rich RECEIVE much more from society than the poor or middle classes therefore they OWE more TO society.
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What do the rich receive from Society that the poor do not?
Mansions / gated estates / yachts / Golden Parachute pensions / police protection ( personal ) / caviar / champagne / personal chefs to make out their menu and do the shopping and cooking / personal shoppers who go buy stuff for them / that's just a few things for starters ... I'm sure I and the other people with brains on here could go on for hours about what the rich receive that the poor don't.
BUT YOU DON'T REALLY GIVE A DAMN ANYWAY.
You are out for yourself and don't give a crap about anyone else.
The Foxbots have brain washed you that everyone is trying to fuck you and you aren't getting your fair share and you don't even want to open your eyes and look for the truth.
I am so glad you aren't a member of my family and I feel so sorry for yours.
Rich people get mansions and estates and yachts and pensions from society? Could have sworn they either bought them themselves or, in the case of pensions, got them as compensation for work.
I'm not sure I understand the semantic dispute here. Isn't being compensated for work getting something from society? If not, what would you characterize as something one "gets" from society?
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The rich RECEIVE much more from society than the poor or middle classes therefore they OWE more TO society.
============
What do the rich receive from Society that the poor do not?
Mansions / gated estates / yachts / Golden Parachute pensions / police protection ( personal ) / caviar / champagne / personal chefs to make out their menu and do the shopping and cooking / personal shoppers who go buy stuff for them / that's just a few things for starters ... I'm sure I and the other people with brains on here could go on for hours about what the rich receive that the poor don't.
BUT YOU DON'T REALLY GIVE A DAMN ANYWAY.
You are out for yourself and don't give a crap about anyone else.
The Foxbots have brain washed you that everyone is trying to fuck you and you aren't getting your fair share and you don't even want to open your eyes and look for the truth.
I am so glad you aren't a member of my family and I feel so sorry for yours.
Rich people get mansions and estates and yachts and pensions from society? Could have sworn they either bought them themselves or, in the case of pensions, got them as compensation for work.
I'm not sure I understand the semantic dispute here. Isn't being compensated for work getting something from society? If not, what would you characterize as something one "gets" from society?
These assholes know quite well that the rich receive much more FROM society because of their wealth and position but they wouldn't say " shit " if they had a mouthful.
The TRUTH holds no interest for them.
They are REPUBLICANS AND THEY DON'T NEED NO DAMN TRUTH.
Not this stupid shit again.....
You seem to be equating society with government. I'm not.==========
The rich RECEIVE much more from society than the poor or middle classes therefore they OWE more TO society.
============
What do the rich receive from Society that the poor do not?
Mansions / gated estates / yachts / Golden Parachute pensions / police protection ( personal ) / caviar / champagne / personal chefs to make out their menu and do the shopping and cooking / personal shoppers who go buy stuff for them / that's just a few things for starters ... I'm sure I and the other people with brains on here could go on for hours about what the rich receive that the poor don't.
BUT YOU DON'T REALLY GIVE A DAMN ANYWAY.
You are out for yourself and don't give a crap about anyone else.
The Foxbots have brain washed you that everyone is trying to fuck you and you aren't getting your fair share and you don't even want to open your eyes and look for the truth.
I am so glad you aren't a member of my family and I feel so sorry for yours.
Rich people get mansions and estates and yachts and pensions from society? Could have sworn they either bought them themselves or, in the case of pensions, got them as compensation for work.
I'm not sure I understand the semantic dispute here. Isn't being compensated for work getting something from society? If not, what would you characterize as something one "gets" from society?
No, dear. "Getting from society" would refer to things that are paid for and provided by society as a whole, such as police and fire protection, infrastructure building and maintenance, and of course the ever-beloved social programs.
Selling your labor to an employer for an agreed-upon sum is an act of commerce.
Bernie wants to reallocate wealth, better stated as eat the rich, however, once they are gone, who will he propose eating next? Bernie believes that landscapers and burger flippers should be paid as mush as an engineer, banker, teacher, policeman.....face it between the dried up old hag and burn out they are both out to lunch.
Single payer health care would cover everyone for less than we are paying now.
How can we expect to stay on top of the world economy if we treat education as an extra cost option?
You seem to be equating society with government. I'm not.==========
The rich RECEIVE much more from society than the poor or middle classes therefore they OWE more TO society.
============
What do the rich receive from Society that the poor do not?
Mansions / gated estates / yachts / Golden Parachute pensions / police protection ( personal ) / caviar / champagne / personal chefs to make out their menu and do the shopping and cooking / personal shoppers who go buy stuff for them / that's just a few things for starters ... I'm sure I and the other people with brains on here could go on for hours about what the rich receive that the poor don't.
BUT YOU DON'T REALLY GIVE A DAMN ANYWAY.
You are out for yourself and don't give a crap about anyone else.
The Foxbots have brain washed you that everyone is trying to fuck you and you aren't getting your fair share and you don't even want to open your eyes and look for the truth.
I am so glad you aren't a member of my family and I feel so sorry for yours.
Rich people get mansions and estates and yachts and pensions from society? Could have sworn they either bought them themselves or, in the case of pensions, got them as compensation for work.
I'm not sure I understand the semantic dispute here. Isn't being compensated for work getting something from society? If not, what would you characterize as something one "gets" from society?
No, dear. "Getting from society" would refer to things that are paid for and provided by society as a whole, such as police and fire protection, infrastructure building and maintenance, and of course the ever-beloved social programs.
Selling your labor to an employer for an agreed-upon sum is an act of commerce.
Single payer health care would cover everyone for less than we are paying now.
How can we expect to stay on top of the world economy if we treat education as an extra cost option?
During the postwar years, the USA had the best educated lower and middle classes in world history. FDR, Truman, and Eisenhower supported a robust tax structure that invested revenue into more than just subsidies for the corporations that finance our elections.
Strong support for education not only gave us a highly skilled labor pool, but it also gave poor people the tools of upward mobility.
Making education available to the poor separated us from the 3rd World where being born poor meant that you stayed poor.
And then came Ronald Reagan. He was sent to Washington to lower the taxes on the wealthy. This resulted in an organized assault against affordable education and, on some levels, the upward mobility that came with it.
One consequence of making education less accessible is that we have a smaller pool of skilled workers. China is starting to eat our lunch, as the center of global production has clearly shifted.
The Right benefits from having a less educated population. It makes the population more susceptible to religion, fear and nationalism, which are the key ingredients to rightwing populism.
(The fact that wealth and privilege didn't dictate one's access to education meant that Americans could ascend the ladder of success based on effort and merit. Indeed, broadly accessible education is one of the things Conservatives use to brag about when they compared us to the old Soviet Union, where everyone was poor and lacked the tools for advancement. But then the wealthy bought a political party and got rid of one the very keystones that separated us from tyrannies).
Single payer health care would cover everyone for less than we are paying now.
How can we expect to stay on top of the world economy if we treat education as an extra cost option?
During the postwar years, the USA had the best educated lower and middle classes in world history. FDR, Truman, and Eisenhower supported a robust tax structure that invested revenue into more than just subsidies for the corporations that finance our elections.
Strong support for education not only gave us a highly skilled labor pool, but it also gave poor people the tools of upward mobility.
Making education available to the poor separated us from the 3rd World where being born poor meant that you stayed poor.
And then came Ronald Reagan. He was sent to Washington to lower the taxes on the wealthy. This resulted in an organized assault against affordable education and, on some levels, the upward mobility that came with it.
One consequence of making education less accessible is that we have a smaller pool of skilled workers. China is starting to eat our lunch, as the center of global production has clearly shifted.
The Right benefits from having a less educated population. It makes the population more susceptible to religion, fear and nationalism, which are the key ingredients to rightwing populism.
(The fact that wealth and privilege didn't dictate one's access to education meant that Americans could ascend the ladder of success based on effort and merit. Indeed, broadly accessible education is one of the things Conservatives use to brag about when they compared us to the old Soviet Union, where everyone was poor and lacked the tools for advancement. But then the wealthy bought a political party and got rid of one the very keystones that separated us from tyrannies).
During the postwar years, the USA had the best educated lower and middle classes in world history. FDR, Truman, and Eisenhower supported a robust tax structure that invested revenue into more than just subsidies for the corporations that finance our elections.
Strong support for education not only gave us a highly skilled labor pool, but it also gave poor people the tools of upward mobility.
Making education available to the poor separated us from the 3rd World where being born poor meant that you stayed poor.
And then came Ronald Reagan. He was sent to Washington to lower the taxes on the wealthy. This resulted in an organized assault against affordable education and, on some levels, the upward mobility that came with it.
One consequence of making education less accessible is that we have a smaller pool of skilled workers. China is starting to eat our lunch, as the center of global production has clearly shifted.
The Right benefits from having a less educated population. It makes the population more susceptible to religion, fear and nationalism, which are the key ingredients to rightwing populism.
(The fact that wealth and privilege didn't dictate one's access to education meant that Americans could ascend the ladder of success based on effort and merit. Indeed, broadly accessible education is one of the things Conservatives use to brag about when they compared us to the old Soviet Union, where everyone was poor and lacked the tools for advancement. But then the wealthy bought a political party and got rid of one the very keystones that separated us from tyrannies).
Were you born mentally retarded, or did excessive exposure to ThinkProgress rot away your brain?