The 1% Gap Continues To Narrow

Rob Roy

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How far do we let this nonsense go before we realize the system exists to promote this consolidation


Replacing the present system which relies on the systemic use of force with ANOTHER system which relies on the systemic use of force will create a circular path.



The answer = D. None of the above
 

OddBall1st

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no way this is good news. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/56991defe4b0ce4964242e09

62 dudes own as much as the entire bottom half of humanity. 5 years ago it took 388 dudes to make this claim

We need to feel the Bern

And when they have all the money and no more exists, What will they do with it because nobody will be able to make change when they spend it ?

Are you mad because they managed to get hold of all that money and you couldn`t ?
 

spandy

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So the bottom half is really sucking it up at earning money these days. That would burn me too, should do something about it. However, stealing from successful people wont solve this problem. We could split it up equally today across the boards and within the first hours people will be broke and looking for their next meal.

And when they have all the money and no more exists, What will they do with it because nobody will be able to make change when they spend it ?

Are you mad because they managed to get hold of all that money and you couldn`t ?
 

Rrog

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Bad answer. Incredibly bad.

Maybe the other 1/2 of the earth should simply move to where the jobs are, right ?

Maybe then they can all have a house and a car, right?

I guess raping warlords aren't around your crib, right?
 

OddBall1st

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So the bottom half is really sucking it up at earning money these days. That would burn me too, should do something about it. However, stealing from successful people wont solve this problem. We could split it up equally today across the boards and within the first hours people will be broke and looking for their next meal.




No, far from that.
 

OddBall1st

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So the bottom half is really sucking it up at earning money these days. That would burn me too, should do something about it. However, stealing from successful people wont solve this problem. We could split it up equally today across the boards and within the first hours people will be broke and looking for their next meal.




Oh, and I agree with what you said. If they earned it, so be it, I wish I had that kinda drive but I don`t think I want too much money to spend. So many problems come with it. I like to be comfortably well off but never super rich beyond ability to spend it. And even if I was by some happenings, I`d still find work to do somewhere.
 

Rrog

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There needs to be some shift. Private industry wants as much money as possible. They are in control of our entire health care system. Big Pharma - Hospitals - Insurance.

The Medical Mafia

This change will not go gentle into that good nite
 

Padawanbater2

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It's the ultimate expression of ignorance to believe these people got there by "working hard", anybody that believes that is either naive or mentally handicapped. They got there by exploitation and political corruption. To defend that and call others "jealous" is nothing short of absurd. I can assure anyone who believes that, those highlighting the criticism wouldn't want it even if we could have it. Nobody should own enough wealth that ensures others - and especially half the fucking planet - suffers because of it.

I think we're in an interesting position in time right now where we can either fix it through common sense regulations or we can fix it with 300 million+ guns, bullets and IED's, it's one or the other, change is inevitable.
 

Padawanbater2

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Similarly, the bottom half of the planet isn't there because they're lazy
Exactly, just look at the statistics for unemployed/underemployed college graduates in the US. Conservatives would have you believe all of them just earned useless majors like women's studies or liberal arts, I see the meme's all the time. Look at the statistics for homeless veterans, were all those guys "lazy" too?

It's a lack of compassion and sense of empathy for fellow citizens and it's used as tinder by pundits and politicians that get them to hate down and blame poor people for all the worlds problems.
 

Rrog

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The Protestant work ethic benefits whom? The taskmaster. Yet the ethic is still espoused.

We are easily trained monkeys and repeat what we were taught.
 

WeeblesWobbles

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Exactly, just look at the statistics for unemployed/underemployed college graduates in the US. Conservatives would have you believe all of them just earned useless majors like women's studies or liberal arts, I see the meme's all the time. Look at the statistics for homeless veterans, were all those guys "lazy" too?

It's a lack of compassion and sense of empathy for fellow citizens and it's used as tinder by pundits and politicians that get them to hate down and blame poor people for all the worlds problems.
So how do you express your compassion and empathy? Just curious how you're helping save the world.

And yes, the system sucks when working behind a Hertz customer service counter requires a college degree. Total BS. But the current generation has bought into the game hook, line, and sinker. The economy is screaming for welders, CNC machine tool operators, HVAC, electric utility linemen, etc. They're good jobs that you can raise a family on. The IBEW and many employers will pay for training but there are very few takers, mostly because you need a modicum of high school trigonometry and pshhh...who had time for that, right? Pass the blunt.

I'm in the 1% and nobody gave me shit. I dug ditches and piloted a school bus while I went to night school and learned programming. I've built and sold three tech companies and I've never paid off a politician or made a single buck off the backs of the poor, starving proletariat. There are thousands like me. I know a guy who's as rich as God and he got his start hanging from skyscrapers in a harness washing windows. Went door to door and said he'd do the first job for free to prove his worth. Now he owns the biggest exterior maintenance company in America. And he never passed the 10th grade. Best read guy I've ever met.

Yeah I'm lucky that I was born in the USA and that my parents, who didn't have college degrees or silver spoons to hand out, instilled into me a strong work ethic and a complete lack of victim mentality (which the current generation has in spades).

Quit your bitching and get to work.

PS I've started a small business that hires only vets. What have you done?
 
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