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Modern economies focus on the success of the individual ignoring opportunity for the many, but something is out of whack when this results in a small group gaining all the resources. Apparently $1 million will put you in the 1% club so we arn't necessarily speaking of the super rich although the actions of some are obscene like alledged billionaire Clive Palmer who had one of his companies make political contributions to his own political party while trying to convince government that his company was bankrupt and needed a handout. I really don't care if Donald Trump spends $2 billion in his election campaign but I do think it is obscene he has that capability. Arn't there more important things he could do with the money? Couldn't he do a Bill Gates? Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread   Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 39. #2. To: paraclete (#0) (Edited) Arn't there more important things he could do with the money? Couldn't he do a Bill Gates? How much do you think you know about Bill Gates and his background? On another suject, I have no objection to people who obtain wealth by building new industries. It benefits all of us. Have you done anything with your life except resent and complain about those who have? What I do object to is people who use political means to consolidate and perpetuate their do-nothing inherited positions. rlk  posted on  2016-01-18   1:54:55 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #3. To: rlk (#2) Have you done anything with your life except resent and complain about those who have? Yes my life has been very productive. What you fail to realise is that a life built on gaining wealth at the expense of other people is not something to be applauded. I used Gates as an example of someone who obviously realised he needed to share his wealth. paraclete  posted on  2016-01-18   5:31:39 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #11. To: paraclete, All (#3) What you fail to realize is that a life built on gaining wealth at the expense of other people is not something to be applauded. What you don't realize of that you are a victim of the left's meme of economic and financial gains are a zero sum game, i.e. - I can only earn a dollar at the expense of someone losing it. This is pure BS. To be sure there are those that lie, cheat and steal. There are those that bribe politicians to make laws that benefit their pocketbook, usually at the expense of others. But who really is at blame here, the one that bribes or the ones that accept the bribe? Or the ones that continually elect those that accept the bribes? Like Clinton before him, Obama will leave office are very, very rich man. They were not remotely so when they took office. The same is true form most elected officials in DC. You are a sucker for their scam. SOSO  posted on  2016-01-18   11:08:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #13. To: SOSO (#11) What you don't realize of that you are a victim of the left's meme of economic and financial gains are a zero sum game, i.e. - I can only earn a dollar at the expense of someone losing it. This is pure BS. True, it is not a zero sum game. When the wealth concentrate and wages stagnate or go down, the economic pie contracts and stagnates. Like in old Egypt or India, or American South, where Job Creators had it all. The sum can be negative. A Pole  posted on  2016-01-18   11:29:45 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #14. To: A Pole (#13) The sum can be negative. It is definitely possible for the economic pie to shrink, the USSR for example proved that. But in the U.S. the economy has consistently grown with just about all sharing in some to degree. SOSO  posted on  2016-01-18   11:35:38 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #16. To: SOSO (#14) (Edited) It is definitely possible for the economic pie to shrink, the USSR for example proved that Soviet economy was growing until Free Market reforms and country falling apart under Yeltsin. But in the U.S. the economy has consistently grown with just about all sharing in some to degree. Especially during the Great Depression. A Pole  posted on  2016-01-18   12:41:00 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #17. To: A Pole (#16) It is definitely possible for the economic pie to shrink, the USSR for example proved that Soviet economy was growing until Free Market reforms and country falling apart under Yeltsin. Not for the average Boris. "But in the U.S. the economy has consistently grown with just about all sharing in some to degree. Especially during the Great Depression. And? Every economy has down cycles. FYI the upper class was hit much more hard than the rest of the country during the Great Depression both in relative and absolute terms. What we are talking about is the economic well being of ALL of a country's citizens. You obviously think that the USSR did very well by all of its people since is inception in the 1920s. Can I have some of what you are smoking? No country in history has developed as robust, broad and deep economically well off middle class than the U.S. Even the bottom rung of the U.S. economy enjoy a standard of living higher than the middle class of most countries in the world, and batter than the upper class of several. SOSO  posted on  2016-01-18   13:16:58 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #22. To: SOSO (#17) No country in history has developed as robust, broad and deep economically well off middle class than the U.S. Thanks to FDR and New Deal, earlier to some extent to the plentiful land taken from Indians. Now this advantage is evaporating. Even the bottom rung of the U.S. economy enjoy a standard of living higher than the middle class of most countries in the world, I am curious, how do you measure standard of living? Discretionary income, freedom from debt, leisure time, happy stable families, number of TVs and cars per family, life expectancy, secure jobs, medical care, equal access to justice, culture like number of books read per year, foreign travel, meat, fish and fruits consumed per year? A Pole  posted on  2016-01-18   17:52:04 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #25. To: A Pole (#22) No country in history has developed as robust, broad and deep economically well off middle class than the U.S. Thanks to FDR and New Deal, earlier to some extent to the plentiful land taken from Indians. Absolute BS. Thanks goes to Hitler and ToJo. It was WWII that catapulted the U.S. economy and expanded and deepened the middle. The New Deal did little to improve unemployment in the U.S. thru the 1930s. I am curious, how do you measure standard of living? Discretionary income, freedom from debt, leisure time, happy stable families, number of TVs and cars per family, life expectancy, secure jobs, medical care, equal access to justice, culture like number of books read per year, foreign travel, meat, fish and fruits consumed per year?" Yes. SOSO  posted on  2016-01-18   20:11:27 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #28. To: SOSO (#25) "I am curious, how do you measure standard of living? Discretionary income, freedom from debt, leisure time, happy stable families, number of TVs and cars per family, life expectancy, secure jobs, medical care, equal access to justice, culture like number of books read per year, foreign travel, meat, fish and fruits consumed per year?" Yes. Yes what? Life expectancy - position 34th. Leisure/vacation time? Divorce rate? Incarceration rate? Indebtedness? A Pole  posted on  2016-01-19   2:22:16 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #31. To: A Pole (#28) Life expectancy - position 34th. Another total BS stat. Learn something instead of being a total dupe that buys into all the propaganda BS you are fed. Take the time to adjust the life expectancy data to the real world by putting the data on an equal footing, i.e. - same basis. You need to adjust the data for each country to reflect a common demographic of gender, race, aggressiveness in pursuing difficult pregnancies to term, suicide, accidents, etc. When to do that you get an ENTIRELY different picture of the true comparative state of health care among countries. And guess what, Boris, the U.S. is at the top tier of the list. You are a chump sucker little sheep that doesn't have the balls or intellectual integrity to investigate for your self. SOSO  posted on  2016-01-19   11:20:06 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #39. To: SOSO (#31) (Edited) Take the time to adjust the life expectancy data t You mean massage the data until you become number 1. Haven't we had enough of this sort of manipulation of data with climate change? I know, just like you that there are lies, damn lies and statistics but statistics can point to areas where we need to lift our game. The US is not the desirable society you like to think of it. Maybe in the original 12 states life is idilic and perhaps that is how the the US should have remained, a tight little community of white settlers paraclete  posted on  2016-01-19   18:13:07 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   Replies to Comment # 39. #42. To: paraclete (#39) You mean massage the data until you become number 1. No, just do what any objective rational person would do and compare apples and apples. Is that too much to expect from you? SOSO  posted on  2016-01-19 18:26:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   End Trace Mode for Comment # 39. Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest

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