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| The Wild Ride of the Wealthiest 1%; And as go the rich, so goes much of the economy. | |
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| campingken | Oct 28 2011, 01:27 AM Post #11 |
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Why is it so easy to force the cons into accepting what they later claim they didn't want? |
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| BUCK | Oct 29 2011, 04:45 AM Post #12 |
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This guy David Siegel has real class. http://www.timeshareowners.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=128 |
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| Chris | Oct 29 2011, 05:01 AM Post #13 |
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Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." ~Mark Twain The Top 1% vs the S&P 500
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| tomdrobin | Oct 29 2011, 05:10 AM Post #14 |
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We often hear the term "entitlement mentality" bandied about. Most of the time it decrying the attitudes of those living of the government. Yet, the idea of entitlement isn't limited to the poor. How about those who reward themselves lavishly and pay their employees minimum wage. If you would ask them they would make a good argument why they deserves so much more. But, IMO it doesn't hold anymore water than the guy thinking the government owes him a check every month. |
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| Chris | Oct 29 2011, 05:16 AM Post #15 |
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Why not, Tom? If those rich got their money by political means, OK, but if by economic means, they took the risks and earned the wealth, and those who work for them choose to do so. So why doesn't their argument hold water? Edited by Chris, Oct 29 2011, 05:17 AM.
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| tomdrobin | Oct 29 2011, 05:24 AM Post #16 |
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If your in a position to take advantage of others, and gain from doing so, why is that any different than a powerful union extracting excessive compensation for their members? I think it's all entitlement mentality. Most people aren't very objective regarding what they deserve relative to others, or what their worth is relative to others. |
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| Chris | Oct 29 2011, 05:43 AM Post #17 |
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"If your in a position to take advantage of others, and gain from doing so, why is that any different than a powerful union extracting excessive compensation for their members?" The difference is the one employed economic means where all involved in exchange do so by free choice, and the other political means where some used the state's coercive powers to get what they want. "Most people aren't very objective regarding what they deserve relative to others, or what their worth is relative to others." And by what objective means is that determined? |
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