Hannity sons the fukk out of Occupy Movement leader..

[Suicide King]

Honestly I think this is only way I visualize fixing the the inequality in America.

Still can't believe this cat is in Grad School, getting sonned like an adolescent

You gotta attack it at both sides, on 1 hand the 1% have a lot of money because they are not paying anyone and are keeping wages pretty low.

But, the spending habits of folks today are horrible. Financial literacy is key.

People are spending $2,500 a year on cell phone, cable, and internet. This is the discussion we need to be having, the 1% are not forcing anyone to give them money.

 

[Serious]

Yeah I've looked at from numerous angles, but it's still hard to justify individuals sitting on large lump sums of money that isn't in circulation.

It's still widely understood that if the government were to "redistribute" the wealth (theoretically), certain individuals would merely figure out a way to capitalize off others(capitalism) and get rich again.That's how a lot of people came into old money.

(Quite frankly, I'd do the same)

If not "redistribute the wealth", maybe it's time to take a page out of FDR's book and break up these large monopolies, give people jobs for raking leaves in the park and sh*t...

 

[Slystallion]

thats funny and all


but arent you still a virgin

Lmao VVD has been married for like 10 yrs...I wonder if he confused VVD for someone else

But as far as swag and conservative personalities...that has to go to Rush, GWB, and Herman Cain...Reagan too.

Now I'm not counting people like actors like Stallone Chuck Norris nick dipaolo because they are known for other things and happen to be conservative but don't live their lives in a political chamber

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Lmao VVD has been married for like 10 yrs...I wonder if he confused VVD for someone else

5 years. I'm not that

 

[Suicide King]

Yeah I've looked at from numerous angles, but it's still hard to justify individuals sitting on large lump sums of money that isn't in circulation.

It's still widely understood that if the government were to "redistribute" the wealth (theoretically), certain individuals would merely figure out a way to capitalize off others(capitalism) and get rich again.That's how a lot of people came into old money.

(Quite frankly, I'd do the same)

If not "redistribute the wealth", maybe it's time to take a page out of FDR's book and break up these large monopolies, give people jobs for raking leaves in the park and sh*t...

I'm advocating just that, everyone needs to sit on a large sum of money. Instead of refinancing your house and pulling out 200k, let the equity be and you don't have to worry about a mortgage in old age. Build up a savings account, and stop paying $3,500 a year in credit card interest. Large corporations haven't really changed their tactics, its people have changed their habits. This way of life can't be sustained forever, this is the elephant in the room and I feel things will only improve on the surface.

 

[Serious]

its people have changed their habits.This way of life can't be sustained forever, this is the elephant in the room and I feel things will only improve on the surface.

Not that, I disagree,

But how do you fix people's habits

 

[Suicide King]

Not that, I disagree,

But how do you fix people's habits

Good old fashioned self control and discipline, it would probably help America's obesity problem as well.

 

[Serious]

Good old fashioned self control and discipline, it would probably help America's obesity problem as well.

No lie, I wrote a paragraph, about that, but erased it, because I'd figured it be too out of place.

Breh in a perfect world:

Earth would be filled with: Progressive Minded, Physics loving, PBS Watching, NPR listening, ignorance hating, in shape individuals...

But that's far from reality..

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Its deeper than that.

Its like reparations talk. You take money from whites and give it to blacks. Then what. We won't save it. We will give it right back in exchange for useless goods. So there has to be a spreading of awareness on financial literacy and longevity, for wealth to be transferred on a long term basis.

We are also competing with whole countries whose govts are investing into their people + competitiveness, but not doing so ourselves. Inequality gap can be further closed by having a generally more skilled populace. Inequality gap is driven by a skills gap, part of which is just stemming from a culture w/a growing aversion to skills and work, part of which is stemming from a govt + upper class that sees no value in investing into the country's competitiveness beyond immediate family etc.

So just shifting money around won't do shyt. W/o cultural change money will keep flowing up.

Money given back to people with no money skills= money going into the economy=



:bueno:

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Yeah I've looked at from numerous angles, but it's still hard to justify individuals sitting on large lump sums of money that isn't in circulation.

It's still widely understood that if the government were to "redistribute" the wealth (theoretically), certain individuals would merely figure out a way to capitalize off others(capitalism) and get rich again.That's how a lot of people came into old money.

(Quite frankly, I'd do the same)

If not "redistribute the wealth", maybe it's time to take a page out of FDR's book and break up these large monopolies, give people jobs for raking leaves in the park and sh*t...

Where do we draw the line though? Me + wifey are sitting on a nice little nest egg. We don't need it right now but we will one day. If we don't spend it now our kids will. If we don't have kids the state gets it. And if we're fortunate enough to pass it to our kids the state takes half anyway. Its money we earned.

The prob w/attacking wealth is it leads to a logical slippery slope that ends in abolishing market priced labor. A doctor doesn't need $400K/yr, but thats what society has deemed their efforts and skills to be worth. If a doctor made the same as a McDonalds worker, there would be a lot less doctors. So some level of inequality is a necessary evil for society to function. And because wealth turns into more wealth (i.e. most rich people's money doesn't sit, it gets invested and recirculated through the economy), even if you equalized things the folks with lower costs of living and better financial habits would still accumulate wealth faster.

I am with dude who says the sensitive topic of spending habits needs to be the focus. Regardless of how one feels about the rich the fortune you have the most control over is your own. So its probably better to focus your energy there.

 

[Broke Wave]

Where do we draw the line though? Me + wifey are sitting on a nice little nest egg. We don't need it right now but we will one day. If we don't spend it now our kids will. If we don't have kids the state gets it. And if we're fortunate enough to pass it to our kids the state takes half anyway. Its money we earned.

The prob w/attacking wealth is it leads to a logical slippery slope that ends in abolishing market priced labor. A doctor doesn't need $400K/yr, but thats what society has deemed their efforts and skills to be worth. If a doctor made the same as a McDonalds worker, there would be a lot less doctors. So some level of inequality is a necessary evil for society to function. And because wealth turns into more wealth (i.e. most rich people's money doesn't sit, it gets invested and recirculated through the economy), even if you equalized things the folks with lower costs of living and better financial habits would still accumulate wealth faster.

Thanks for this eloquent defense of why a doctor gets paid more than a McDonalds worker. In all my years of listening to discussions about economics and politics, I have never heard this argument. How profound. Wealth turns into more wealth. Wow that is utterly brilliant man. This is such inspiring and intelligent dialogue. Who knew that attacking wealth ends in abolishing market priced labor. If only I knew that.

 

[Serious]

Where do we draw the line though? Me + wifey are sitting on a nice little nest egg. We don't need it right now but we will one day. If we don't spend it now our kids will. If we don't have kids the state gets it. And if we're fortunate enough to pass it to our kids the state takes half anyway. Its money we earned.

The prob w/attacking wealth is it leads to a logical slippery slope that ends in abolishing market priced labor. A doctor doesn't need $400K/yr, but thats what society has deemed their efforts and skills to be worth. If a doctor made the same as a McDonalds worker, there would be a lot less doctors. So some level of inequality is a necessary evil for society to function. And because wealth turns into more wealth (i.e. most rich people's money doesn't sit, it gets invested and recirculated through the economy), even if you equalized things the folks with lower costs of living and better financial habits would still accumulate wealth faster.

I am with dude who says the sensitive topic of spending habits needs to be the focus. Regardless of how one feels about the rich the fortune you have the most control over is your own. So its probably better to focus your energy there.

Yeah it's a slippery slope no matter how you define it. Honestly, it's not about harming people with certain increments of wealth. There's nothing wrong with owning a few million, or even 50 million per se. But families that yield in multimillions in the 100+ range comes, a bit excessive. I just grow highly aggregated by racist a$$holes, like the koch brothers who profit billions in revue, annually, while already sitting on a few billion . But it's true to state that a lot of money is being reinvested.

Honestly my only bit feats revolve against protecting against discrimination, healthcare and providing education(post secondary, cats shouldn't have to be swimming in debt, in order to be a doctor). After that life, it's entirely up to the individual to "work" hard...

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Thanks for this eloquent defense of why a doctor gets paid more than a McDonalds worker. In all my years of listening to discussions about economics and politics, I have never heard this argument. How profound. Wealth turns into more wealth. Wow that is utterly brilliant man. This is such inspiring and intelligent dialogue. Who knew that attacking wealth ends in abolishing market priced labor. If only I knew that.

Can you counter said points w/o getting emotional?

 

[Broke Wave]

Can you counter said points w/o getting emotional?

Nah man it appears that I do not have an argument against doctors getting paid more than Mcdonalds workers. I think that's what the occupy people want right?

 

[Type Username Here]

Nah man it appears that I do not have an argument against doctors getting paid more than Mcdonalds workers. I think that's what the occupy people want right?

In all honesty, some of them would probably want that.