General Discussion

geardaddy

(25,392 posts) Fri Jan 17, 2014, 04:50 PM Jan 2014

Millionaire NYT Columnist David Brooks: Poor PeopleWon’t Be Poor If They Just Act Like Rich People [View all]

From Wonkette

http://wonkette.com/539561

Good news, Poors! David Brooks has decided to take on the topic of income inequality, and has concluded that 1) income inequality is not actually a problem, and 2) if it were, we shouldn’t solve it by giving poor people more money, and also 3) the growing income of the 1% has nothing to do with the shrinking incomes of the rest of us. Hear that? NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

Here, let the man with the 4 million dollar home explain to us why giving money to poor people will be of absolutely no help to them.

more at link.

They're not even trying to hide their idiocy any more.

42 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Millionaire NYT Columnist David Brooks: Poor PeopleWon’t Be Poor If They Just Act Like Rich People [View all] geardaddy Jan 2014 OP

Theses people are nuts bigdarryl Jan 2014 #1

Poor people really need to hire themselves some decent K Street lobbyists. jsr Jan 2014 #2

Bingo! geardaddy Jan 2014 #3

The law permits the poor, as well as the rich, Jackpine Radical Jan 2014 #4

Yep, it's fair! geardaddy Jan 2014 #5

. Wilms Jan 2014 #6

Oooh, that's good. geardaddy Jan 2014 #8

Just take it. Wilms Jan 2014 #11

Ha! geardaddy Jan 2014 #13

He's an idiot. nt B2G Jan 2014 #7

No, Brooks is a propagandist Fumesucker Jan 2014 #12

Gee, that's funny. johnp3907 Jan 2014 #9

... geardaddy Jan 2014 #10

I think he's still smoking pot and lyin' about it if this "pearl of wisdom" is any example. n/t deafskeptic Jan 2014 #19

Pot generally tends to mellow people out and make them nicer Fumesucker Jan 2014 #24

when I smoked on a regular basis dlwickham Jan 2014 #27

I think I should have said smoked crack instead of pot. my bad :P n/t deafskeptic Jan 2014 #38

I've done that once and it did nothing for me dlwickham Jan 2014 #39

Brooks's nonsense actually kills people. Vinnie From Indy Jan 2014 #14

Agreed. geardaddy Jan 2014 #16

Use your imagination to be rich and then you are! Wow. ck4829 Jan 2014 #15

K and R For Your Great Header Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 #17

Thanks, but that's the Headling from Wonkette geardaddy Jan 2014 #18

Well sure, everyone knows that! Kurovski Jan 2014 #20

More embarrassment for the New York Times! avaistheone1 Jan 2014 #21

Okay... davidthegnome Jan 2014 #22

He is probably correct LiberalArkie Jan 2014 #23

I think you're on to something, but... Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #25

That's right! If they would just act like it!! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #26

I have just one word for David Brooks: sulphurdunn Jan 2014 #28

Poor People Won’t Be Poor If Rich People Stopped Being Such Disconnected Assholes. Glassunion Jan 2014 #29

He's right! We can all do it on credit and file for bankruptcy like Donald Trump! It's easy! freshwest Jan 2014 #30

The rich find nothing shameful in declaring bankruptcy. Unlike a lot of the rest of us. El_Johns Jan 2014 #37

Why would anyone give this idiot airtime or ink? Scuba Jan 2014 #31

He's a great argument for a maximum income law. Waiting For Everyman Jan 2014 #32

Shall we eat cake, David? Barack_America Jan 2014 #33

Tom Tomorrow's got this one. johnp3907 Jan 2014 #34

"...a secondary issue and a statistical byproduct..." Cal Carpenter Jan 2014 #35

PREACH! TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #41

Brooks hasn't tried to hide his idiocy for a long time. He wasn't any good at it to begin with fishwax Jan 2014 #36

What a doofus.. Too many have been TRYING that (with plastic) SoCalDem Jan 2014 #40

"the growing income of the 1% has nothing to do with the shrinking incomes" Incitatus Jan 2014 #42