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In reply to the discussion: Billionaire Sam Zell: "The 1% work harder." [View all]badtoworse
(5,957 posts)52. I'm talking about people that I personally know well
Not people you see or hear about in the media
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Yes, socialization is very different for working class people and wealthy people
deutsey
Feb 2014
#28
The top 5 percenters I'm related to didn't inherit squat. They work really hard, all the time.
Shrike47
Feb 2014
#83
BINGO! The number one predictor of "financial success" is being born to money, period.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2014
#116
My husband and I earned Ph.D.s from Ivy League institutions and NONE of the candidates came
anneboleyn
Feb 2014
#134
Most people I know who have done well have done so with some sort of social subsidy.
haele
Feb 2014
#77
Let's be realistic. Becoming part of the 1% is unlikely to happen to any of us
badtoworse
Feb 2014
#103
And the final point for success is in the nature of hierarchy, which is how humans socialize.
haele
Feb 2014
#70
Items one through six sound like a rather accurate description of Ken Lay...
LanternWaste
Feb 2014
#85
you mentioned what they have; here's what they don't have: a conscience. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Feb 2014
#118
Good points, but being in the top 5% is very different from being in the ownership class.
Incitatus
Feb 2014
#148
A CNBC favorite . .. just like fellow shitpigs Ken Langone and Bernie Marcus.
HughBeaumont
Feb 2014
#34
Our wealthy class is the most pampered, hypersensitive collection of crybabies on the planet.
Marr
Feb 2014
#42
if you two factories too close together, just buy them and close one! don't be lazy!
unblock
Feb 2014
#44
I'd love to see him spend just one week working two minimum wage jobs while taking mass transit
riderinthestorm
Feb 2014
#48
No Mr Asshole. If we taxed you enough you'd have to produce more volume and hire more workers...
L0oniX
Feb 2014
#49
His father was a successful grain broker in Poland, became a successful wholesale jewelry dealer
El_Johns
Feb 2014
#61
He probably paid one of his flunkies to outline his "talking points".
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2014
#62
There you have it: Poverty is a moral failing, a character flaw. All better now?
Hekate
Feb 2014
#76
Yeah, well, then why are my closets still in disarray if he's workin so hard?
Kurovski
Feb 2014
#108
I know people who are rich because they worked their asses off building a business.
Nye Bevan
Feb 2014
#109
I saw the jerk was on Bloomberg yesterday making an ass out of himself. He started to rant about
lostincalifornia
Feb 2014
#127
Andrea Tantaros on Fox (regarding the 99%): "they sit around eating fried chicken"
anneboleyn
Feb 2014
#133
Did you know some of our soldiers are so lazy that they qualify for food stamps?
TheKentuckian
Feb 2014
#143