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JDPriestly

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19. FDR was also one of the wealthy.

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 03:08 PM

Feb 2014

But he had polio as a child and was disabled even while serving as president. He understood how unfair life can be. That may be why he was both rich and compassionate. He married a very compassionate woman too.

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Science Explains Why The Rich Are Calling Everyone Nazis [View all] okaawhatever Feb 2014 OP

And, of course, they think that they are entitled to their wealth question everything Feb 2014 #1

What I find ridiculous Mr.Bill Feb 2014 #23

The ones that really irk me is the ones mikeysnot Feb 2014 #28

Add the Johnsons (of Johnson and Johnson) rwsanders Feb 2014 #31

Seen it mikeysnot Feb 2014 #36

Usually I hear "Dont work harder, work smarter" 7962 Feb 2014 #32

There are office politics too. THAT is what determines who gets what. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #53

The most striking thing to me about Keltner's work Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #2

Some people would have empathy, but... MicaelS Feb 2014 #6

They should simply say no to the tax break they get on capital gains taxes, money they earn JDPriestly Feb 2014 #17

I agree with everything you said. MicaelS Feb 2014 #20

And boy are there PLENTY of stories like what you mention!! Here's one on a smaller scale.. 7962 Feb 2014 #33

Think. Consider. Remember. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #55

Actually. I think there is something nobel about being poor. fasttense Feb 2014 #64

I can understand the thinking. When the very poor become very rich they don't understand how others okaawhatever Feb 2014 #7

This has always been known My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #3

That's how and why the French Revolution started, and succeeded (at the time). Amonester Feb 2014 #26

LOL! 'You put that together, and you get jackasses.' nt freshwest Feb 2014 #4

^^^EXACTLY^^^^ FSogol Feb 2014 #5

I know awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #10

I always wondered how we got so many jackasses. Thanks for the info. lol. n/t jtuck004 Feb 2014 #13

Bestest, most scientific conclusion ever!!! LOL reformist2 Feb 2014 #60

As My Late Father, tea and oranges Feb 2014 #8

Lolz. I like your dad's thinking. nt okaawhatever Feb 2014 #9

Thanks okaawhatever! tea and oranges Feb 2014 #22

Same thing happene to my father. He was an FDR Democrat Auntie Bush Feb 2014 #50

OMG, I'm so sorry that happened tea and oranges Feb 2014 #66

Ha ha, so do I. deafskeptic Feb 2014 #11

It's called "projection" VA_Jill Feb 2014 #12

+1 alfredo Feb 2014 #67

FDR knew most rich people were assholes at heart, obama does NOT know this. pansypoo53219 Feb 2014 #14

Obama is one of the very wealthy FuzzyRabbit Feb 2014 #16

FDR was also one of the wealthy. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #19

Your sentiments are exactly right. Your facts are slightly off but well intentioned. RufusTFirefly Feb 2014 #21

Me too. As a teenager, I read everything I could find by Eleanor Roosevelt. Wow! She was amazing. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #39

OT, but here's a prophetic Eleanor quote from Jan. 1934 RufusTFirefly Feb 2014 #42

So maybe it's not the wealth that determines how someone is, but the compassion Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #54

Franklin married his brains and his heart. FDR was nothing but another parasitic patrician asshole Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #56

Obama is not one of the 1%. Rex Feb 2014 #34

President Obama's salary alone makes him in the top 1% of earners. Gravitycollapse Feb 2014 #46

He is not part of the .1% of 1% Rex Feb 2014 #48

The 1% do not get paychecks. They do not show up for work, They cannot be fired. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #57

This is silly uponit7771 Feb 2014 #40

that's bs mopinko Feb 2014 #63

I suppose Obama raising the miniumum wage by exec order is your proof? tridim Feb 2014 #30

Oh my, what a bold move! Raising the wage that billionaires have to pay their slaves from Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #58

Agreed. Call me when he creates a maximum wage. nt tomp Feb 2014 #59

Thankfully, there have been a few rich folks who have retained their empathy. SunSeeker Feb 2014 #15

Lewis Black explained it in six epic minutes on the Daily Show: Initech Feb 2014 #18

social darwinism - a perversion of science - RainDog Feb 2014 #24

Some call this the "Just World Fallacy." tclambert Feb 2014 #25

Sounds like being very rich is a disease that we need to eliminate. FiveGoodMen Feb 2014 #27

I don't think it Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #29

So redistributing wealth via taxes is healthy for them and society! KittyWampus Feb 2014 #35

In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice DefenseLawyer Feb 2014 #37

Taxes should be raised to help them express their superheroism. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #38

"jackasses" ...sounds like someone is holding back. L0oniX Feb 2014 #41

"You put that together, and you get jackasses." SammyWinstonJack Feb 2014 #43

He, he blackspade Feb 2014 #44

As usual, the Simpsons has already animated reality Number23 Feb 2014 #45

That's great. I stopped watching the Simpsons years ago. Maybe I should start again nt okaawhatever Feb 2014 #47

I'm sitting here wondering if they're tastier� MrScorpio Feb 2014 #49

Great article Gothmog Feb 2014 #51

More likely to take candy from a baby? Lunacee_2013 Feb 2014 #52

Here's what I think: The more money you have, the more time you devote to preserving it, making more reformist2 Feb 2014 #61

i'm pretty skeptical of this guy. mopinko Feb 2014 #62

in reading the article, loved the comments from the super rich--like thewilbur ross guy, who claimed niyad Feb 2014 #65