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Brigid

(17,621 posts) Thu Mar 29, 2012, 05:57 PM Mar 2012

So I'm standing at the bus stop and . . . [View all]

I see a Corvette go by. A few seconds later, a guy walks by, pauses to toss something into the trash can next to me, and mutters as he stares after the Corvette, "A freakin' 'vette? I'm an independent contractor, and that guy paid me 500 bucks for 3 months' work and he shows up in a 'vette?" The Corvette owner is a one-percenter, maybe?

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So I'm standing at the bus stop and . . . [View all] Brigid Mar 2012 OP

Wow, that's a damn shame. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #1

sometimes, it's all about screwing folks so you can make yourself richer fascisthunter Mar 2012 #2

The cheapest Corvette is $76,000. So EVERY Corvette owner is either in the 1%...... slampoet Mar 2012 #3

I have 2 friends that owned Corvettes (brand new, in fact). RebelOne Mar 2012 #5

No you didn't have to be rich, just have a good Cleita Mar 2012 #6

My uncle worked for Chevy in the 70's slampoet Mar 2012 #7

Fuzzy math... Taitertots Mar 2012 #17

Baloney kudzu22 Mar 2012 #21

Here's one for 3K LOL snooper2 Mar 2012 #24

Doesn't look like it has a Targa top Aerows Mar 2012 #28

I don't begrudge the man his corvette if he earned it on his own. Not like Mittens who pappa southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #4

I do when he paid a dude $500 for three months work. YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #8

Well I agree with you there. I wonder how many of these millionaires get rich. They make it southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #9

My husband always says... YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #13

Your husband is a wise man. I kinda believe that myself. I am sure there are exceptions. southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #16

What kind of work was it? Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #10

I have no idea. Brigid Mar 2012 #12

The missing piece of the puzzle guitar man Mar 2012 #11

Was it 3 months of full time effort Broderick Mar 2012 #14

So--- trumad Mar 2012 #15

Your car Aerows Mar 2012 #19

Not true--- trumad Mar 2012 #20

Your insurance Aerows Mar 2012 #23

You are going to drop about 30-40K on a G35 used in good shape snooper2 Mar 2012 #25

Oh heavens Aerows Mar 2012 #27

Pretty normal from what I have seen libtodeath Mar 2012 #18

Know the difference between mackattack Mar 2012 #22

Why would anyone work 3 months for $500? Synicus Maximus Mar 2012 #26