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KentuckyWoman

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21. Affluent people are not "rich"

Reply to unblock (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 12:53 AM

Dec 2014

You made my point exactly.

You just compared a small business owner who works 20 hour days and goes home tired and hungry to a thief. Most of DU would agree with you.

I don't agree the way to get better wages and benefits for poor working people is to take it from middle and upper middle class more affluent people who work their asses off as well.... we accomplish nothing more than losing elections we could have won and putting a bunch of maids and nannies out of work (excuse me but seriously you think the lady that owns the dry cleaner is sitting on her can eating bon bons while the maid does all the work?)

The 1% is a global menace, this is sure. They keep us fighting over who got the bigger crust of bread so we don't ever find the energy to actually go after them and demand some of the cake.

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The problem with "You didn't build that." [View all] KentuckyWoman Dec 2014 OP

like Star Wars! snooper2 Dec 2014 #1

Yes, there is a handful of these folks, but they still benefitted from highways, unions, etc. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #2

You know it's not 2012, right? geek tragedy Dec 2014 #3

Thank you JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #4

"many of those people" Why do you think many people who worked hard to build a successful business RadiationTherapy Dec 2014 #27

My husband does JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #28

Ok, that's great. Let me mark that down... *1* RadiationTherapy Dec 2014 #29

I think he's a good start JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #31

Welding and metalwork was my brother's trade for a while and I admire it very much. RadiationTherapy Dec 2014 #33

I yet think we should all laud Paris Hilton for the economic, artistic and ethical contributions she LanternWaste Dec 2014 #5

Am I in some kind of fucking time warp here alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #6

Election..... KentuckyWoman Dec 2014 #18

I'm pretty sure we won the election where your talking point dominated discussion. Drunken Irishman Dec 2014 #24

the fallacy of the half-truth. unblock Dec 2014 #7

and there are advantages available to them....that the rest of us slubs do not have access to... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #12

and in truth a lot of their "work" is merely seeing that the money winds up in their pockets unblock Dec 2014 #17

Affluent people are not "rich" KentuckyWoman Dec 2014 #21

and you made mine. for the most part it's not about the hours you put it. unblock Dec 2014 #25

The problem is... the Third-Way poseurs MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #8

The problem with "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." FSogol Dec 2014 #9

The problem is you misinterpreted that statement. JaneyVee Dec 2014 #10

This is not what "You didn't build that." is about. Mass Dec 2014 #11

We should cut their taxes as recognition!!! JoePhilly Dec 2014 #13

havent you been paying attention belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #14

any thoughts on Benghazi? napkinz Dec 2014 #15

The issue of "you didn't build that" is about the socially built infrastructure, paid for by DrewFlorida Dec 2014 #16

Not to mention, no decent employees to work for them without our education system bhikkhu Dec 2014 #20

Exactly! DrewFlorida Dec 2014 #23

I see what you're saying, I think. AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #19

I read this and expected "Titanium" to come on the radio Recursion Dec 2014 #22

it should have been, Doctor_J Dec 2014 #26

The only way to make that point in a manner that is understood by the 1% Skidmore Dec 2014 #30

Two things: Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2014 #32