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In reply to the discussion: Is it time for Maximum Wage [View all]SmileyRose
(4,854 posts)I'm comfortable with people earning as much as they can as long as it does not involve crapping on other people to do it.
It isn't the wealth or income of the 1%ers that irritates me. It's the fact so many of them actually think us little peons deserve poverty for the great sin of being born while Mom was already sliding into home plate.
Example - the 6 largest shareholders of Ford stock own 84% of all shares. For every $ they paid my uncle over his working life - including his retirement and insurance costs, they made $288. Fortunately when they wanted to whine about money and labor costs the UAW was still strong enough to tell the Ford Family to stop lying and do the right thing.
Look, I really don't mind if the Ford Family is making out like bandits. More power to um. But if one of them is selfish and stupid enough to come tell my uncle he doesn't deserve to afford to see a doctor now that he's worked himself to disability for them then you better damn believe I'm going to petition my government to step in and help my uncle get a little justice.