kentuck
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Fri Aug-05-11 05:14 PM
Response to Reply #23 |
| 25. What difference does it make? |
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Either can be turned into cash. If you were to have the Hope Diamond, you are not poor and it would be an asset.
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| -What do you think about the "rich"? |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 04:50 PM |
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Stringy, but okay with the right sauce |
DJ13 |
Aug-05-11 04:51 PM |
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Eat 'em!!!! |
Taverner |
Aug-05-11 04:51 PM |
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Don't eat the rich. They're spoiled. nt |
Courtesy Flush |
Aug-05-11 04:53 PM |
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The largest percentage of rich people in this country inherited their money |
FarLeftFist |
Aug-05-11 04:54 PM |
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WRONG |
Zax2me |
Aug-05-11 09:57 PM |
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mining and speculation account for a lot of it too. |
dameocrat67 |
Aug-06-11 11:20 AM |
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rent seeking and real estate speculation account for alot of wealth |
dameocrat67 |
Aug-06-11 11:27 AM |
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Incorrect, the majority DID NOT inherit their wealth |
Philippine expat |
Aug-05-11 10:00 PM |
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Define "rich" in some manner. |
JoePhilly |
Aug-05-11 04:54 PM |
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You don't know what "rich" means?? |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 04:55 PM |
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Weak response from you. |
JoePhilly |
Aug-05-11 05:04 PM |
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Let's make it easy for you. |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 05:06 PM |
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Top 5% in what? Income or Assets? |
JoePhilly |
Aug-05-11 05:11 PM |
#23 |
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What difference does it make? |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 05:14 PM |
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Makes a huge difference. |
JoePhilly |
Aug-05-11 05:19 PM |
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You seem to want to tell other people what they think? |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 05:22 PM |
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No, you don't qualify. |
JoePhilly |
Aug-05-11 05:31 PM |
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Do you think income from assets is more valuable than income from salary? |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 05:33 PM |
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Keep in mind that the dr. with $250K in salary and $400K in college debt |
Frustratedlady |
Aug-05-11 06:18 PM |
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try the top 0.1%. those are the people who own the country. |
indurancevile |
Aug-05-11 08:46 PM |
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rich is SIMPLY... |
GSLevel9 |
Aug-05-11 05:17 PM |
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Ok, that is better ... |
JoePhilly |
Aug-05-11 05:26 PM |
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Rich means money to you. Doowwnn goes socialism. You should expand |
bluestate10 |
Aug-05-11 10:45 PM |
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The old money rich |
hifiguy |
Aug-05-11 04:57 PM |
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I have the (dis)advantage of knowing a few of them |
Warpy |
Aug-05-11 04:57 PM |
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I grew into a college lad working for a couple that I describe as good rich. |
bluestate10 |
Aug-05-11 10:53 PM |
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You were luckier than I, then |
Warpy |
Aug-06-11 11:17 AM |
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Most of the "rich", not all, are greedy, cheating idiots. |
fasttense |
Aug-05-11 04:58 PM |
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All of them? |
Wait Wut |
Aug-05-11 04:59 PM |
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Who said you had to "hate the rich"?? |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 05:01 PM |
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Didn't have to read between the lines. |
Wait Wut |
Aug-05-11 05:08 PM |
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You don't like public schools? |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 05:11 PM |
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I went to great public schools... |
Wait Wut |
Aug-05-11 05:28 PM |
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Aug-05-11 05:35 PM |
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Lovely. |
Wait Wut |
Aug-05-11 05:37 PM |
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I'm suspicious of questions like this that put scare quotes around the word "rich" n/t |
markpkessinger |
Aug-05-11 05:03 PM |
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"scare quotes"? |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 05:05 PM |
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Not at all... |
markpkessinger |
Aug-05-11 05:14 PM |
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It's a relative term... |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 05:17 PM |
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Fair enough. n/t |
markpkessinger |
Aug-05-11 06:08 PM |
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sounds more like someone (you) doesn't know the meaning of "scare quotes". |
indurancevile |
Aug-05-11 09:08 PM |
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The Baby Einstein Company was founded by stay-at-home mom and former teacher Julie Aigner-Clark |
Nye Bevan |
Aug-05-11 05:04 PM |
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She is precisely the person I do hate |
HockeyMom |
Aug-05-11 05:15 PM |
#28 |
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stand up and claps... |
GSLevel9 |
Aug-05-11 05:18 PM |
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You left out the MOST IMPORTANT PART of that Wiki: They're RETHUGS |
in_cog_ni_to |
Aug-05-11 05:19 PM |
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Picky...picky...picky.... |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 05:23 PM |
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I know, I know....I'm sooooo close-minded. Why can't I just embrace the people who want to destroy |
in_cog_ni_to |
Aug-05-11 05:35 PM |
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Baby Einstein? |
abelenkpe |
Aug-05-11 05:24 PM |
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oh, god. baby einstein, brainchild of a bush donor, shown to impair childhood development? |
indurancevile |
Aug-05-11 09:15 PM |
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Taste like chicken |
demwing |
Aug-05-11 05:05 PM |
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I love them....... |
RagAss |
Aug-05-11 05:10 PM |
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Focused. The "Rich" I think you are talking about...... |
Bonhomme Richard |
Aug-05-11 05:10 PM |
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It's a concept I'm unfamiliar with, therefore, difficult to weigh in... |
MrMickeysMom |
Aug-05-11 05:11 PM |
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Being poor totally sucked. I wouldn't mind giving rich a try. |
Throd |
Aug-05-11 05:13 PM |
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I know TWO of them... rather well in fact. |
GSLevel9 |
Aug-05-11 05:14 PM |
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Self made millionaires are a different kettle o' fish |
hifiguy |
Aug-05-11 05:44 PM |
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Scourge on society |
liberal N proud |
Aug-05-11 05:26 PM |
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And giant parasites. n/t |
Mnemosyne |
Aug-05-11 09:20 PM |
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I AM rich in many ways. I don't think "most" rich folks are |
Fire1 |
Aug-05-11 05:33 PM |
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When some of the exceed the greed limit there is no one there to stop them. That's |
HysteryDiagnosis |
Aug-05-11 05:40 PM |
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The same as I think about all people in general |
Raine |
Aug-05-11 05:45 PM |
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It's those who use their money and power to amass more |
alfredo |
Aug-05-11 05:55 PM |
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The rich are not like you and I: moreover government has decided to eviscerate the big three so |
indepat |
Aug-05-11 07:05 PM |
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Hmm |
LatteLibertine |
Aug-05-11 08:22 PM |
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I don't know any of the rich. |
LWolf |
Aug-05-11 08:26 PM |
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I don't understand "smart". |
Igel |
Aug-05-11 08:45 PM |
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The rich create poverty, by taking more than their share. |
begin_within |
Aug-05-11 08:46 PM |
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Most of them were born into it |
workinclasszero |
Aug-05-11 09:02 PM |
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I understand that most millionaires did NOT inherit it. |
Zax2me |
Aug-05-11 10:09 PM |
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Where to start??? |
Philippine expat |
Aug-05-11 10:25 PM |
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If the horses don't shit, the sparrows don't eat? |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 10:39 PM |
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Why the fixation on the rich? Too many of them are gross assholes. |
bluestate10 |
Aug-05-11 10:43 PM |
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Maybe because there is a class war going on...? |
kentuck |
Aug-05-11 10:47 PM |
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Rich in spirit suits me fine. |
devilgrrl |
Aug-05-11 11:03 PM |
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my family has rich members |
leftygolfer |
Aug-06-11 12:10 AM |
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I think we ought to be focusing on the system that rewards the behaviors, |
TBF |
Aug-06-11 11:19 AM |
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Aug-06-11 11:24 AM |
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I view them as sheltered people. I do not think as a class they |
dameocrat67 |
Aug-06-11 11:26 AM |
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Aug-06-11 11:27 AM |
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