2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do you know a really rich person? [View all]jalan48
(13,871 posts)It was the same stuff back in the 20's. There's a famous quote from the book, "The rich are not like us". Fitzgerald rubbed shoulders with the .1% back then. Nothing's changed today. Reagan's big lie was that we could all be rich if we just worked real hard. Last time I was in McDonald's (years ago) the people there were "working real hard" in gross conditions. I was in a WalMart last year and there was a young checker working two product belts at the same time. My thought was, how does she feel when she gets off of work? How long does it take her to come down from the adrenalin rush necessary to maintain this pace? It doesn't matter. WalMart will work her till she burns out then stick a new body in there. Hillary was on the Board of WalMart. I agree with the poster, Hillary doesn't understand the average person, she's not like us.