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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 01:37 AM Original message |
Do you think you're rich? |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. On a pragmatic level, rich (to me) means not having to work for living |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Ditto |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. I agree with you... |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. So, disabled people on welfare are rich? |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. To clarify... |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Just kidding... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Bill Gates was never rich? I consider a life without work a poor one |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. not having to work and not working are two different things, though |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. No. I am below the poverty line. /nt |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Ha, me too. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 02:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Careful with grad school. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I am worried about that |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I think library science is a good choice. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Agreed |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have a personal peeve regarding the word 'rich' in this context. |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 02:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Difference in being "rich" vs being "wealthy" |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 02:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It was indeed Chris Rock... |
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AllNamesHaveBeenUsed (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 06:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Michael Jordan... not Oprah. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. Oprah's fortune is actually larger than Michael Jordan's. |
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AllNamesHaveBeenUsed (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Actually, that is what I was saying. |
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AllNamesHaveBeenUsed (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Crap... |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. LOL...you'll just have to post more! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nah, but I was well on my way when Clinton & the 'R's' pulled the rug out. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. Not right now: I have been upper middle class twice in my life: |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I have nothing but contempt for a health care system that is so corrupt, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. hehehehehahahahahehehlolololol |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. We would have been comfortable (not rich except in peace of mind |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. What's your theory? nt |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Well, I was born in '62 & husband was born in '59, so we were the last of |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Oh I hear you |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. Me? Rich? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. I tell my right-wing co-workers managing the family fortune is |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
19. i been down so goddamn long |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. below poverty line as well. |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
21. I don't think we're rich, but other people think we are. |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
23. the newspaper happened to be lying around the breakfast table this a.m. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. I was once rich |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
67. i can say a word means whatever i want but it doesn't make it true |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:30 AM Response to Reply #67 |
78. You don't understand |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. Not me! |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
28. I'm well above the poverty level, but I'm far from rich. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
29. I am not rich because I owe money on a mortgage. If I owned my |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
30. Heh. When I was a kid ... |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Opposite experience re ballroominess |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. There's a lot of truth to the relativity aspect |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
31. It's Been Nearly Three and a Half Years |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
32. I am not rich now, have never been rich and don't ever expect |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'd have to raise about $70 just to be broke...but yes, I do |
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Conan_The_Barbarian (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
35. Not yet but I plan on being on that top 1% |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. That's a good hobby! |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Sounds like you'd make a great Republican |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
70. it just sounds like he has no experience of life |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
76. If "success" is top 1% you'll inevitably crash and burn. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
37. I'm broke, disgusted and can't be trusted. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
40. We are, but money's still tight. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
77. imho "high income" and "rich" are not the same thing. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Net worth definitely isn't there. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
42. Some of my friends think I am |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
43. middle class...not rich |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
44. I believe so.... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
68. yes but that's intellectually dishonest, isn't it? |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Obviously, you've not traveled much. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:57 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. i've traveled to 4 continents |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
46. By rich, I always took that to mean "don't have to work for a living". |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. Well I am in debt, |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. We "get by". We're not rich. |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. I'm comfortable |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
54. To use a term coined by the Firesign Theatre during the Carter admin... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
58. No, not even close. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
59. if you have to work , you are not rich |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
62. I make between $90k and $130k per year, and I don't feel rich. |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yes. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
64. not me |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
65. That's like "is the Sun big?" |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
66. yes-but there are motherfuckers allaround the bayarea who are rich rich nt |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
69. nope |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
73. Are you talking about wealth or income? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. they don't seem to know what they're talking abt |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
74. no way |
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