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I have no problem reading your words. I just hope I never step in them.
that might be the throwaway post of the week
I have no problem reading your words. I just hope I never step in them.
They can. Why do you think they can't?
Yes, as I said they either are hard workers or they were fortunate enough to be born into a rich family. That's life.
If you work hard, handle your money well, discipline yourself - you'll most likely do well in life. I fail to see how you think hard workers can't make it in this country.
Some questions for you and whoever wants to answer...
~ Do you believe there should be a cap to how much money one person should make?
~ Should 100% of the wealth of a person who has died be given to the government regardless of how much it is? I mean, their family didn't earn that, the person who died did, right?
~ Is it possible for a person living in poverty as a child to be rich later in life in this country? If so, how? If not, why not?
I would like to see redistribution of opportunity....family connections can get anyone into Yale or Harvard, actual merit is secondary.
Rich people do give lots of money out to others that need it for education. But it won't ever been enough to close the gap. Everyone that is rich could give away all of their money to give people a higher education and it still wouldn't be enough. That has nothing to do with greed. It has to do with the sheer amount of people involved.
Which brings up another problem. In the US most of the jobs that actually pay enough to keep a person from living on welfare require higher education. This can be proven by simply driving down the right road. I've seen billboards that have matter of factly stated that you need an education beyond highschool.
So, perhaps the answer (beyond bringing factories into the US) could lie in making higher education more readily available to the general public. Maybe even making it somewhat based off of regular schooling. I mean is there really a valid reason as to why a collage costs money to attend while a high school doesn't (I'm talking about to the kid that attends..not the parents)?
That statement is wrong.
It's half-wrong, unless trade school or job training is counted as "higher ed". I know a massively-certified, highly experienced welder who became a welding contractor for oil rigs who makes over 200k a year. A lot of skilled-blue-collar trades can make very good money, if you have some smarts.
But unskilled labor is rapidly going down the tubes as far as a viable mode of making a living.
It's half-wrong, unless trade school or job training is counted as "higher ed". I know a massively-certified, highly experienced welder who became a welding contractor for oil rigs who makes over 200k a year. A lot of skilled-blue-collar trades can make very good money, if you have some smarts.
But unskilled labor is rapidly going down the tubes as far as a viable mode of making a living.
true-and there are lots of kids who would be better off learning how to service BMWs or Lexus automobiles that going to college. Lexus techs are getting 40 bucks an hour at the place where my car gets serviced. That's a bit more than people with Masters in teaching or art history are getting in many places. I have always noted that America cannot compete in terms of costs in the unskilled labor market. We also have to try to reduce certain pathologies that serve as obstacles to people becoming skilled in a trade or educated
Boy do you miss the point. People are not angry that the rich get richer. The point is for EVERYONE to get richer. Got that? In the Fifties and Sixties the prosperity flowed through the middle class also. Unions were strong and the middle class was strong. Today, the rich get richer and everybody else is losing ground that took a generation or two to previously gain. Why do you ignore that fact?
What resources and/or financing did Steve Jobs or Bill Gates have before they started a business?
I guess it is just easier to sit back and bitch about others not doing something than putting forth the effort to do it yourself.
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It's a damn shame that so many people fall into that pant****ter attitude. They don't realize with a little effort, you can still do anything in this country. People in other countries and people fresh off the boat in America would laugh at the woe is me, the system is stacked against you rants on this thread. Bottom line, you can become anything you want in this country by YOUR own effort no matter what your socio economic status.
Disagree. Until sexism, racism and ageism no longer exist in this country? That is total crap.
I would like those who chose downwards to explain why the top 2% control 95% of the wealth--because if it is being distributed downwards, they're doing a piss-poor job...
...this should be interesting.
I would like those who chose downwards to explain why the top 2% control 95% of the wealth--because if it is being distributed downwards, they're doing a piss-poor job...
...this should be interesting.
You have a source?