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I think it is so pathetic that Ivy League colleges produce students who believe wealth and the issuance of grades are analogous.there is more wealth available than stealing stuff from those who are more talented or intelligent than you are
the zero sum nonsense of the income redistributionist left is hilarious
you probably blame the valedictorian of you HS class from preventing you from getting A grade
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You are still avoiding the argument, a finite amount of wealth exists, and if a group has captured an ever growing share, there is no escaping the fact that less remains for the other 99%.
You are still avoiding the argument, a finite amount of wealth exists, and if a group has captured an ever growing share, there is no escaping the fact that less remains for the other 99%.
there is more wealth available than stealing stuff from those who are more talented or intelligent than you are
the zero sum nonsense of the income redistributionist left is hilarious
I think it is so pathetic that Ivy League colleges produce students who believe wealth and the issuance of grades are analogous.
Again, I am not surprised that the history of US wage gains since 1973 have passed you by. Not once have I seen one iota of acknowledgement of such basic facts.There is enough wealth out there for you to participate but what is preventing you is you and not a rich person. The pie continues to grow and if you continue to sit on your ass, don't blame someone else for getting a bigger share of that pie. You and others have continued to tout the Obama economy, that is a growing pie, why aren't you getting your share?
There is a zero sum element in the economy, and you can see it in all the figures of wealth and income. And obviously economic growth means the pie itself gets bigger. It's not an either/or question.
But it's no accident or random occurrence that as income and wealth for the top has skyrocketed, income and wealth at the middle and below has stagnated, for decades. The growth from productivity gains that used to fuel higher wages across the board have gone mostly to the top slivers. So the pie IS getting bigger, but the share of the pie controlled by the wealthy is also growing. It's just what the numbers say any way you want to parse them.
There is a zero sum element in the economy, and you can see it in all the figures of wealth and income. And obviously economic growth means the pie itself gets bigger. It's not an either/or question.
But it's no accident or random occurrence that as income and wealth for the top has skyrocketed, income and wealth at the middle and below has stagnated, for decades. The growth from productivity gains that used to fuel higher wages across the board have gone mostly to the top slivers. So the pie IS getting bigger, but the share of the pie controlled by the wealthy is also growing. It's just what the numbers say any way you want to parse them.
Poor turtle, every time basic understanding of concepts like "finite" befuddles you, you get so upset and it becomes personal.competition is competition. you want to blame those who achieve for your lack of achievement
me becoming more wealthy by investing wisely and not spending stupidly does not impact your ability to become more wealthy and thus you blaming me for your lack of financial success is pathetic
Again, I am not surprised that the history of US wage gains since 1973 have passed you by. Not once have I seen one iota of acknowledgement of such basic facts.
I love truisms.as long as investment produces income, those who don't spend more than they make will get richer
You have not shown one iota of understanding the most basic history of US workers, all you have are personal anecdotes.Funny, they never passed me by because I went out and grabbed my share and grew my income by becoming very marketable and being the best at what I did. you don't seem to understand the concept and want the govt. to redistribute to you what I have earned. How typically liberal you are. This is called the decline of America when we have more people with your attitude
a finite amount of wealth? maybe so but we are no where near reaching that limit. its an excuse the parasite or redistributionist left uses to take from others
I love truisms.
It's interesting you'd use the term "parasites" for a lot of people, millions of them, who used to have good jobs in manufacturing but have seen them disappear and replaced by low wage service jobs. And that's just one very large group, with other groups no more guilty of being parasites than they are. And it's the economy of the last 40 years that's been "redistributionist" with wage gains that used to be shared across the income scales now going almost entirely to the top - wealth and income has been redistributed upwards.
I wouldn't think anyone would find it surprising that some below the top levels are pushing for a redistribution back down to the lower levels.
You have not shown one iota of understanding the most basic history of US workers, all you have are personal anecdotes.
Do you always blame someone else because you aren't getting your share? Why do you think more income is going to the top earners? I asked you how a rich person prevented you from joining them and you dodged the question, why?
I understand my history and I was a U.S. worker. You and other liberals seem to claim that I am not that smart and yet I did quite well for myself and my family who would disagree with you. If I can do it, certainly someone with your superior intelligence can do it, what are you waiting for?
it isn't our fault that global labor markets mean someone with an IQ of 85 and a 8th grade education cannot get 40 dollars an hour on a production line when someone with an IQ of 105 and a 12th grade eduction in India is willing to do the same job for 10 dollars an hour
Who says I haven't?I understand my history and I was a U.S. worker. You and other liberals seem to claim that I am not that smart and yet I did quite well for myself and my family who would disagree with you. If I can do it, certainly someone with your superior intelligence can do it, what are you waiting for?
I did not realize that inheritance is a basis for claims of success.I love economically unsuccessful people pretending they know more about economic success than us successful people
Since when is it U.S. policy to encourage that? It's part of the point - "free trade" serves the interests of the global behemoths quite well, and we've expanded it over the years, to the obvious detriment of the average American. So why is "free trade" our policy choice when it causes average workers of all kinds of IQ and education decades of stagnating income? It's a change in the rules that guarantee U.S. workers lose.
And nice of you to insult U.S. workers. You think they're all stupid? Can't you at least try to hide your contempt a little bit?
I did not realize that inheritance is a basis for claims of success.
its easy for the failures to justify others not failing by pretending its inheritance
the country is littered with athletes, entertainers and heirs who got big bucks as 20-30 year olds and are bankrupt at 40
ever heard of MC Hammer? Aaron Pryor?
YOu want to try to play this stupid game of saying I was referring to all US workers? not going to work with me.
but the fact is-being strong but uneducated isn't going to get you big bucks any more. I know-3 miles from where I grew up was the big motor works in Norwood Ohio. lots of people who didn't even graduate from HS got good jobs there and the place was full of nice well cared for middle class homes. Three generations of people in that area worked at the big GM assembly plant there. But the union wages, along with a costly strike and physical limitations made the place unprofitable and it was shut down. contrary to the left, companies or factories exist to make the owners money, not to provide jobs. labor is merely a commodity and when that commodity can be obtained for less cost, any manager who doesn't take advantage of that is incompetent
so tell me, how do you change the fact that workers overseas will do the same quality of labor for less cost?
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