The rich get richer and, the poor get richer

[CanuckInUSA 0]

Yes the rich are getting richer, but so are the poor ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkebmhTQN-4

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[airdvr 210]

Didn't you get the memo.? You can't say anything about the poor in the US unless it's to say how bad they have it.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[billvon 2,991]

Yep. It's true that the gap between richer and poorer is getting larger, but on the upside, overall the poor are better off than they were 50 years ago, at least here in the US.

[Skyrad 0]

Some people are so poor all they have is money.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[nanook 1]

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Some people are so poor all they have is money.

Well. . . anti-social and strange behavior doesn't constrain one from making money. These types may argue that they aren't "poor". On the other hand, practically all people have someone in their lives. Makes personal relationships/love a non-commodity to be considered "wealth"; relationships come naturally for majority of human beings. So you can't call someone with only love "rich", or someone with all the money in the world but without loved ones "poor"

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[jclalor 12]

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Yes the rich are getting richer, but so are the poor ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkebmhTQN-4

I love this guys logic; 99% of the poor in the US have running water and flushing toilets, yet 0nly 3% of those living in sub-saharan Africa have the same. The nerve of these people bitching about their plight and not knowing how good they really have it.

While buying a refrigerator, microwave, or computer
may seem like living high on the hog to your average Ugandan, it's not here. Being able to afford home ownership, quality medical care, retirement and being able to afford to put your children in college is a little different than being able to afford a PS3 and a blender.

I know if Jesus was to return today, he would rebuke all these ungrateful poor leaches, he had very little patients for the poor.

[Skyrad 0]

Money and love are not the only things in life.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[DaVinci 0]

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While buying a refrigerator, microwave, or computer may seem like living high on the hog to your average Ugandan, it's not here.

And that is the problem... Instead of looking at what is needed to sustain life, you think we have to keep up with the Jones's.

No longer is it enough for people to have food, shelter, clothes.... But now the standard is a PS3, big screen TV, cell phones, and a car.

If you continue to raise the expectations... They will never be met and you can forever paint the 'rich' as evil.

I am reminded of a Leo Tolstoy story, How much Land Does a Man Need.

As long as you keep expanding what is expected... You will never be happy.

[CanuckInUSA 0]

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No longer is it enough for people to have food, shelter, clothes.... But now the standard is a PS3, big screen TV, cell phones, and a car.

You forgot the Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone. Don't you have any sort of heart? Aren't you aware that possessing the full suite of Apple products is a basic necessity for life?

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[Amazon 7]

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No longer is it enough for people to have food, shelter, clothes.... But now the standard is a PS3, big screen TV, cell phones, and a car.

You forgot the Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone. Don't you have any sort of heart? Aren't you aware that possessing the full suite of Apple products is a basic necessity for life?

Poor Steve.. so disadvantaged...no iPad2 for U

[jclalor 12]

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You forgot the Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone. Don't you have any sort of heart? Aren't you aware that possessing the full suite of Apple products is a basic necessity for life?

You guys remind me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDaSvRO9xA&feature=related

[DesertAttorney 0]

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Money and love are not the only things in life.

No, money does not buy happiness. But it sure as shit makes it possible to create an optimal environment in which the cultivation of happiness is easy...

[Skyrad 0]

Spoken like a well paid lawyer.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[DesertAttorney 0]

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Spoken like a well paid lawyer.

...who has busted his ass to get where he is today, and will continue to do so, whilst pursuing becoming one of the 1%...with absolutely no shame.

[nanook 1]

Damn. . .

Good Point.

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[DaVinci 0]

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You guys remind me of this:

I am sorry you see pointing out facts as anything but pointing out facts.

[marks2065 0]

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Yes the rich are getting richer, but so are the poor ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkebmhTQN-4

Most of those living below poverty level here have more square footage of living space, more tv's, more video games, more cars and more food that the middle class in europe.

[SpeedRacer 1]

Yep, everything's just wonderful here in America.

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[steveorino 7]

Go to a third world country and you will see that 99% of our "poor" have it better than 99% of them.

steveOrino

[SpeedRacer 1]

YAY! America is doing GREAT compared to 3rd world countries!!!

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[steveorino 7]

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YAY! America is doing GREAT compared to 3rd world countries!!!

I'm not saying everything here is "peachy" but after working in the rain forest of Central America and some orphanages in Mexico, I kinda want to say to most of the "poor" in America, "Gimme a break!"

steveOrino

[Amazon 7]

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YAY! America is doing GREAT compared to 3rd world countries!!!

I'm not saying everything here is "peachy" but after working in the rain forest of Central America and some orphanages in Mexico, I kinda want to say to most of the "poor" in America, "Gimme a break!"

So you are good with the 1% here.. making sure that far more of what used to be middle class end up as poor???

It sure seems that the rePUBICLowns around here are good with it... since they support those who are bought and paid for by a very few wealthy individuals... Of course.. that will help recruiting numbers..

Perhaps we can have a military just like the UK with an officer corp like the UK.. it seems most of them are from the Upper Class... while most of the squadies... seemed to come from the lower class.

[steveorino 7]

Never said that. But I have been poor. I HAD NOTHING! But rather than look for a hand out from big brother (literally or figuratively) I pawned most everything I had, worked 3 jobs, took out a student loan (which I still pay) and bettered myself. I did all this w/o blaming the 1%.

Screw them! Money never made me happy. Giving it my best shot made me happy. And when I feel sorry for myself I pay my own way to build orphanages in Mexico and youth centers in the rain forrest of Cimmarones, Costa Rica. THAT was a wake up call. The local man I worked with lived in an 8' x 12' room with his wife & 3 kids. He had an open sewer running 10 feet in front of his house, but he was working alongside me to build places for those he deemed less fortunate than himself! But, hey, maybe that is just me.

steveOrino

[billvon 2,991]

>Most of those living below poverty level here have more square footage of living
>space, more tv's, more video games, more cars and more food that the middle class
>in europe.

Then you've never met any middle class people living in Europe.

[Amazon 7]

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Never said that. But I have been poor. I HAD NOTHING! But rather than look for a hand out from big brother (literally or figuratively) I pawned most everything I had, worked 3 jobs, took out a student loan (which I still pay) and bettered myself. I did all this w/o blaming the 1%.

Screw them! Money never made me happy. Giving it my best shot made me happy. And when I feel sorry for myself I pay my own way to build orphanages in Mexico and youth centers in the rain forrest of Cimmarones, Costa Rica. THAT was a wake up call. The local man I worked with lived in an 8' x 12' room with his wife & 3 kids. He had an open sewer running 10 feet in front of his house, but he was working alongside me to build places for those he deemed less fortunate than himself! But, hey, maybe that is just me.

I have been in more 3rd world shitholes than I care to remember.. I think the most telling thing is the view from the VERY best hotels... homes... of the very worst slums/shacks/blue tarp/any piece of rusted sheet metal.

With the current thinking what it is.... I think we will be seeing some of those here... perhaps not in my lifetime.. since I am old and decrepit... but I will bet my kid will get to see them here in the USA before his life is out.