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Are you the resident spelling Nazi?Youre [sic] about a [sic] dumb as toe lint.![]()
Care to try that again, genius?
Are you the resident spelling Nazi?Youre [sic] about a [sic] dumb as toe lint.![]()
Care to try that again, genius?![]()
That's cool. Yeah I've been sheltered then. Always had money for extras. Hell even the folks on welfare have flat screens and cell phones these days, but I guess if not on welfare or living in a group of income earners then that would be much more difficult.No reason they can't be one and the same...plenty of money and a fulfilling life.
As a matter of fact, the one thing that is fucking up my life right now is lack of money. I don't even need to be rich. I just need ENOUGH money. And I don't have that right now.
Money is freedom, that's what it is. If I had it to do over I would have sought out a career I could enjoy that also paid a lot of money. The best of both worlds.
Not having money for the things you need can suck the joy right out of life.
I've found that no matter how much I earn, I spend it. And no matter how much I spend I can always find ways to spend more. I find I have more freedom when I have less things less money. Somehow the money and things just become anchors and time sucks.
I'm not talking about extras or luxuries or toys. I'm talking about having enough money for the necessities. A roof over your head, clothes to wear, food on the table and adequate transportation. Those things aren't anchors that hold me down, they're a modicum of security in this life. And when you're scraping to provide those kinds of necessities...like I said...it sucks the joy right out of life.
In other words, if my mortgage and utilities are covered, we can afford all the food we need, the car is running and I can replace my socks if they get holes in them, I'm good. I don't need the latest and greatest electronic toys and fancy clothes and expensive vacations. But I need the basics and without them... life devolves into constant worry.
Money solves that so you can get on with self-fulfillment or whatever. Money is a good thing. It's freedom. Maybe I'm different, I've never had a problem with wanting more and more and more money. If I have basic necessities and maybe an occasional luxury or two, I'm good.
No reason they can't be one and the same...plenty of money and a fulfilling life.
As a matter of fact, the one thing that is fucking up my life right now is lack of money. I don't even need to be rich. I just need ENOUGH money. And I don't have that right now.
Money is freedom, that's what it is. If I had it to do over I would have sought out a career I could enjoy that also paid a lot of money. The best of both worlds.
Not having money for the things you need can suck the joy right out of life.
I've found that no matter how much I earn, I spend it. And no matter how much I spend I can always find ways to spend more. I find I have more freedom when I have less things less money. Somehow the money and things just become anchors and time sucks.
So you have absolutely no discipline?
You were swindled.
A proud NY State public school education and State University Degree (Go UB)
Set me up for a 35 year career of Government service
A "career" sucking at the public teat. That certainly fits your 'persona' alright.
Don't you just love how the democrats simultaneously complain that the republicans are evil rich bastards that make too much money then turn right around and brag about how much money the evil rich republicans making in their states?Which is why Blue States are called "donor states" and Red States are called "Welfare States"?
The Republican base support their corporate masters. No one said all Republicans are rich. Look at USMB Republicans. Most of the ones not on welfare or disability live from paycheck to paycheck.
Course, you already knew that. You just like to make shit up and then attack the other side for shit you made up. Typical of right wingers. It's who they are. What they do.
Let me prove it in typical rdean fashion:Don't you just love how the democrats simultaneously complain that the republicans are evil rich bastards that make too much money then turn right around and brag about how much money the evil rich republicans making in their states?
The Republican base support their corporate masters. No one said all Republicans are rich. Look at USMB Republicans. Most of the ones not on welfare or disability live from paycheck to paycheck.
Course, you already knew that. You just like to make shit up and then attack the other side for shit you made up. Typical of right wingers. It's who they are. What they do.
How the hell do you know that?
Show us some proof. This ought to be good.
Your opinion is, of course, meaningless.
No more so than yours.
Oh yes, we've covered this before, Francis.
No more so than yours.
Oh yes, we've covered this before, Francis.
Ahh yes the great and powerful UKUNTHAIR knows all sees all yet doesn't know the difference between apathy and hate.
Last year one of my fellow students was talking to our welding instructor, asking him about available jobs. The instructor called a former student of his who was at the time welding gas pipeline in Eastern KY. Guy said you can come out and use a company truck, draw per diem, lodging provided, and make 60 grand. If you owned your own truck, it was a hundred grand.
We've been lied to in this nation. We've been told that everyone needs a 4-year degree to be a success.
4-year degrees rarely produce the people who DO things in America. Technical educations, what used to be called vo-tech, DO produce the people who do things.
A lot of rep points rides on if you're referring to the military or not.
A kid out of HS who can get into an apprenticeship type of position has a leg up on many of his college bound buddies. First, he is earning good money right out of High School and second, he is not paying $25,000 a year or more to be educated
A kid that understand wealth and how money works is set for life. Make as much money as you can and dont fall for the belief that money itself is evil. You need money to buy some types of happiness in life.
A kid out of HS who can get into an apprenticeship type of position has a leg up on many of his college bound buddies. First, he is earning good money right out of High School and second, he is not paying $25,000 a year or more to be educated
A kid that understand wealth and how money works is set for life. Make as much money as you can and dont fall for the belief that money itself is evil. You need money to buy some types of happiness in life.
You just described children of conservatives. You're finally wising up a little.
Then why do so many liberals hate the wealthy?A kid that understand wealth and how money works is set for life. Make as much money as you can and dont fall for the belief that money itself is evil. You need money to buy some types of happiness in life.
You just described children of conservatives. You're finally wising up a little.
I'm not a conservative. Most people that understand wealth can be described as liberal in their views. Its one of the requirements for understanding wealth.
Then why do so many liberals hate the wealthy?You just described children of conservatives. You're finally wising up a little.
I'm not a conservative. Most people that understand wealth can be described as liberal in their views. Its one of the requirements for understanding wealth.
I'll give you a moment. I can tell you haven't given this any thought. At all.
Then why do so many liberals hate the wealthy?I'm not a conservative. Most people that understand wealth can be described as liberal in their views. Its one of the requirements for understanding wealth.
I'll give you a moment. I can tell you haven't given this any thought. At all.
Who said liberals hate wealth? Where did you hear that lie?
From liberals.Then why do so many liberals hate the wealthy?I'm not a conservative. Most people that understand wealth can be described as liberal in their views. Its one of the requirements for understanding wealth.
I'll give you a moment. I can tell you haven't given this any thought. At all.
Who said liberals hate wealth? Where did you hear that lie? I dont think you are qualified to discuss the topic of wealth if you believe that.
From liberals.Then why do so many liberals hate the wealthy?
I'll give you a moment. I can tell you haven't given this any thought. At all.
Who said liberals hate wealth? Where did you hear that lie? I dont think you are qualified to discuss the topic of wealth if you believe that.
I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.
― Eugene Victor Debs
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.
― Michael Parenti
In a time in which Communist regimes have been rightfully discredited and yet alternatives to neoliberal capitalist societies are unwisely dismissed, I defend the fundamental claim of Marxist theory: there must be countervailing forces that defend people's needs against the brutality of profit driven capitalism.
― Cornel West
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
― Bertrand Russell
Capitalism means that a few people will do very well, and the rest will serve the few.
― Michael Moore
"Eat the rich!!"
― Anonymous street protester
From liberals.Who said liberals hate wealth? Where did you hear that lie? I dont think you are qualified to discuss the topic of wealth if you believe that.
I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.
― Eugene Victor Debs
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.
― Michael Parenti
In a time in which Communist regimes have been rightfully discredited and yet alternatives to neoliberal capitalist societies are unwisely dismissed, I defend the fundamental claim of Marxist theory: there must be countervailing forces that defend people's needs against the brutality of profit driven capitalism.
― Cornel West
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
― Bertrand Russell
Capitalism means that a few people will do very well, and the rest will serve the few.
― Michael Moore
"Eat the rich!!"
― Anonymous street protester
How did you get liberals hate wealth out of that? Do you even know what wealth is or how its measured?
Then why do so many liberals hate the wealthy?You just described children of conservatives. You're finally wising up a little.
I'm not a conservative. Most people that understand wealth can be described as liberal in their views. Its one of the requirements for understanding wealth.
I'll give you a moment. I can tell you haven't given this any thought. At all.
From liberals.
I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.
― Eugene Victor Debs
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.
― Michael Parenti
In a time in which Communist regimes have been rightfully discredited and yet alternatives to neoliberal capitalist societies are unwisely dismissed, I defend the fundamental claim of Marxist theory: there must be countervailing forces that defend people's needs against the brutality of profit driven capitalism.
― Cornel West
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
― Bertrand Russell
Capitalism means that a few people will do very well, and the rest will serve the few.
― Michael Moore
"Eat the rich!!"
― Anonymous street protester
How did you get liberals hate wealth out of that? Do you even know what wealth is or how its measured?Too complicated? Maybe some visual aids will help:
Oh yes, we've covered this before, Francis.
Ahh yes the great and powerful UKUNTHAIR knows all sees all yet doesn't know the difference between apathy and hate.
I know about your misanthropy because you've gone out of your way to demonstrate it so many times, Francis. You're a bitter, squirrelly shut-in who peeks out through the boards over the one window on your bunker, grinding your teeth and mumbling under your breath about how you "don't need nobody ur nuthin!"![]()