The Politics of Envy

[Pho_King]

Well let's be honest... we do envy the wealthy.

-We envy the ability of the wealthy to convince 50% of the population to vote against their own interests.

-We envy the ability of the wealthy to run the country into the ground, blame the government...then ask the same government for help.

-We envy the ability of the wealthy to demand the government provide corporate protections, subsidies and welfare, while simultaneously denouncing "dependency" on Government.

-We envy the ability of the wealthy to use their wealth to buy US public policy and law.

I envy the simple minded retards on the left who believe they know what is in anyone else's best interest. Life must be very easy when you know so much about life. Of course, the hard part comes in when your neighbor believes, erroneously, that he knows what is best for himself and his family, and pushes back against your attempts to make those decisions for him.

 

[flacaltenn]

It's funny how all the raving anti-Capitalist, anti-market folks scatter to the wallboards when their rhetoric gets slammed by fact and reason.. Where'd all you "Capitalism == Theft" vermin dissappear to this time?

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THere is one more important point to be wrung out of this tho.
And it's a point that MOST of the Class Warriors (like CONZHATER) completely miss because they don't a clue how capital markets work.

In this case you have a guy making $6M in salary and benefits and getting $42M in stock options.

The $42M in stock options has NOTHING to do with the COST of services or HEALTHCARE that this company provides.

It is an INTERNAL TRANSFER of equity to the guy that now serves as titular "general manager". Does NOT affect what available to pay claims. Does NOT affect what the phone reps are paid. ONLY the $6M in salary and bennys comes out of the cash flow.

So when compare what this guy does for his $6M compared to LeBron James making over $100M a year --- that's like a couple WEEKS of his season's pay..

 

[NYcarbineer]

Just another example of the 'politics of distraction,' instead of addressing job loss due to outsourcing, unequal pay scales, board and executive malfeasance, loss of manufacturing to low wage third world nations, the right wing talking point creators make up words which they attach to Americans who consider inequality not only immoral, but economically unsustainable. It demonstrates how compliant those who use these words are and how the puppet master plays them.

"We're always saying that “children are our nation’s most valuable resource.” Unfortunately, we don’t behave as if we believe it. Between 2000 and 2010, the number of children living in poverty in America increased by 41 percent, and now includes nearly one-quarter of our kids. Growing up in poverty is bad. It leads to lower graduation rates (a third of these children will not graduate from high school); lower incomes (nearly half will still be living in poverty at age 35); and lower life expectancy (by about eight years)." Share the Wealth - NYTimes.com

Income Inequality is Bad for Society. Really Bad. » Sociological Images

Timothy Noah on The Inequality Crisis | FiveBooks | The Browser

Why do the poor support right-wing parties? A cross-national analysis « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

How many of those kids living in poverty are a product of a single Mom?

Is that a worthwhile excuse to deprive them of equal opportunity?

 

[Pho_King]

Just another example of the 'politics of distraction,' instead of addressing job loss due to outsourcing, unequal pay scales, board and executive malfeasance, loss of manufacturing to low wage third world nations, the right wing talking point creators make up words which they attach to Americans who consider inequality not only immoral, but economically unsustainable. It demonstrates how compliant those who use these words are and how the puppet master plays them.

"We're always saying that “children are our nation’s most valuable resource.” Unfortunately, we don’t behave as if we believe it. Between 2000 and 2010, the number of children living in poverty in America increased by 41 percent, and now includes nearly one-quarter of our kids. Growing up in poverty is bad. It leads to lower graduation rates (a third of these children will not graduate from high school); lower incomes (nearly half will still be living in poverty at age 35); and lower life expectancy (by about eight years)." Share the Wealth - NYTimes.com

Income Inequality is Bad for Society. Really Bad. » Sociological Images

Timothy Noah on The Inequality Crisis | FiveBooks | The Browser

Why do the poor support right-wing parties? A cross-national analysis « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

How many of those kids living in poverty are a product of a single Mom?

Is that a worthwhile excuse to deprive them of equal opportunity?

What are you gonna do, force an intact,healthy family on them? Or make sure that they get special privileges to move ahead due to their victim status?