Why i get pissed every time i hear about income inequality.

[surada]

Back when i got out of high school, i took 1 semester of college at the University of Cincinnati, while going there i also worked part time at McDonalds making $2.10 an hours. When 6 months were up i realized college wasnt for me, so i wanted full time work, but most of the full time at McDonalds were for managers while kids and the elderly got part time. So i left and went to Bill Knapp's wanting to become a short order chef, again making $2.10 an hour but a promise of a raise and full time work which i needed both. In 6 months i had learned the whole line from soups and salads to sandwiches to cooking steaks and lobster tails. I got a 15 cent raise along with more responsibility because i could be left alone to manage the grill between lunch and dinner when the place was slow enough to have 1 cook. I was proud as a peacock to be trusted with being the chef. I had repeat customers who loved my style of cooking because i just didnt cook, i put love for the customers in the way my food went out, and the customers loved coming back.
Then disaster struck...The progs in government wanted everyone to be paid $2.25 an hour, thus making me entry level again, and since the margins arent great in restaurants, i ended up at minimum wage again, even though i had 1 year of service. I quickly realized that this wasnt for me, and i needed skills. So i joined the Air Force 9 1/2 years working on A-10s, F-15s and F-16s, never in my time of service did one of my jets ever go down, and when asked if i would fly in a jet i fixed, i replied, of course i would, i know how well i work..
Then an opportunity came for me to work as a contractor overseas on the Saudi Royal Air Force F-15s able to make $70,000 a year tax free. Also had a nice 401k plan, and this is how i achieved great wealth, so when i hear about income inequality, i say "Tough shit mother fuckers, if you cant do what i did, then you deserve to be low of income". This is the United States of America, where even a McD's fry cook can become a millionaire.




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Sounds to me like you have an excellent work ethic.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Don’t blame record low tax rates on the wealthy that force workers to assume more of the burden

The wealthy pay more of the burden than before.

 

[rightwinger]

The wealthy pay more of the burden than before.

More of the burden for healthcare, education, retirement has been shifted to the workers

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

More of the burden for healthcare, education, retirement has been shifted to the workers

You were talking about taxes.

Why are you changing the subject?

 

[rightwinger]

You were talking about taxes.

Why are you changing the subject?

Because they are tied together
Slash taxes on the wealthy and you have less revenue for public programs

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Because they are tied together
Slash taxes on the wealthy and you have less revenue for public programs

The wealthy are paying more of all the money that goes toward those public programs
than they ever did in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

The "income inequality" is really a work ethic inequality.

The government does everything it can to fuck up this country to take money away from the people that earn it and give it to the shitheads that didn't earn the money. The filthy government is also a tremendous burden on our take home income. However, despite that attack on our productivity it still remains that if you have trouble making a living in the US then it is your own damn fault.

I am not poorer because somebody else is richer. I am poorer because the goddamn government takes my money and gives it away to shitheads.

I am not poorer because somebody else worked harder or smarter than me. I am poorer than they are because I didn't work as hard or as smart as they did.

If I had invented Microsoft I would be as rich as Bill Gates. But I didn't.

If I had come up with the idea of Facebook I would be as rich as Zuckenberg. But I didn't.

If I have come up with the idea of Amazon I would be as rich as Jeff Bezos. But I didn't.

If one of these filthy ass welfare queens that bitch about income equality would have studied in school like I did they would would have a comfortable living. But they didn't.

Elections have consequences. The Joe Bidumb voter, voted for higher taxes, higher fuel costs and higher everything else costs. That is just plain fucking stupid.

 

[hunarcy]

How much was minimum wage increased in that time?
It has been frozen for 13 years

Do your own research, silly

 

[hunarcy]

Here we have proof of how brainwashed working Conservatives have become

Don’t blame Corporations that show record profits yet have left wages stagnant
Don’t blame record low tax rates on the wealthy that force workers to assume more of the burden
Don’t blame increased costs of healthcare and education

Blame the poor people who need help to feed and house their families

I'm sure you can list the corporations that only pay their workers minimum wage, right? Cause if you can't, it's because you're making stuff up.

 

[rightwinger]

I'm sure you can list the corporations that only pay their workers minimum wage, right? Cause if you can't, it's because you're making stuff up.

Where did I say corporations pay minimum wage?

 

[hunarcy]

Where did I say corporations pay minimum wage?

You are complaining about corporate profits in relation to minimum wage. Are you admitting you are conflating two different issues?

 

[rightwinger]

You are complaining about corporate profits in relation to minimum wage. Are you admitting you are conflating two different issues?

Where did I do that?

I compared Corporate profits to stagnant wages not just minimum wage

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Where did I do that?

I compared Corporate profits to stagnant wages not just minimum wage

Real wages aren't keeping up with real earnings?

Thanks Brandon!!!

 

[rightwinger]

Real wages aren't keeping up with real earnings?

Thanks Brandon!!!

Not even close

The percentage of wages to corporate profits has dropped dramatically

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Not even close

The percentage of wages to corporate profits has dropped dramatically

Not even close

No kidding. Biden is hurting the working man with his high inflation, pro-corporation policies.

 

[hunarcy]

Where did I do that?

I compared Corporate profits to stagnant wages not just minimum wage

So, you're just conflating issues.

Thought so. Enjoy your evening.

 

[rightwinger]

So, you're just conflating issues.

Thought so. Enjoy your evening.

They are directly correlated

 

[BackAgain]

Back when i got out of high school, i took 1 semester of college at the University of Cincinnati, while going there i also worked part time at McDonalds making $2.10 an hours. When 6 months were up i realized college wasnt for me, so i wanted full time work, but most of the full time at McDonalds were for managers while kids and the elderly got part time. So i left and went to Bill Knapp's wanting to become a short order chef, again making $2.10 an hour but a promise of a raise and full time work which i needed both. In 6 months i had learned the whole line from soups and salads to sandwiches to cooking steaks and lobster tails. I got a 15 cent raise along with more responsibility because i could be left alone to manage the grill between lunch and dinner when the place was slow enough to have 1 cook. I was proud as a peacock to be trusted with being the chef. I had repeat customers who loved my style of cooking because i just didnt cook, i put love for the customers in the way my food went out, and the customers loved coming back.
Then disaster struck...The progs in government wanted everyone to be paid $2.25 an hour, thus making me entry level again, and since the margins arent great in restaurants, i ended up at minimum wage again, even though i had 1 year of service. I quickly realized that this wasnt for me, and i needed skills. So i joined the Air Force 9 1/2 years working on A-10s, F-15s and F-16s, never in my time of service did one of my jets ever go down, and when asked if i would fly in a jet i fixed, i replied, of course i would, i know how well i work..
Then an opportunity came for me to work as a contractor overseas on the Saudi Royal Air Force F-15s able to make $70,000 a year tax free. Also had a nice 401k plan, and this is how i achieved great wealth, so when i hear about income inequality, i say "Tough shit mother fuckers, if you cant do what i did, then you deserve to be low of income". This is the United States of America, where even a McD's fry cook can become a millionaire.




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The shitheads can’t even define what they mean when they talk about “income inequality.” Wtf? It sounds like the antithesis would be “income equality.” But even they deny this is what they seek.

Why shouldn’t smarter people or harder working and more productive people reap more from what they do than the less intelligent and / or less productive folks?

Why would anyone suggest that skilled surgeons shouldn’t make more than unskilled laborers?

I personally don’t give a rat’s ass if some people who make more money for their companies also earn more than I do. And I have no regrets about having earned more that people who don’t work as hard as I have.

 

[rightwinger]

The shitheads can’t even define what they mean when they talk about “income equality.” Wtf? It sounds like the antithesis would be “income equality.” But even they deny this is what they seek.

Why shouldn’t smarter people or harder working and more productive people reap more from what they do than the less intelligent and / or less productive folks?

Why would anyone suggest that skilled surgeons shouldn’t make more than unskilled laborers?

I personally don’t give a rat’s ass if some people who make more money for their companies also earn more than I do. And I have no regrets about having earned more that people who don’t work as hard as I have.

Who is saying all people should be paid the same?

 

[BackAgain]

Who is saying all people should be paid the same?

Once again, Leftwhiner cannot read with comprehension.

What does “income inequality” even mean is the question. Is it contrasted with income “equality?”

Unless it is, then what the fuck are you libtards talking about?

Presumably — in your fantasy utopian “minds” — there is some level of income which is (somehow) unjust. Is it two times what the lowest income earner makes? Is it ten times? Is it 100 times? And who the fuck are you idiots to make that determination, anyway? On what basis?

Don’t ask me any questions at all until you doors define your idiotic terms. Explain your reasoning and the basis for it. Then maybe we can have a coherent conversation. But for the most part, you libs and so-called progressives never define your terms and you don’t ever explain your reasoning beyond amorphous appeals to emotion.

If you haven’t realized it yet. We are on to your petty games.