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Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:43 pm to DiamondDog
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:43 pm to DiamondDog
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It’s not easy carrying America on our backs. Are our votes not worth anything? Are we not worth getting handouts?
The people caught between middle class and rich really get the shaft. The $200,000-350,000 earners just carrying the weight for all the poors around here.
Let’s make a list of what government does for people like me? Absolutely nothing. America only panders to the absolute poor or extremely rich. We’re the Forgotten Class.
This is the worst kind of victimhood complex. You make 200-350k and you are complaining about some out of work waitress getting 1.2k. Be grateful for what you have. Plus, the govt you pay for keeps the “poors” from breaking in and taking your toys.
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Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:45 pm to Flats
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Then wtf do you call people who have a Gulfstream and a 4th house on Lake Como? Because you ain’t sniffing that on $200k.
Anomalies?
If you’re in the top 5% of earners, it’s ridiculous to claim your income is not that of a wealthy person’s income.
And yes, we all know someone who is richer than us and who drives a G wagon to their lake home on the weekends. That doesn’t make you not a high earner.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:45 pm to B4YOU
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Plus, the govt you pay for keeps the “poors” from breaking in and taking your toys.
No. They don’t.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:46 pm to Flats
quote:That's why demonizing "the rich" is so stupid. They are using hatred of a few people to get take the money from people that aren't that rich. See chart above.
Then wtf do you call people who have a Gulfstream and a 4th house on Lake Como? Because you ain’t sniffing that on $200k.
Anyone using "Jeff Bezos" as an example of "the rich" is an idiot, or a liar.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:46 pm to DiamondDog
LOL! A guy claiming to make a decent living is pizzing and moaning cause he didn't get $1200 in chump change? BTW, you ain't carrying a damn thing, we had sales managers in the auto business making $400K yearly in the early '90's. And the store GM's made multiples of that. 30 years ago! Carrying's arse. You need to find a real job if you are all shot in he butt @ not getting $1200.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:47 pm to DiamondDog
I won't get either stimulus, AND I WORK FOR THE US GOVERNMENT DIRECTLY putting my life on the line daily as a Marshal.
Y'all don't know how bad it sucks to know the federal criminal you're arresting got a free $1200 the other day and spent it on weed and a flatscreen TV, and I didn't even get a christmas bonus last year.
THAT'S a level of pain and frustration very unique to my situation, and I wouldn't wish it upon any of you assholes.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:47 pm to Taxing Authority
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That's why demonizing "the rich" is so stupid. They are using hatred of a few people to get take the money from people that aren't that rich. See chart above.
Absolutely correct.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:47 pm to DiamondDog
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DiamondDog
I hope you’re not a conservative cuz you’re making us look bad begging for a handout.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:49 pm to DiamondDog
quote:Communists have sold the idea that hating "the rich" equals helping "the poor".
Communists have hijacked the narrative of America. Just because all of us worked hard to achieve our American Dream doesn’t mean we should be denied equal consideration.
They are not equals.
But that incited hatred is great for evil people seeking more power and government control.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:49 pm to B4YOU
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Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:50 pm to B4YOU
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Plus, the govt you pay for keeps the “poors” from breaking in and taking your toys.
tell that to business owners that have just had their businesses burned to the ground. 
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:50 pm to the808bass
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That doesn’t make you not a high earner.
That’s not the same as “rich”. Denzel Washington is rich. NBA stars are rich. The gap between their lifestyle and mine is an order of magnitude different than the gap between my lifestyle and a family that gets by on $60k. I know this for a fact, because I’m friends with several people like that.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:51 pm to jimdog
What kind of ignorant shite is this?
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:52 pm to Flats
We just have different definitions of rich. You think “rich” is the top 1% of the 1%.
$450k annual income puts you in the top 1%. That wouldn’t make you rich according to your definition. I think that’s silly. But we can disagree.
$450k annual income puts you in the top 1%. That wouldn’t make you rich according to your definition. I think that’s silly. But we can disagree.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:53 pm to theducks
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hope you’re not a conservative cuz you’re making us look bad begging for a handout.
I’m advocating for tax decreases if they’re going to continue giving money out to people who don’t pay real tax money.
I frankly don’t give two fricks how you feel about me.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:54 pm to DiamondDog
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That attitude is why we are the Forgotten Class. Guess we’ll have to start rattling more chains and sabers.
I tell you though, I only recently was able to get to into this position, and it took a bit of luck. Most of my life, I was in a situation where I was either breaking my back working overtime to make 80k per year, or out doing contract work and staying gone from home all the time. I am not gonna cry about not getting that $2,900 now, because it's damn sure better.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:58 pm to Flats
quote:That chart I posted is what Congress sees. When they need money, guess where they're going?
That’s not the same as “rich”. Denzel Washington is rich. NBA stars are rich. The gap between their lifestyle and mine is an order of magnitude different than the gap between my lifestyle and a family that gets by on $60k. I know this for a fact, because I’m friends with several people like that.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:58 pm to DiamondDog
I agree with you but at the same time I don’t feel bad for your situation. Whining on a message board because you want a $1200 handout too. That’s probably chump change for ballers like you.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 11:58 pm to auggie
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tell you though, I only recently was able to get to into this position, and it took a bit of luck. Most of my life, I was in a situation where I was either breaking my back working overtime to make 80k per year, or out doing contract work and staying gone from home all the time. I am not gonna cry about not getting that $2,900 now, because it's damn sure better.
So, because you did well, you feel guilty others didn’t and you’re not worthy of equal treatment. If that doesn’t sum up modern America.
That isn’t being stand up. That’s being a political masochist.
This post was edited on 7/28/20 at 12:00 am
Posted on 7/28/20 at 12:00 am to the808bass
quote:It's rich. Very rich. The problem is people want to compare themselves to anomalies, not the rest of the country, or world.
$450k annual income puts you in the top 1%. That wouldn’t make you rich according to your definition. I think that’s silly. But we can disagree.
Like most people... he's using "they have more than me" definition of what it means to be 'rich'. Nothing better than when someone making $200k/yr describes themselves as "middle class".
This post was edited on 7/28/20 at 12:01 am
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