re: Why do poor people pretend they're rich?

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It can be traced back much further. Man had always been selfish.

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Sure, man is selfish.

I wouldn’t say this need to tell other people what to do is driven by selfishness though.

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Most people in the 5% move up and down, it's pretty fluid.

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In fact, virtually every member of the top quintile started their work career in the bottom, whether that be with student/part time jobs while getting an education, entry level work, etc.

Very few start life at the top. Mega wealth is usually created by a self-made man (or woman, or however a person chooses to self-identify) and then by 2 or 3 generations pass, usually the descendants are solidly upper middle class, but not at the same level as the founder.

There are exceptions - the Fords, the Kennedys, Rockefellers, etc.

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WHY? Why are y'all doing this? I'm sure there are some on this board who make greater, if not far greater than, $250k year.

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Maybe we vote republican because most of their other positions are where we agree. Its not just taxes.

And maybe we would like the rule of law to be applied to everyone.

Maybe we believe that in America you can work hard and have a good lifestyle. But we get pissed off that so much of our tax money is spent to keep able bodied persons laying on a couch. Even if we didnt reduce the tax rates for anyone, think how great our roads, bridges, and schools could be if the money that is wasted on these leeches was spent there instead.

I personally believe the government should only spend money of things that benefit everyone and NEVER A THIN DIME to an individual. No welfare, no EBT, no free phones or wifi. Hunger is the greatest motivator.

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See, that was another time republicans went against their own self interest for the greater good.

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Sorry but you can't use things Republicans did that long ago. Why don't you stick to conservative ideologies and liberal ideologies as we know them and then try to apply those. I can guarantee you the southern slave owners were the conservatives back then.

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make it really simple for you. There are two types of economic systems. Ones with greedy private citizens and ones with greedy governments. If you dislike greedy corporations or private citizens you can choose to protest or shop elsewhere/boycott with no recourse. If you choose to stop funding the government men with guns show up to your house and place you in a cage and sell your assets. Which seems more fair to your average citizen? 

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The issue is that the capitalist system does not always offer a second option.

let's use a real world example. EA (Electronic Arts) is video game publisher. They buy permission for rights to certain brands and buy studios to create games.

They have many business practices that customers disagree with (Loot Boxes aka gambling, cutting too much content outside initial purchases, etc.)

We could choose to stop buying their products, as was the case with their EA Battlefront 2 game. The issue is, even though they know many dislike their practices, they wont alter their course.

'They make enough money to profit despite the pushback

'They dominate control of the license from Disney.

Other places that challenge your idea are utilities companies and companies in small town where they de facto monopolize the jobs.

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Other companies that challenge your idea are utilities companies. Companies in small town where they practically monopolize the jobs

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Utilities are not free market capitalistic. In fact, theyre much closer to socialistic.

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Sorry but you can't use things Republicans did that long ago. Why don't you stick to conservative ideologies and liberal ideologies as we know them and then try to apply those. I can guarantee you the southern slave owners were the conservatives back then.

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You could have saved yourself some time and just typed “I choose to dodge and deflect” instead of typing all that crap