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Originally Posted by superblyTRIFE
Originally Posted by Fede DPT
Originally Posted by Kneesh
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Just wondering , why do you think that just because someone makes less they don't work as hard .
No-one has ever answered this straight to me .
I didnt see this. Do you think someone who is just a high school graduate and is working a office 9-5 is working harder than me going through 6 years of school, driving 90 miles round trip 4 days a week for 4 years, payed my OWN way though my undergrad, and now working on a Doctorate, STILL driving 90 miles round trip from school to work and doing clinicals for a better life?
I'm not trying to "toot my own horn", but the point is when you put a whole lot of time, effort, and emotion to make a better life for yourself and then having someone tell you that "ok, that's great you worked really hard, but now, I want your money to make it fair.".
There's a choice people make at some point in their life. If you choose to do bad in school and end up with a telemarketing job after high school, that is your choice. If you decide to go to college and do something great, that is your choice.
Whatever choice you make and you take a fall, don't expect someone (in this case the government) to be there for you.
I'm not really feeling this breakdown. You didn't even answer the question at hand, unless of course your answer is that all high school graduates work in a plush, laid back office environment.
[/Barack Obama] How many high school graduates do you know make 6 figures? [/Barack Obama]
Maybe I didnt clarify. Lets say you are a construction worker making 60k, YOU chose that career. YOU know your salary will be limited, unless you work your way up to some management position. If YOU choose to stay at that 60k position, you shouldnt wonder why you arent being paid more and wondering "where is my help?".
the single guy , putting on his nice little suit , sitting at his desk job all day making 250k PLUS works harder ... that's why he MAKES more
why is this always the prototypical example used?...
there are many small business people who work close to 14-15 hrs a day to get to their income level.
why is this always the prototypical example used?...Originally Posted by Dirtylicious
the single guy , putting on his nice little suit , sitting at his desk job all day making 250k PLUS works harder ... that's why he MAKES more
Because that same prototype is used for the blacks &nd latinos that are lazy . the ones that just sit on their $@% &nd use these government programs .Originally Posted by Kneesh
why is this always the prototypical example used?...Originally Posted by Dirtylicious
the single guy , putting on his nice little suit , sitting at his desk job all day making 250k PLUS works harder ... that's why he MAKES more
there are many small business people who work close to 14-15 hrs a day to get to their income level.
Right about what?...that people work hard on every level?Originally Posted by Dirtylicious
Because that same prototype is used for the blacks &nd latinos that are lazy . the ones that just sit on their $@% &nd use these government programs .Originally Posted by Kneesh
why is this always the prototypical example used?...Originally Posted by Dirtylicious
the single guy , putting on his nice little suit , sitting at his desk job all day making 250k PLUS works harder ... that's why he MAKES more
there are many small business people who work close to 14-15 hrs a day to get to their income level.
My bad for being right .
Right about what?...that people work hard on every level?
I don't think anyone disputes that.. but I'm sure just as there are many trust funders who don't do anything to earn their money as there are probably as many minorities that are lazy.... who the hell cares?
...But to deny that many high income earners have not worked hard to get to their position is just as folly as stating that lower income workers work harder than they do.
Dirty, while watching the campaign, i saw tons of people on the right wing saying that, 'We don't want to give our hard earned wealth topeople who don't deserve it'. 'I worked hard for my money, why should the gov't take it and give it to some welfare queen'. etc. Theunderlying theme was that people who are less well off are less well off because they didn't work hard. Luck plays a hell of a roll in life, and i foundthat argument of wealth being proportionate to hard work, extremely simplified.
I'll give you that....easily.Originally Posted by Kneesh
True .
But you claimed that what I said was basically "stereotypical" .
Then I gave you the same stereotypical response that people say about lazy people .
I'm not denying that those people work hard , but ask them about people who use government programs .
I dare you .
They're going to say , "ahh , those people are lazy . they don't work hard , they just want the government to give to them ."
You just made your argument null and void with that statement. It's their money, as you said, therefore they have earned that right to beselfish with it especially if they earned it.Originally Posted by Kneesh
But Dirty , okay .
Sure it's their money , but they're selfish . The people that they clam are "lazy" have been paying the most taxes , and it has BEEN like that .
How can you judge how hard someone has worked to get to their high - income job ? Granted some work for it , but most had the opportunity . Whether it was their families income ALREADY or by them knowing someone .
Someone like Jay-Z I can CLEARLY see griping about taxes being raised , or even Oprah . THEY worked hard . But you don't see them complaining . Granted their million/billionaires , but still .
Just because you have a higher paying job or higher job doesn't mean you worked harder , plain and simple .
Kneesh:
Granted some work for it , but most had the opportunity . Whether it was their families income ALREADY or by them knowing someone .
Someone like Jay-Z I can CLEARLY see griping about taxes being raised , or even Oprah . THEY worked hard . But you don't see them complaining .
That's the main hole I see in the argument 'Everyone has the same opportunity.' No, everyone doesn't. Some kid living in a gatedcommunity under the roof of wealthy parents, he has infinitely more opportunity for success than the kid that sits next to him in homeroom, living in adysfunctional home in the ghetto.
Anyone telling me those two have the same opportunities in life is naive.
Now, is it anyone's fault? The common response is 'Well it's not the rich kid's fault that the ghetto kid doesn't have the sameopportunities that he has.' And that's true. But it's not the ghetto kid's fault, either. The fact that the kid in the ghetto has to work rightout of high school... TO HELP HIS PARENTS PAY BILLS... while the rich kid works right out of high school... WHILE ATTENDING UCLA... neither one of them is toblame for that, nor is either one of them to be credited for that.haiti5:
me personally i am wiling to be taxed more so that programs that helped me acheive my "Success" can also help others acheive some level of success.
Here, here.
So we have resorted to name calling have we? Tilt your hat to the left or rightOriginally Posted by Kneesh
No .
I know for a fact that they aren't complaining .
You sound stupid , why are you even in this conversation ? Me and Dirty were having an EDUCATED discussion .
You aren't even COMPREHENDING what we are talking about .
The middle-class has been having the most taxes , with that @@%$*%+ trickle down theory . That hasn't WORKED . So the government wants to try to change that &nd tryyyy something different &nd everyone wants to cry .
Get over it .
You just made your argument null and void with that statement. It's their money, as you said, therefore they have earned that right to be selfish with it especially if they earned it.
They closet racists Haiti
I'm tired of this argument on Niketalk. You have no idea what my ethnicity is so how dare you make that claim.
You just made your argument null and void with that statement. It's their money, as you said, therefore they have earned that right to be selfish with it especially if they earned it.
there is no right to be selfish..THATS UNAMERICAN..i know racists who would disagree with you
Lazy B wrote:
They closet racists Haiti
I'm tired of this argument on Niketalk. You have no idea what my ethnicity is so how dare you make that claim.
I wasn't even talking about you .
Offended eh ?
Took that as a personal shot ?
Originally Posted by HarlemToTheBronx
I will never understand the selfishness.
Me either .
Oprah and J shelter their wealth in tax free vehicles and offshore accounts.Originally Posted by Kneesh
No .
I know for a fact that they aren't complaining .
You sound stupid , why are you even in this conversation ? Me and Dirty were having an EDUCATED discussion .
You aren't even COMPREHENDING what we are talking about .
The middle-class has been having the most taxes , with that @@%$*%+ trickle down theory . That hasn't WORKED . So the government wants to try to change that &nd tryyyy something different &nd everyone wants to cry .
Get over it .
Originally Posted by SFN 155