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Wealth Inequality in America

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topherthegopha
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Hopefully not a repost

Mar 20 2013 8:58PM
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Seany.n
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sadly it is
Mar 20 2013 8:59PM
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topherthegopha
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fuck.. i even searched it
Mar 20 2013 9:00PM
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Hahahahahahah
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Not once you get a taste for superyachts. #ballin
Mar 20 2013 9:26PM
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theabortionator
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Sadly people bitch about this but go ahead voting for the same clowns, allowing the fed to print money, and all that shit.

If you're too stupid to even think when you vote for somebody you shouldn't be allowed to cry when things aren't fair.

American's are fucking retarded sometimes.
Mar 20 2013 9:35PM
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Petey.
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Who cares?
Mar 20 2013 9:36PM
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LIL_WAT
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It sucks huh.

Maybe we should increase the size of government, and encourage a welfare state to solve the problem? Oh wait...
Mar 20 2013 9:38PM
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Zimmerman
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A lot of people. This is an important issue.
Mar 20 2013 9:41PM
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theabortionator
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That's what peoples reaction is though. You laugh but I bet there's a fuck ton of people that think that's a brilliant solution.

The gas station in town sells keystones 6 packs for $4.25 after tax and bottle. As long as I can get 8 beers for that, the red white and blue look pretty good to me.

Mar 20 2013 9:41PM
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Blake.P
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i would be interested to see how this correlates with satisfaction of life and happiness. obviously those that are very poor have a lower satisfaction of life, but i think that those who become excessively rich might be the same, in the way that they are almost compensating for other things, and that money doesnt bring happiness.

honestly, i would rather be middle class than in the top 1%, and live a fulfilling life doing what i want, and not slaving away for years at a job to make that excessive money

obviously that isnt true for all situations, but generally speaking...
Mar 20 2013 9:41PM
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Petey.
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Oh, it is?
Mar 20 2013 9:42PM
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LIL_WAT
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And you'd be correct. It's both hilarious and depressing.
Mar 20 2013 9:49PM
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Zimmerman
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Yes.
Mar 20 2013 9:55PM
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Petey.
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Rhetorical question. Nothing will change about it in our lifetime, so stop concerning yourself. Let the rich be rich.
Mar 20 2013 10:01PM
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Zimmerman
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All I heard was "The system is flawed so that it can fuck us all while being hard to change, so why try?"

Apathy kills.
Mar 20 2013 10:11PM
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Petey.
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What a fucking chump. What exactly do you think you're going to change?
Mar 20 2013 10:14PM
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Zimmerman
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Nothing. Not on my own anyway. It is my duty to try though.
Mar 20 2013 10:17PM
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theabortionator
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Change my hundred dolla bills ya'll
Mar 20 2013 10:19PM
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Petey.
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No, it really is not. It's amusing that you think it is, though!

So go ahead, fulfill your duty buddy, let me know how it turns out.
Mar 20 2013 10:21PM
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Zimmerman
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Your apathy hurts. People like you are the ones who allow injustice to happen.
Mar 20 2013 10:22PM
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Petey.
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I'm sorry I don't care about shit that doesn't matter.
Mar 20 2013 10:26PM
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Petey.
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Moreover, I'm sorry that you do! it's people like you that waste their lives doing nothing but worrying about other peoples' problems.
Mar 20 2013 10:28PM
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Zimmerman
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How does the biggest cause of social problems not matter? This affects everyone.
Mar 20 2013 10:36PM
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Petey.
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Mar 20 2013 10:37PM
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volvotom
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So I ended up helping my parents do their taxes and I am almost positive that I won't ever earn as much as they do (adjusted for inflation of course). So depressing.
Mar 21 2013 2:37AM
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Tinga
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oh, we're going to change the world. just you wait for it.
Mar 21 2013 3:08AM
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howlongcanausern
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all while 'socialist' countries tax the 1% into non-existence and have much better results with public services like education/healthcare/transportation.

i'd blame the republicans
Mar 21 2013 11:32AM
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Arabian
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...don't forget 0 inheritance rights to family properties, a >50% tax rate on incomes, and still incomplete LGBT rights. You want to move to the socialist countries? Sure, the living conditions are great, but you have no ability to move up or down the income ladder, or produce anything significant. Socialism stymies economic growth and suppresses innovation. Sure there are wealthy (for example) Scandinavians. They don't do their aggregate business exclusively in the Scand countries, though. So many of the arguments about wealth inequality are class envy and have been for the last 500 years. Don't buy into it.
Mar 21 2013 11:40AM
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theblackrod
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That's one style of person in this country. giving up and not caring. It's so rebellious it may as well be hipster. It is going to take a solid 20 years to come out of this recession, but it will be a lot longer if people like yourself continue to pop up. Not even caring or being able to connect with one side or the other is just weak. This is why nothing will get done in this country, to many stubborn idiots that would rather not be bothered and just live and complain when people care or try to initiate some sort of change. Things are only going to get worse if more people just say "screw it, I can't affect it"...
Mar 21 2013 11:47AM
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2_fadez
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Notice how the people who bitch and moan about this are the people who aren't willing to work hard enough to change their prospectus.
Yeah, wealth inequality sucks, but who are you to go and take someone elses money because they have more than you? Go be an adult and set goals for yourself and realize that it takes sacrifices to move ahead.
Sorry to tell you this, but you're not going to move to the 1% with your 2 year degree from colorado mountain college
Mar 21 2013 12:45PM
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johnnyBuz
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There was some study a year or so back that determined the happiest and most content individuals make roughly $75,000 a year and that after that amount happiness is no longer linearly correlated with wealth/income.

Personally the number seems a bit low to me but it makes sense. At around that mark you probably have a pretty nice work/life balance, can afford to have some fun on the weekends, go on vacation 1-2x a year and generally aren't living paycheck to paycheck wondering whether to go grocery shopping or pay your heating bill.
Mar 21 2013 4:08PM
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johnnyBuz
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PS: the top 1% don't really work, it's all passive income and they can retire whenever they want.
Mar 21 2013 4:09PM
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Petey.
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I'm a realist. Sorry. I recognize and accept the fact that we will not, as a society, be able to fix the problems others have caused for us (others referring to rich people and politicians). Understanding this, why would I add additional stress to my currently busy life worrying about this "big picture" when I know there is NOTHING I can do about it?

So yes, I prefer to live MY life and enjoy it while I can, because worrying about what's broken and can't be fixed is a lot worse than not worrying at all and simply enjoying one's self.
Mar 21 2013 4:32PM
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theblackrod
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I'm a realist too, but to say that in your lifetime, say 80 years, there won't be any change in the big picture? None at all? To me, that is a very closeminded and unrealistic opinion.
I'm not telling you to become a politician and change policy because God knows I wouldn't sell my soul to do it, but it is possible to impliment change and see change during your lifetime. It happens all the time in every country. It wasn't that long ago that the United States actually had a surplus of funds (Clinton Administration, although a lot of the policies that were in place were not directly because of him), and in 20 some odd years it all went to crap, so who says in 20 years the US can't turn it around? It's possible, keep your mind open is my point.

Mar 21 2013 4:52PM
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theabortionator
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Mar 21 2013 5:01PM
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Drail
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I'm sorry, but in a two party system where neither party is actually going to change the system, what exactly are you trying to say here?

To actually change the system, the whole way government works needs to change, not just who you vote for.
Mar 21 2013 5:01PM
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theabortionator
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I agree. There are the people that believe their "side" is perfect and that everything bad/evil/lame comes form the other "side".

Also the people that realize everyone sucks but play the lesser of two evils game because they see something a little bit better in one candidate.

We're pretty much fuck so whatever. YOLO
Mar 21 2013 5:07PM
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