I’m deep in Trump country at the moment. Some grumbling last night about how the steel tariffs are going to really, really hurt people.
I smiled on the inside. But I’m polite so I never talk politics down here.
Smart man, still be careful down there, Irving!
If my battery hadn't run out I would have added that Blue States give out more money than they ever get back- and that part of their moneys go to help Red States
Except that it's you know, theft. Why should you or anyone else be entitled to anyone else's money? This is what you don't get about free market capitalism, there's not an finite amount of money. Wealth can be created.
So you want everyone in the US to live in mediocrity? Punish people for being successful? We are the richest nation on earth because of this "horrible scourge called capitalism. "
Again, it's easy for YOU to spend other people's money, oh I'm sorry, "redistribute other people's money" than to just encourage those who want more to work harder, get smarter and go out and get more! People do it everyday, that's America.
What you're doing is just self righteous virtue signaling.
How does redistributing some wealth equate to "punishing people" , or "living in mediocrity" ?!
If someone makes more money than me in an honest way (if they have employees - pays their workers a fair wage, good health care, doesn't cheat etc their workers, make them work in unsafe conditions, or doesn't supply the correct safety gear for risky jobs, and pays their taxes), then ok, good for them.
Not everyone has the types of intellect in certain areas to "get smarter" for certain kind of jobs. Sometimes it is a function of a certain kind of IQ-
but not always!
I think Trade School is as good choice as college for some people.
As someone (?s) pointed out it's also
where you start from! Could your parents be around for you, did they encourage your curiosity and/or passions?
Did you have books in the house? Did your parents encourage you to read?
If you were a person of color, or a female were you earned you might have to be twice as good to get to the same place as a white male, but if really tried you had a chance- though certain circumstances, certain people, and bad luck could knock you off your path. Were you encouraged in HS, or were you tracked into service jobs because of your color?
(Do you know that a white man with a HS degree and some kind of criminal background is STILL more likely to get ahead, than a black man with a college degree with no criminal record)
Did you have anyone around you (family, friends, neighbors) to model various kinds of success for you?
Were you lucky enough to have a friendly stranger give you a hand?
So many factors play into a person's success in this cointry!
As others pointed out working hard doesn't guarantee a lot of money.
Sounds like you could be an extreme libertarian.
And you think it's just so easy for people to get wealthy, huh? Nothing to do with other aspects such as who you know, how much help one gets along the way, the fact that some people get rich through very shady means, etc.
Nope. If you just work hard you'll be rich in no time. That's how it worked for my family...oh, wait, no, it didn't.
You're also presuming that everyone WANTS to be rich and is demanding that the rich give them all their money so they can go live in mansions or something, which, no. Most people just want to be able to make enough money to afford the freaking basics, like, say, having a place to live, being able to pay their bills without having to choose which ones they need to pay first, being able to go to the doctor without having to go bankrupt in the process, and stuff like that. Such greedy demands, huh? How dare we find a way to make it easier for those people to obtain that simple stuff, right?
You really, REALLY need to stop with this inane notion that people who "want more" aren't working harder or aren't smart enough, okay? That is not true. You have absolutely NO idea what kind of effort the working-class/poor put in to try and make it in this country, and it's awfully damn insulting of you to make negative assumptions about their efforts.
This.
If people truly had basic safe housing, nutritious food, and safe water, good health care, time and money for a vacation once a year, enough good wages to save for retirement, save for their children- there wouldn't be such distress in this country (I guees, excerpt for those people who don't think people of color, or women (on their own) deserve that and be mad that they have that.
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trump believes in progressive tax rates?