The rich are waging class warfare on the poor

[bone]

The City of Chicago, which spends over
$15,800 per student, has the highest spending
of the three Chicago-area districts we examined
(Figure 4).

http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa662.pdf

Clearly the government is not the answer.

 

[MarketMasher]

Through inflation, they can steal (the value of) your money without even touching it.

That is theft via monetary policy though - and everybody knows poor people control that.....

 

[joneog]

Quote from bone:

there are single parent families with generations ( literally ) who are provided housing, food, vouchers, medical care, education, transportation, and cash payments.

you forgot to mention cell phones...yes that's right, I heard a commercial on the radio advertising free, gov provided cell phones/minutes.

edit: I just realized they are also paying for the advertising to give out the free phones/minutes

 

[piezoe]

Quote from bone:

If you see someone truly poor in the United States chances are it is a substance abuse problem and a personal accountability issue. Entitlements and public assistance are provided to the point that the recipients will not take jobs; indeed - there are single parent families with generations ( literally ) who are provided housing, food, vouchers, medical care, education, transportation, and cash payments.

There are volumes of empirical studies dating back from the 60's that shows that the level of financial assistance provided does NOT correlate to reductions in income gaps and poverty rates.

The real issue is not the rich, the issue is personal accountability and substance abuse - which is not the exclusive domain of the poor and intransigent.

That's one of the more intelligent statements you've posted in a long while. Are you trying to go intellectual on us?

 

[bone]

The real answer is substance abuse and personal accountability.

In terms of class warfare, I would suggest that the OP examine which political party perpetuates the class warfare demogoguery, and which political party uses tax dollars to bribe voters using entitlements. In fact, examine the premise behind the 'Dream Act'.

 

[bone]

Quote from piezoe:

That's one of the more intelligent statements you've posted in a long while. Are you trying to go intellectual on us?

I have my occasional moments of clarity.

 

[the1]

The government has failed miserably in the K-8 area, especially in the inner cities. However, I went to public school through the 12th grade and came out with a wonderful education but I live in the burbs of Chicago. The US should study the likes of Germany who has a fantastic elementary public program. No country can be good at everything; hence, specialize and trade. Maybe we should ship our inner city students out to Germany for 8 years

Quote from bone:

The City of Chicago, which spends over
$15,800 per student, has the highest spending
of the three Chicago-area districts we examined
(Figure 4).

http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa662.pdf

Clearly the government is not the answer.

 

[logic_man]

Quote from failed_trad3r:

Top 1% had income rise by 125% share of pie since 1980. Bottom 20% had income drop 30% share of pie

The rich are stealing money from the poor, that much is certain.
:eek: :eek: :eek:
Im shocked

This is the kind of statement pseudo-intellectuals make to seem smart. The fact is that there's no money in stealing from the poor. The rich primarily steal from each other. It's easier to cheat another rich person out of a million bucks than to cheat a million poor ones out of a dollar. Duh.

The poor are the poor because they don't have much to offer the world, especially now that machines can take the place of muscles fairly easily. I know. I grew up among them and most of them were half a wit short of being halfwits. In an earlier day and age, they'd have died horrible deaths before reaching middle age, so what are they bitching about?

 

[toc]

Rich are rich because poor want to be like them.

 

[lesserfool]

If you look at the wealth distribution (not income distribution) you'd see that the wealth has been moving up the ladder too. It's clear that the poor are no longer the easy target; there's just not enough wealth there. So the middle and upper-middle classes will be the next to fall victim.

If something can't go on forever, it won't. So the question to answer is, how does this all end?

-lf