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Squeaking by on $300,000; How do the upper classes manage in these tough times?

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  • declaredemerdeclaredemer Member Posts: 2,698
    Originally posted by Dekron

    Originally posted by declaredemer 
    I am scared.  I am terrified.  I see people carrying weapons at Obama rallies because of health care reform, but I did not see these people any other time.

    How about checking the other thread for the nice video of the black panthers (laughs) protesting. All of them carried assault rifles, not just one.

    Point and laugh - don't be afraid. If someone really wants to end your life, it will happen with or without a gun.

     

    Dekron,

     

     

    Gosh.  I feel a bit besides myself.  You are right.  I am not scared anymore.  "If someone really wants to end your life, it will happen."  That has inspired a confidence in me that now I feel "saved."  Without all of these guns all over, and now knowing that I should not be afraid but laugh, but knowing that if someone wants to end my life, it will happen.  I just feel like I have received wisdom and clarity that borders priceless.

     

    Thanks.  You are so right.

  • AstropuyoAstropuyo Member RarePosts: 2,178
    Originally posted by declaredemer  know you think you will become more "successful" by screwing yourself.  Good luck.  It is not working.Originally posted by Dekron

      Bob the Builder.

    There should never be a policy on income equality, ever. I am speaking in terms of taking from one group and giving to another so there is a balance of income - I am not speaking of women earning the same as men, et cetera, just to make that point clear.

    If, in your example (the programmer), makes $89,000/year and a secretary makes $25,000/year, they are getting paid for the demand of their job. That is their EARNED salary. The programmer should not be taxed more to provide a higher income for the lower paid individuals simply because the programmer EARNED a degree, or has a set of skills, which is/are in more demand than that of a non-skilled secretary.

    There needs not be wage insurance either. If the programmer loses a job and goes from making $89,000 to $300/month, then the programmer either finds work elsewhere or develops a new skill - maybe that of a secretary.

     

     

    Bob the Builder?  Joe the Plumber?   I just bet his name is not Bob, and he is not a builder.

     

     

    I'll have you know sir, Bob is a very good builder. Not only that he has built his entire life.

    Every day I have known Bob he has built things, be it a small office building or a very large crane. Bob has built it.

     

    Your slander will not stand.

    Expect the horde of lawyers at your gates within hours.

    There are many of them.

  • DekronDekron Member UncommonPosts: 7,359
    Originally posted by declaredemer

    Originally posted by Dekron


    The moment I first heard Obama speak the phrase "Yes we can!" it invoked images of Bob the Builder.
    Do I really think he stole it from Bob the Builder? Nah, that was just a light-hearted joke. But, did he still the phrase, oh yes he did.
    He "borrowed" it from the nice gathering of illegals who protested across LA shouting "Si Se Puede!" - "Yes We Can!".

     

    OK.  Just to clarify, because this "stuff" (I had a different s word in mind) is confusing for ME.

     

    1. Obama did not steal the phrase from Bob the Builder;
    2. "But . . . oh yes he did" steal it;
    3. From "illegals who protested across LA"?

     

    Is that right?  I had no idea that Obama stole "Yes.  We Can" from illegals across L.A., so just please confirm that for me.  

     

     

    Since you're across the Pacific, you may not remember the "protests" of illegals across the country when the whole amnesty bill was being debated (and eventually shot down).

    Obama first used his "new" slogan when he addressed Hispanics - from that point on, it was the campaign slogan.

    Is it a big deal? Nah. Is it a worthless slogan? Yup.

  • DekronDekron Member UncommonPosts: 7,359
    Originally posted by declaredemer

    Originally posted by Dekron

    Originally posted by declaredemer 
    I am scared.  I am terrified.  I see people carrying weapons at Obama rallies because of health care reform, but I did not see these people any other time.

    How about checking the other thread for the nice video of the black panthers (laughs) protesting. All of them carried assault rifles, not just one.

    Point and laugh - don't be afraid. If someone really wants to end your life, it will happen with or without a gun.

     

    Dekron,

     

     

    Gosh.  I feel a bit besides myself.  You are right.  I am not scared anymore.  "If someone really wants to end your life, it will happen."  That has inspired a confidence in me that now I feel "saved."  Without all of these guns all over, and now knowing that I should not be afraid but laugh, but knowing that if someone wants to end my life, it will happen.  I just feel like I have received wisdom and clarity that borders priceless.

     

    Thanks.  You are so right.

    Glad I could help the crazy of the day.

    "When death comes smiling at you, all you can do is smile back."

  • AstropuyoAstropuyo Member RarePosts: 2,178
    Originally posted by Dekron

    Originally posted by declaredemer

    Originally posted by Dekron

    Originally posted by declaredemer 
    I am scared.  I am terrified.  I see people carrying weapons at Obama rallies because of health care reform, but I did not see these people any other time.

    How about checking the other thread for the nice video of the black panthers (laughs) protesting. All of them carried assault rifles, not just one.

    Point and laugh - don't be afraid. If someone really wants to end your life, it will happen with or without a gun.

     

    Dekron,

     

     

    Gosh.  I feel a bit besides myself.  You are right.  I am not scared anymore.  "If someone really wants to end your life, it will happen."  That has inspired a confidence in me that now I feel "saved."  Without all of these guns all over, and now knowing that I should not be afraid but laugh, but knowing that if someone wants to end my life, it will happen.  I just feel like I have received wisdom and clarity that borders priceless.

     

    Thanks.  You are so right.

    Glad I could help the crazy of the day.

    "When death comes smiling at you, all you can do is smile back."

     

    Now you must plan for the Crazy of tomorrow. Which will most likely be a birther issue, gun issue, or morbid obesity in chickens survey.

  • olddaddyolddaddy Member Posts: 3,356
    Originally posted by Sargoth  
    If the programmer pays into a wage insurance system, is he going to get more money than what he put in when he needs it?  If so, where is the extra money coming from? 



     

    Sure the programmer can get more money out of it then he put in.

    Look at Bernie Madoff, he had a system in which he got more money out then he put in.

    So, like, what's the problem?

     

  • declaredemerdeclaredemer Member Posts: 2,698
    Originally posted by Dekron

    Originally posted by declaredemer

    Originally posted by Dekron


    The moment I first heard Obama speak the phrase "Yes we can!" it invoked images of Bob the Builder.
    Do I really think he stole it from Bob the Builder? Nah, that was just a light-hearted joke. But, did he still the phrase, oh yes he did.
    He "borrowed" it from the nice gathering of illegals who protested across LA shouting "Si Se Puede!" - "Yes We Can!".

     

    OK.  Just to clarify, because this "stuff" (I had a different s word in mind) is confusing for ME.

     

    1. Obama did not steal the phrase from Bob the Builder;
    2. "But . . . oh yes he did" steal it;
    3. From "illegals who protested across LA"?

     

    Is that right?  I had no idea that Obama stole "Yes.  We Can" from illegals across L.A., so just please confirm that for me.  

     

     

    Since you're across the Pacific, you may not remember the "protests" of illegals across the country when the whole amnesty bill was being debated (and eventually shot down).

    Obama first used his "new" slogan when he addressed Hispanics - from that point on, it was the campaign slogan.

    Is it a big deal? Nah. Is it a worthless slogan? Yup.

     

    So is President Obama a thief or not?  I get confused by this shhh . . . stuff.

  • DekronDekron Member UncommonPosts: 7,359
    Originally posted by declaredemer

    Originally posted by Dekron

    Originally posted by declaredemer

    Originally posted by Dekron


    The moment I first heard Obama speak the phrase "Yes we can!" it invoked images of Bob the Builder.
    Do I really think he stole it from Bob the Builder? Nah, that was just a light-hearted joke. But, did he still the phrase, oh yes he did.
    He "borrowed" it from the nice gathering of illegals who protested across LA shouting "Si Se Puede!" - "Yes We Can!".

     

    OK.  Just to clarify, because this "stuff" (I had a different s word in mind) is confusing for ME.

     

    1. Obama did not steal the phrase from Bob the Builder;
    2. "But . . . oh yes he did" steal it;
    3. From "illegals who protested across LA"?

     

    Is that right?  I had no idea that Obama stole "Yes.  We Can" from illegals across L.A., so just please confirm that for me.  

     

     

    Since you're across the Pacific, you may not remember the "protests" of illegals across the country when the whole amnesty bill was being debated (and eventually shot down).

    Obama first used his "new" slogan when he addressed Hispanics - from that point on, it was the campaign slogan.

    Is it a big deal? Nah. Is it a worthless slogan? Yup.

     

    So is President Obama a thief or not?  I get confused by this shhh . . . stuff.

    I would say so, but that's all relative.

    Has he physically stolen something? I have no clue.

  • PorfatPorfat Member Posts: 364
    Originally posted by Sargoth

    Originally posted by declaredemer

    Originally posted by Sargoth


    So who instead are you going to squeeze to secure the money to elevate the lower-class?  Gonna try and level the playing field and make sure everyone has the same amount of money? 

     

    In order to mitigate income-inequality we will need to raise taxes on the upper middle-class (incomes from 250k to 500k per annum) and the wealthy (increased taxes on assets such as insurance proceeds, offshore accounts, capital gains, dividends, rents, royalties, and so forth).

     

     

    We need to reduce taxes on the middle class (250k and under) and below.  We need to ensure that affordable, accessible, and quality health care is provide; the best way to achieve this is through a public option.  We also need to institute wage insurance to ensure when we enter these Great Recessions that computer programmers, e.g., do not go from 89,000 a year to making 300 bucks a month.

     

     

    We can do this.  Yes.  We can.

     

    Wow. Tax the rich and feed the poor huh? 

    Wage insurance is a plan for failure.  You seriously expect that in times where it cannot be justified to pay someone a certain salary, that your gonna either force employers to pay that or insurance companies to pay it?  What kind of economic fairy world do you want to try and achieve here? 

    Are you just pulling my chain, this a big ole case of sarcasm?  Come on, you can be straight with me. 



     

    Tax the rich  feed the poor.    Till there are no rich no more.    Sorry just a lyric to a cool song.

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