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Originally posted by DavidKrabs
reply to post by byteshertz
Is it documented that those born to wealth are likely to maintain their wealth and that those born to poverty are likely to maintain their poverty. It is exceedingly difficult for a person to climb out of the socioeconomic level to which they are born. The deck is stacked against them. The cost of education, which is the number one way to escape poverty is prohibitivly expensive, accesible mainly to middle class and above. Social institutions, as well as societal norms prevent many people from exceeding their born into casts.
Originally posted by Phenomium
You are a miser and a bully. The reason why most poor people drink is because they are depressed from the rich stealing from them and making money off of their hard work. The reason why they are so bad with money, is because most options are based on virtually no money after the government and businesses get through with them. Gas, car, insurance, house insurance, land, mortgages, food prices rising, taxes on this fees on that ETC. Rich people were mostly BORN into what they have and just sit there and feed off of the poor and rip them off while just getting richer and richer. You have this gods and clods attitude and understand nothing.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
I make more than 200K and year and I DO deserve every penny that I make.
Why you ask?
I built a company, which employs hundreds of people at a GOOD wage which provides GREAT benefits.
Because I do this, my company has been succesfull, by providing a quality product and great customer service.
So yes, I do deserve my 200K+ salary because I've earned it, I've worked for it. I do give generously to our community and various charity as well as human rights organizations because we really don't NEED all that income.
But do I deserve it? Hell yes.
~Keeper
Originally posted by joeshsamp
reply to post by Rhebefree
Are you outta touch with reality? The game will always be there even if you remove the players. Remove all the middle and lower class and the upper class will just eat away at each other forcing there to be another middle and lower class. the middle and lower class is needed for the dynamics of this game. The sooner you realize that the better off you'll be. If you can't beat them, join them. Millions have said it and so have I. And you don't have to go to college to be wealthy. I barely graduated high school, now i make more then my family combined and i'm not even 30 yet. And yet you tell me that i don't deserve my money. And somehow your gonna bring up exploding babies into this convo. Well if you don't like exploding babies in africa then maybe you should play the game, get some money, and go defuse the baby bomb.
Originally posted by JohnJasper
reply to post by tothetenthpower
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
I make more than 200K and year and I DO deserve every penny that I make.
Why you ask?
I built a company, which employs hundreds of people at a GOOD wage which provides GREAT benefits.
Because I do this, my company has been succesfull, by providing a quality product and great customer service.
So yes, I do deserve my 200K+ salary because I've earned it, I've worked for it. I do give generously to our community and various charity as well as human rights organizations because we really don't NEED all that income.
But do I deserve it? Hell yes.
~Keeper
Giving you the benefit of the doubt, let's accept that you really do pay GOOD wages and provide GREAT benefits. How long will that last when the competition hots up and you're being undercut by a company that provides possibly the same quality of service but pays dirt wages and no benefits and discards employees as they burn out. How long will your loyalty to your employees last when that happens?
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Well my competitors have been trying to do that for years now and they can't compete with me. Why? Because I provide good wages and therefore my employees are happier and more productive.
It's simply. People work way better when you actually pay them what they are worth. No company can provide good services by giving employees crappy wages and crappy benefits.
A little logic.
~Keeper
Originally posted by downtown436
reply to post by byteshertz
I don't make 200k a year, but if there was no chance of me making that kind of money I wouldn't even try.
They did the "make everyone the same experiment" it is called Russia. Ask any Rusky how that worked out.
Also, yeah, with out the rich, the poor don't even have crappy jobs, and they do starve, that is what they have in Africa.