The class war. Which side are you on?

[SBJJ]

Good for you dude...

I'm still paying off student loans. Lol.

But living comfortably .
Still able to vacation about 2 or 3 times a year...

Not struggling paycheck to paycheck .

Being broke sucks ass...i know we all have stories

Just invest everything u can dude.

Also bro

Jacare ML. Lineker under. Raquel ML for me tomorrow

Trying to decide what to do with Vasyl-Lineres

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Just invest everything u can dude.

Speaking of which. .big fights tomorrow.

Any big plays?

I'm going big on lomachenko in the distance at -120

 

[Mark Hunts FIST]

And yet, in 1975, what % of the population do you think fell into #3?

Also, had the % of people who were #3 been steadily growing for 35 years?

What is the same from 1975?

I know 1975 is arbitrary. But let's look at it

9% unemployment
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973–75_recession

31%in poverty compared to 27% in 2010
https://www.infoplease.com/business...come/persons-below-poverty-level-us-1975-2010

It wasn't great.

 

[SBJJ]

Speaking of which. .big fights tomorrow.

Any big plays?

I'm going big on lomachenko in the distance at -120

That's what I was thinking. But I'm a huge Chenko mark.

 

[bushman505]

Ignorance is not a virtue. I am willing to bet you were rustled by Obama.

I’m willing to bet your a who has no friends because you try to i next politics into every facet of your life. Fuck off.

 

[Trotsky]

Yea. Nothing else happened around that time that could drag down wages. Lol! And u act as if this is just an American problem. It's a First World Problem

Yeah, and the First World countries that retained greater commitment to unionization and to progressive taxes very clearly and undeniably saw greater economic equality/resistance to onset of economic inequality. That's why Western and Northern Europe don't have the same distributional makeup as we do.

Look up economic inequality in Denmark/Sweden/Norway, then look it up in UK/Germany, and then go to the United States.

The difference between those countries and ours? You guessed it: progressive taxes/lack of regressive cuts, comparatively high union membership, and use of those to fund social democratic programs. And since @LogicalInsanity cosigned your (still completely unsupported) post, you can both observe the correlation preceding the onset of meaningful automation.

I'm sorry, but spouting Tax Cuts is killing the worker just isn't going to fly with most people no matter how loud u scream it in the sky.

Well, if persons are not morons they can look up the ultra-tight correlations themselves.

Still waiting on that top five, chief. That is, if you can muster anything other than generalities and vague nods to spuriousness and other reasons. Heck, you couldn't even come up with one that I hadn't explicitly and preemptively dismissed last time.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

I make very good money on a yearly basis and I would always take a poor persons side before a rich person.

Just like I don’t need some rich asshole trying to defend me over a poor person.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Being into Twilight seals your completed transformation into @Devout Pessimist

Lol OUCH

 

[Daverisimo]

You should've picked the Pete Seeger version of that song. That's what side I'm on. Banjo class. I'm a proud banjo-American.

 

[VivaRevolution]

You should've picked the Pete Seeger version of that song. That's what side I'm on. Banjo class. I'm a proud banjo-American.

Pete's is good, but for folksy old timey, I prefer woody.

 

[SBJJ]

Yeah, and the First World countries that retained greater commitment to unionization and to progressive taxes very clearly and undeniably saw great economic equality. That's why Western and Northern Europe don't have the same distributional makeup as we do.

Look up economic inequality in Denmark/Sweden/Norway, then look it up in UK/Germany, and then go to the United States.

The difference between those countries and ours? You guessed it: progressive taxes/lack of regressive cuts, comparatively high union membership, and use of those to fund social democratic programs. And since @LogicalInsanity cosigned your (still completely unsupported) post, you can both observe the correlation preceding the onset of meaningful automation.

Well, if persons are not morons they can look up the ultra-tight correlations themselves.

Still waiting on that top five, chief. That is, if you can muster anything other than generalities and vague nods to spuriousness and other reasons. Heck, you couldn't even come up with one that I hadn't explicitly and preemptively dismissed last time.

And yet look at the unemployment rates of those countries as opposed to ours.

And yet we have a unique problem that most of those countries such as Sweden Do nor have. I wonder what has happened in the US that might skew inequality? What do u think if u dropped tens of millions of poor people inside Sweden?

I update my opinion. Tax breaks are not in the top 20 reasons for wage stagnation

So u are against big business importing cheap labor?

 

[PHATV]

I’ve worked all over the country on a similar salary and lived high on the hog, including the Bay Area.

Single guy? I have a wife, 3 teenage kids (two driving), a house, etc.
Pretty much just getting by in an area of the country without a real high cost of living.
And the kids will have to work their way through college with whatever help I can manage.
Hardly high on the hog, but if I were a single man I'd be pretty solid, I guess. lol

 

[Trotsky]

And yet look at the unemployment rates of those countries as opposed to ours.

And?

They are comparable and show that worker participation correlates positively with entitlements and progressive taxation.

And yet we have a unique problem that most of those countries such as Sweden have. I wonder what has happened in the US that might skew inequality? What do u think if u dropped tens of millions of poor people inside Sweden?

I update my opinion. Tax breaks are not in the top 20 reasons for wage stagnation

So u are against big business importing cheap labor?

We've already shown that importation/outsourcing of labor is meaningful, but not hardly explanatory since its correlation was secondary.

Okay, let's see that top 20. Still waiting on that top 5, first of all, though.

Come on, at least pretend to defend your unqualified statements.

 

[InternetHero]

I will sum up my feelings simply:

1 - The lower classes should have more resources.

All the arguments to the contrary are generally a bit selfish.

2 - Society should demand that lower classes knock off a few cultural practices that we should all be able to agree in our sane moments are bad, stupid, and self-destructive.

That way they will not do ridiculous things with these resources.

3. - Education and a standard for education should be required that teaches the promotion of good society, a good life, and policies that will help them be at greater harmony with the dominant and minority cultures.

4 - We should care all the more by establishing much, much better and theoretically as well as practically programs that will help the following: community planning, counseling, teaching, and mentoring of the young with promotion of good civic values.

That includes more punishment and discipline as well, but punishment and discipline that is not punitive but with a point of rehabilitation of the individuals and groups in question.

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

The middle class. It generates 80% of revenue from small business.

It's the bridge from poor to sufficient/empowered.

Going from poor to wealthy where all the slimy deals are made between government and big business (who are large individually but still don't make up most of the profits) is unlikely to impossible. These slimeballs have an incestuous network with large law firms and government. They threaten, bribe and make laws to destroy the middle class and keep the poor staying poor so they can control everything. And then they tell the poor people that the middle class are actually the ones doing it to them and it works. Plantation tricks from 300+ years ago, pitting people against each other so they can't rise up or improve together.

 

[Devout Pessimist]

Being into Twilight seals your completed transformation into @Devout Pessimist

I have never even seen the movie.

 

[Bloodworth]

Back of my truck is written in big letters..

WORKING CLASS

 

[unimackpass]

No amount of money can make you a better person.

Working hard and being a creative entrepreneur can make you a better person.

 

[unimackpass]

Back of my truck is written in big letters..

WORKING CLASS

How is that defined? I know a lot of people that started out with hardly anything and built their construction or fishing business into a small empire. Most never went to collage but are super smart, hard working entrepreneurs.

Most people wouldn't see them as working class but they will always identify as such because that's how they see themselves and how they interact with the world.
Interesting that they like the new tax laws because it gives more opportunity to keep investing, creating jobs and climbing the latter.

 

[Bloodworth]

How is that defined? I know a lot of people that started out with hardly anything and built their construction or fishing business into a small empire. Most never went to collage but are super smart, hard working entrepreneurs.

Most people wouldn't see them as working class but they will always identify as such because that's how they see themselves and how they interact with the world.
Interesting that they like the new tax laws because it gives more opportunity to keep investing, creating jobs and climbing the latter.

Its defined by the way your hands look....