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Originally Posted by MrWookie
At the very least, we'll get the rich people to shut up with their woe-is-me whining. If they want to continue saying "**** y'all, don't take my money," fine, but the "I can't afford to be rich" line is bull****.
Agreed, I think that would by a bizarre position to hold. I think the position, "why are you stealing from me?", does hold a lot of validity though.
Also, I think in this thread people act like once you're rich you're always rich... I know that's a nice way to view the world to create lots of delusional conclusions, but the reality is that in America there is a tremendous amount of shifting going on between the classes all the time... here's an EXCELLENT short video on this very concept (3:43 long only folks):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrtoS...eature=channel
EDIT: Darn, I actually now realize that isn't the exact video I was searcing for... can't find it atm, but there is a video of Thomas Sowell somewhere on YouTube that talks all about the real statistics of tracking individuals and how they move throughout the various social classes (poor, middle, wealthy, rich)... the point of it was to show how it's very fallacious to view things as if people aren't constantly moving all around and in and out of different classes
Last edited by DPatty; 09-22-2010 at 03:37 PM.
Reason: COuldn't find exact video