When will there be laws to make bigotry against the rich illegal?

Oh come on. That doesn't mean Jesus hates him. It just means he's going to hell. Don't exaggerate.

 

Please.. what a crock of (*)(*)(*)(*). No one, not rich, poor or middle class, owes this nation anything collectively. There is no civic duty to sacrifice wealth for the economic good of the nation.

Why so many references to the bible and jesus by liberals in this thread? I'm an atheist, I couldn't care less what Jesus and the Bible says about economics and social sacrifice. (*)(*)(*)(*) jesus and (*)(*)(*)(*) the pathological altruism of the left.

Face it, all you liberals are bigots. You hate the entire 1% the same way the KKK hates all blacks and jews. If all you liberals in this thread had the power you would literally go out and have every member of the 1% dragged out into the street and shot without benefit of trial and their wealth confiscated and given to the US Government.

You are all bigots who haven't a clue how the real economy works.

You are all economic nazis looking to inflict your version of economic morality on a group of people who don't want it.

 

I am amazed at how clueless you are.

Dragged out in the street and shot? Laughable. How about taxed?

 

Taxation above 1/4 of any man's income, regardless of wealth, is theft and tyranny by the State. That is the only moral concept that matters.

I'm not clueless. I just don't share the views of economic fascists and bigots who are looking to seek revenge against the rich through the use of Government taxation and tyranny.

Since when did "Democracy" mean "the right of the poor majority to impress it's economic fascism upon those with wealth"?

 

Silicon:

Absolutely and totally wrong. You owe everything, right down to your own life, if the nation calls for it. Otherwise you ain't a nation are you?

To put that another way; What does the word "Citizen" mean?

 

I'm done with this "nation" and this "society". It has turned to cannibalism of eating their most valuable citizens(the innovative entrepreneurs) in favor of crass "pitchfork and torch" populism of the dirty unwashed.

 

Riiiggghhhhtttt,,,,, 1/4? Why not 25.1%? 26%? 50%? You are using arbitrary numbers for the basis of your argument.

 

Entrepreneurs is not the word you're looking for. Entrepreneurs are risk takers and innovators. You're protecting the status quo. But okay...I'm done with this nation and society, too, just for different reasons.

 

First let's define rich?

Rich like Bill Gates or rich like China?

 

Entrepreneurs is not the word you're looking for. Entrepreneurs are risk takers and innovators. You're protecting the status quo. But okay...I'm done with this nation and society, too, just for different reasons.

 

The government has not made bigotry against the poor, minorities, or any other groups illegal. There is no reason to make bigotry against the rich illegal either.

 

That doesn't mean that rich people are evil. That just means it sucks when all the jobs go away.

You don't get upset at rich people who move their operations overseas in order to make more profit, right? I think that should also apply to the working class when it moves its operations away from rich people in order to be able to afford health care.

 

We don't hate anybody. We just don't kiss the collective butts of the wealthy the way you do. For some reason, you interpret not wanting to give them special treatment (remember when you said that the wealthy were waiting to turn the economy back on until they were shown the proper respect?) as an attack on them.

 

He makes a good point...and the fact leftists can't acknowledge this represents one of the core problems in their party. I know people throw the word "hypocritical" around a lot, and that's okay: everyone is a hypocrite in many ways.

The problem here with the left's hypocritical stance (i.e. they preach tolerance but vilify the wealthy) comes from jealousy. And jealousy is, in my opinion, one of the worst sins. Not in the religious sense of "sinning" but rather universal principles held by people of all faiths or whatever they believe in.

The fact of the matter is there are two kinds of rich people:

1. Those who made it themselves

2. Those who simply inherited the money and didn't earn it.

Now, let's look at the typical liberal. GENERALLY SPEAKING we all know a large portion of liberals are wealthy white people. So when they vilify the wealthy I think we all also know what's going on: they are typically the second class of the wealthy...the ones who inherited the money.

In a way, this second class of wealthy are just as bad if not worse than the lazy welfare recipients of society. They were lucky to be born in a prosperous family and receive benefits that they themselves don't earn. I can understand why this large sect of the liberal population thus has the nerve to vilify the rich (who are often themselves). They think they do it out of passion for those less well off and it makes them a better person. This couldn't be further from the truth - they have no idea about what beiing the first class of wealthy (#1 above) is like, how much hard work it takes and how much of your live you have to dedicate to getting there.

The only good thing about this form of welfare recipient is that they'll never experience the feeling of accomplishment through ones own, independent action. And this makes me happy, because all you lazy welfare recipients, rich or poor, will never be able to understand what success through hard work feels like.

I'll tell you this: it's very invigorating and is in many ways better even than sex.

So what's the alternative for the liberal mind, seeing as they so often lack an understanding of how good accomplishing things feels? Hatred. And who better to target than the ones who bypass them in life, even when these liberals have been handed silver spoons their whole life. THE FIRST CLASS OF THE RICH: the ones who understand the American Way and have prospered via it.

So yes, the rich are the recipients of bigotry from the left, and it's very pathetic. But take solace, all you True Americans who understand what our country is all about. These jealous people are more miserable than you are, and it's best just to ignore their actions and words and laugh at their naivety and ignorance.

 

You're wrong. Being rich means that you've had to use dirty means to become rich, for example Bill Gates, Steve Jobs,...

 

No, it means that you have made use of the commons and benefitted to a greater extent than everyone else. The rich need to stop whining about bars to their accumulating an increasing portion of the commons unto themselves.

 

Why then do you expect the army for you? what do those poor souls owe you who risk their life when you aren't even willing to part with your money?

 

well, sure it sucks, but the problem is that no one ever asks WHY. And the reason is that it's happening is that Americans don't really want those types of jobs anymore, at least not at reasonable pay. China can do things a lot cheaper because Chinese people are not afraid of hard work, and they aren't afraid of long days. They don't look down on manufacturing and labor, nor do they waste a lot of time trying to "find themselves" -- if it pays the rent, the Chinese want the job. Americans have forgotten that not everyone is going to have a desk job, a big house, and so on. they think that they "deserve" desk jobs in whatever their "passions" are. As long as that pattern continues, there cannot be economic stability like in the last generation.

 

This statement is utterly false. A lot of people would take ditch-digging jobs if they got a proper wage. The problem is that the whiney baby investor class can't understand why they deserve it.

I guess having too much money for too little work leads to your producing mentally disabled children who can fake their way through business school.

Hog snot. I'll mop flors for a living wage. A lot of people would. That is just an excuse that the lower-IQ entrepreneurs throw out their to keep their consciences (if they have such) from driving them to suicide.

Part of the problem is that the entrepreneurs make the mistake of thinking that they are self-made men.

There is none such on this forum. Not a one.

 

Read it and weep.

http://www.politicalforum.com/political-opinions-beliefs/169522-what-s-wrong-being-rich.html

Considering how much you've trolled up the Humor section with atheist and anti-religious drivel, you picked a convenient time to quote the Bible.

You do realize this is all in your head, don't you? None of what you have said here is true. You have an extremely poor understanding of conservatism.

 

When will there be laws to make bigotry against the rich illegal?

As soon as we have a law that outlaws envy.


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When will "they" make laws that hold the government to the same standard as civilians?

 

The same holds true for Americans. Americans love work. Our whole culture is based on it. But it has to pay the rent. The cost of living in America is much higher than in China -- and whose fault is that? The working class? No. The cost of living is determined by the people that own the houses and the hospitals and the farms.

 

They can do things a lot cheaper because the cost of living is lower due to the uhhhhh communist nature of their capitalism...or is that capitalist nature of their communism. Whatever, its a frickin' joke. They don't have the option of saying "no".

 

Rothbard! Nice avatar.
Nice comment too. I just posted a blog complaining about just that.
Nice signature too.
Fellow Austrian. This is wonderful. The world isn't going straight to hell, right now after all.