Originally Posted By: antiqueshell
Originally Posted By: andrewg
Why do so many of the threads on here degrade into a class-warfare mentality? Why all the thinly veiled anger toward those that have done well? No man should disparage another simply because he's achieved more than himself. What's wrong with being wealthy? The thing with teachers/fireman/police not being able to afford homes where they work.... I didn't know that was somehow unfair and 'irrational' or 'ridiculous'.
This whole attitude is why we have idiots thinking that working a drive-thru at a fast food joint merits $15 an hour.
Absurd.
Fact is that many of these people you speak of provide services that well off people tend to like as well. So don't complain when you can't get that fast food, or even that nice meal at a decent bistro, or get your cloths dry cleaned, or heaven forbid you need a fire fighters or police to respond to an emergency....it might take them 30 minutes or more to respond because they can't live close enough to your upscale location.
My suggestion is let the well off pay for their own private responders. I'm sure you'd be OK with that, right?
I have nothing about folks that are wealthy, but I also think that you need to pay for the exclusivity with your own money.
So...in your mind if you've done well financially through your own hard work....you don't deserve to have the same first responders in case of emergencies? That's wacked.
The wealthy pay plenty of taxes and provide plenty of jobs...they are also due the same rights as any American, yet YOU want to punish them for being a producer?
You know....between your comments on the Malaysian Airline tragedy and the hatred you display for folks that have done well in this country....I'm beginning to think you've really got some issues. You don't trust anybody....and you despise the wealthy. How's that working for you?