9 Out Of 10 Americans Are Completely Wrong About This Mind-Blowing Fact

How Machiavellian of you.

If people are suffering, dying, grossly underpaid and overcharged - I got's news for ya: it ain't working.

No, the argument that was presented was, if government doesn't regulate capitalism, it fails. History shows us this is simply not true, as I pointed out. Now, you want to come along and say things weren't 'ideal' back then, but that wasn't the argument.
 
*Sigh* I am so sick of this stupid "wealth inequality" meme. Do you fuckwits just not comprehend the basic nature of life or something? If you plant a tree in a good location with proper water and soil, sun and nutrients, do you expect it to grow stronger, faster and better, than a tree planted in a less desirable location with inadequate water, soil, etc.? Of course you do, only an abject idiot would think that trees planted in the undesirable location should be as big and strong as the others.

People who are wealthy an have amassed fortunes, are generally going to do better than poor people who have nothing. For the same basic reason the tree in the good location will do better than the tree in the poor location. Now, we could haul the soil from the healthy tree to the poor tree, but if the poor tree was planted in a bad location, the "soil redistribution plan" just won't work. The same basic principle applies to "wealth redistribution." We can take money from the rich and give to the poor, like Robin Hood, but Robin Hood is fantasy. In practice, this only results in weakening the rich, it doesn't really help the poor. No poor person has ever been made wealthy by making rich people poorer.

Now, the people who have wealth, are also generally who start businesses and provide jobs to people who don't have wealth. So, if we hurt those people financially, what do you suppose is the ramification? Come on, I know you can get your retard brain to figure this out, if you try! The answer is simple, you effectively hurt the poor people who depend on the jobs from rich people, who have cut new jobs because they can't afford it anymore, because you raised their taxes too high. When this happens, what are the dynamics of wealth distribution? If a poor person loses their job, are they going to create more wealth disparity or less? You see, the concept of taxing the rich more to give to the poor, in an effort to "redistribute wealth" simply does not work, and never will work. It creates a cycle by which poor people become even poorer, as wealthy people continue to gain wealth. It's the diametric opposite of the environment you wish to create.

The basic point in the video is that this huge disparity only started to happen in the '80s.
 
How Machiavellian of you.

If people are suffering, dying, grossly underpaid and overcharged - I got's news for ya: it ain't working.
Sounds like every day at work for workers in any country, capitalist or socialist.
 
People are not trees. People can move and learn and change what class they are born into via education and hard work. Rotten people are sometimes born into great wealth. Wonderfull people are sometimes born into great poverty.

For capitolism to work, we must promote a system where hard work and contrabution to society get you ahead. We do not need a system where lazyness after having wealthy ancestors keeps you ahead. Education is the biggest factor that allows for this ability to change places within a generation based on work ethic and ability. When the system is set up to keep the wealthy in a position of privledge for generation after generation, it severly weakens a capitolist system.

GWB did not get to be president as a result of hard work or intelegence. Bill Clinton did.

That is all well and good. But the entire premise of the video is about wealth distribution based solely on fairness, without any consideration of work ethic or choices made.

I am far from wealthy. But I make a good living. I got where I am by working hard, staying out of trouble, and having an education. My father did the same thing. And he came from a very poor community and was raised by a father with a 3rd grade education (my grandmother was the student, she finished the 6th grade)
 
People are not trees. People can move and learn and change what class they are born into via education and hard work. Rotten people are sometimes born into great wealth. Wonderfull people are sometimes born into great poverty.

For capitolism to work, we must promote a system where hard work and contrabution to society get you ahead. We do not need a system where lazyness after having wealthy ancestors keeps you ahead. Education is the biggest factor that allows for this ability to change places within a generation based on work ethic and ability. When the system is set up to keep the wealthy in a position of privledge for generation after generation, it severly weakens a capitolist system.

GWB did not get to be president as a result of hard work or intelegence. Bill Clinton did.

Then explain Obama's rise to the office, seeing as how he was virtually unknown; until the left made him their poster child.
 
Then explain Obama's rise to the office, seeing as how he was virtually unknown; until the left made him their poster child.

IT happens and the Democrats who make it, Bill CLinton, Barak Obama want to ensure that it remains possable.

The Recient Republicans presidnets all come from privledged backgrounds. The recient Democrats did not even know there fathers.
 
The basic point in the video is that this huge disparity only started to happen in the '80s.

That is a bit of a stretch, because as long as capitalism has existed, people who are good at it have surpassed those who aren't so good at it. We've always had a growing disparity between rich and poor, and we always will, as long as capitalism exists. The problem is, a segment of our society were raised to be selfish brats who believe with all their heart, the world owes them something, just for the wonderful glory of having their presence grace the rest of us daily. They are jealous of people who have money because that money should be theirs, and it's no more complicated than this.

No matter what you do, no matter what form of government you establish, no matter what "grand plan" you implement, there will be, forever and always, those who have more wealth, property, advantage, power, than others. There is no way to eliminate this, and we should actually not want to do so. We should applaud people who have built wealth through capitalism, and encourage others to do the same. We should promote a system which rewards success instead of punishing it. We should celebrate the fact we have a system, which enables any individual to emerge from abject poverty to great fortune and success, through education, hard work and dedication. Instead of being petty and jealous of the 1%, we should strive to duplicate their formula for success, and encourage everyone to do this as well, and for our government to get out of the way and let this happen more. Record profits? GREAT! It means more people are successful and becoming wealthy! Rich people get richer? GREAT! It means more people will have jobs, more taxes will be paid, more economic prosperity for all! Wealth disparity? Hey... what about teaching poor people how to make money? What is fundamentally wrong with Kennedy's argument, a rising tide floats all boats?
 
That is a bit of a stretch, because as long as capitalism has existed, people who are good at it have surpassed those who aren't so good at it. We've always had a growing disparity between rich and poor, and we always will, as long as capitalism exists. The problem is, a segment of our society were raised to be selfish brats who believe with all their heart, the world owes them something, just for the wonderful glory of having their presence grace the rest of us daily. They are jealous of people who have money because that money should be theirs, and it's no more complicated than this.

No matter what you do, no matter what form of government you establish, no matter what "grand plan" you implement, there will be, forever and always, those who have more wealth, property, advantage, power, than others. There is no way to eliminate this, and we should actually not want to do so. We should applaud people who have built wealth through capitalism, and encourage others to do the same. We should promote a system which rewards success instead of punishing it. We should celebrate the fact we have a system, which enables any individual to emerge from abject poverty to great fortune and success, through education, hard work and dedication. Instead of being petty and jealous of the 1%, we should strive to duplicate their formula for success, and encourage everyone to do this as well, and for our government to get out of the way and let this happen more. Record profits? GREAT! It means more people are successful and becoming wealthy! Rich people get richer? GREAT! It means more people will have jobs, more taxes will be paid, more economic prosperity for all! Wealth disparity? Hey... what about teaching poor people how to make money? What is fundamentally wrong with Kennedy's argument, a rising tide floats all boats?

So many words, so little information. There is no stretch Dipshit, look at the fucking graph for goodness sake.
 
Few bones to pick with this video

"It's not fair"

Who the fuck said life is fair? That's the weakest argument the video presents

"CEO makes 380x times more, but does he work 380x more than the average worker"

We don't measure the value of a ceo in terms of how much he might fill in spreadsheets or how many hours he puts in. That's irrelevant. The question is a question of value, not how much he "works." A CEO may absolutely be 380x more valuable than the average worker, if without a visionary CEO at the helm a company might go under or lose direction.

Lebron james may not "work harder" than many middle class workers but he provides more value to society. If he didn't people wouldn't pay money to see him play.
 
IT happens and the Democrats who make it, Bill CLinton, Barak Obama want to ensure that it remains possable.

The Recient Republicans presidnets all come from privledged backgrounds. The recient Democrats did not even know there fathers.

So you admit that the "recient Democrats" are nothing but bastards. :D
 
So many words, so little information. There is no stretch Dipshit, look at the fucking graph for goodness sake.

Why is it you motherfuckers want everyone to go look at your propaganda? Do these people pay you by the click or something? What the fuck is going on here? Are you looking for honest and intelligent debate, or are you here to promote propaganda websites?

Yes, it's a RICH fucking stretch to claim that capitalism can't work without government interference, since it worked fine without government interference for years. It's a fucking stretch to claim the capitalist system is going to collapse unless we allow government to do more to destroy it. I don't need a goddamn graph from propagandists to understand this, I have a fucking brain. MORON!
 
Few bones to pick with this video

"It's not fair"

Who the fuck said life is fair? That's the weakest argument the video presents

"CEO makes 380x times more, but does he work 380x more than the average worker"

We don't measure the value of a ceo in terms of how much he might fill in spreadsheets or how many hours he puts in. That's irrelevant. The question is a question of value, not how much he "works." A CEO may absolutely be 380x more valuable than the average worker, if without a visionary CEO at the helm a company might go under or lose direction.

Lebron james may not "work harder" than many middle class workers but he provides more value to society. If he didn't people wouldn't pay money to see him play.

This is from 2001 and may go a long way to explain why the economy crashed so spectacularly. CEO pay has very little to do with the performance of a company and far more to do with the "going rate"

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/06/25/305448/index.htm
 
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