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In reply to the discussion: Stripping away the distracting BS, this is what it all boils down to. (In my opinion.) [View all]7962
(11,841 posts)46. But if you THINK you're wealthy, does it really matter if you're not??
Think about it, if you think you're wealthy then obviously you are not hurting for food or a place to live or other things. If you have nothing there's no way that you would consider yourself wealthy.
With many people, it doesnt matter how much you make, its what you DO with what you make. My brother would be considered "poor" by statistics, but he is a happy man. I asked him once, what would you do if you bought a lottery ticket and won 10 million? His answer: "I'd give YOU the ticket". I'd love to see if thats true, of course......
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Stripping away the distracting BS, this is what it all boils down to. (In my opinion.) [View all]
Armstead
Jan 2014
OP
Yeah, you have no idea how many conservatives I've talked to that were barely getting by who
Rozlee
Jan 2014
#44
That's actually a pretty good label for what we have today -- Sociopathic Capitalism
Armstead
Jan 2014
#25
The whole concept of a 'liberal media' is just the RWers working the refs...
Wounded Bear
Jan 2014
#31
Certainly, but also remember the biggest part of all was played in DC. With very few exceptions,
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#61
I tell Right Wingers that Reagan believed in VOLUNTARY wealth redistribution....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2014
#40
I like to tell people to picture the guy busting his ass getting his boss a bunch of new business...
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2015
#77
"Shark Tank" has got people all over America saying, "Why don't YOU do that???"...
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2015
#79
"as a nation we either passively accept or actively support a set of values and policies that are
abelenkpe
Jan 2014
#41
No McKinley or Roosevelt on the horizon. All effective opposition has been swept away,
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#59
Humans are not rational animals so much as they are animals that rationalize n/t
Fumesucker
Jan 2014
#63