Thread: OWS: how we distribute the wealth in this country

Originally Posted by leftlegmoderate

That isn't what I meant at all.

What did you mean? That you are an island? Did you invent your language? Did you raise yourself in the woods? Were you never given any privileges in the whole of your life? Then you aren't a self made man, get over it, you are just another lazy, privileged American pretending you pulled yourself up by the bootstraps.

Originally Posted by leftlegmoderate

Tough days in the reeducation camp eh?

Four years of fighting the power, but I prevailed, I left the university more conservative than when I got there! Many a professor cheered for my departure...

Originally Posted by Vergilius

What did you mean? That you are an island? Did you invent your language? Did you raise yourself in the woods? Were you never given any privileges in the whole of your life? Then you aren't a self made man, get over it, you are just another lazy, privileged American pretending you pulled yourself up by the bootstraps.

What does wealth distribution mean to you?

And before you become all self righteous and bitter sounding, please remind yourself that you know absolutely nothing about me, what I've gone through in life, or what I've had to do on my own.

Originally Posted by way2convey

OWS: how we distribute the wealth in this country.

GWB redistributed wealth for his entire 2 terms. He did it by taking your taxes and paying them to military contractors. This money should have been spent on the USA's infrastructure; roads, trains, telecoms, schools, bridges. FFS you guys still hang power lines in places which have severe snow each and every year! No other Western country does this!

He also redistributed US tax payers money to Afgani war loards, sending people to Afganistan with palet loads of USD! In the billions! This money disappeared! Where's the condemnation of this?

If GWB had paid for infrastructure and not military contractors, you'd have local construction people in work and a better USA!

Why isn't the US right getting its knickers in a twist about this?

Originally Posted by conBgone

What problems do you two have in giving a tiny bit of your big fat money to someone in need? Or do we forget the question and just put you in the illegitimate hate column?

I don't have a problem, as long as it's my choice. I certainly don't need you or anyone else deciding for me because frankly, what I choose to do, or not do, with my money is none of your business.

And your alternative to fairness, is...?

Again, who are you to decide what's "fair" for me to do with what's mine? Who made you the arbitor?

Originally Posted by way2convey

Again, who are you to decide what's "fair" for me to do with what's mine? Who made you the arbitor?

The electoral process should give a mandate to persons who are suposidly qualified to make these decisions. The problem is that the US system has been bought by big business and therefore the electoral process no longer does what it's supposed to do.

Originally Posted by Vergilius

It is funny you conservatives talk about taxes as "redistribution of wealth" redistribution of wealth is a violent overthrow, following which the property of the wealthy is liquidated and distributed to the population. Taxation is your duty as a citizen.

Then you're a proponent of a consumption tax, I presume....where everyone in the country....even non citizens and illegals...and you....pitch in to fund infrastructure and our massive and expanding federal government

"Nothing positive can come about unless you get rid of America and everything it stands for"

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Originally Posted by conBgone

What problems do you two have in giving a tiny bit of your big fat money to someone in need? Or do we forget the question and just put you in the illegitimate hate column?

And your alternative to fairness, is...?

Are black people more in need than anyone else?

Do they really want to hold out a tin cup that says "Whites Only?"

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