I'm poor. I deserve nice stuff like everyone else

[JEDI]

myth?
Most poor don't think like this?

only those worthless that work the govt safety net/hammock have this outlook?
or has a sense of entitlement trickled out to the majority of poor?

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

myth?
Most poor don't think like this?

only those worthless that work the govt safety net/hammock have this outlook?
or has a sense of entitlement trickled out to the majority of poor?

Everyone I've ever seen that considers themselves "poor" (which is relative, considering I consider "poor" to be living on the streets or unable to feed themselves, which likely isn't the topic of discussion from everyone else here) are having to go through the oh-so-harsh realities of having an iPhone 5 instead of an iPhone 6s. Oh noes!

But what do I know... I'm just someone in the upper middle class that doesn't have Cable TV / Dish and has bare bones internet access, minimum phone coverage, and have a general lack of spending (clothes, electronics, etc....). God forbid you wait 30 seconds instead of 20. Oh the HORROR!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Go down ANY street that is considered a "poor" neighborhood by any means. You will see a satellite dish on 90%+ of the homes. You aren't suffering. You aren't lacking. You're just a scum of the nation looking for others to hand you everything in life. No one here will disprove that. I guarantee it™

 

[IronWing]

I see the "I like to dump on the poor while the rich rape my ass" crowd is out tonight. Keep focused.

 

[Victorian Gray]

I see the "I like to dump on the poor while the rich rape my ass" crowd is out tonight. Keep focused.

Sometimes it seems like bashing the poor is an American middle and upper class sport.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I see the "I like to dump on the poor while the rich rape my ass" crowd is out tonight. Keep focused.

Yea, I just gotta shake my head and wonder how people can be so swayed to vote against their best interest.

 

[umbrella39]

myth?
Most poor don't think like this?

only those worthless that work the govt safety net/hammock have this outlook?
or has a sense of entitlement trickled out to the majority of poor?

Neither politics nor news. The drunk tank is over there....

 

[Jhhnn]

Sometimes it seems like bashing the poor is an American middle and upper class sport.

Righties mostly kick down & kiss up. Perfect middle managers. They like to think they're morally superior because they're economically more successful. It stokes the ego & soothes the insecurities, I guess.

It must be terrifying for them to contemplate the idea that they might be more lucky than good.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Righties mostly kick down & kiss up. Perfect middle managers. They like to think they're morally superior because they're economically more successful. It stokes the ego & soothes the insecurities, I guess.

It must be terrifying for them to contemplate the idea that they might be more lucky than good.

Middle managers? Yes, the majority might be under that, but just like anything in life there is a pyramid scheme. You have multiple middle managers, but very few senior managers. Is it any surprise that both (regardless of which group) are all conservative?

Yea, I just gotta shake my head and wonder how people can be so swayed to vote against their best interest.

Sometimes it seems like bashing the poor is an American middle and upper class sport.

I see the "I like to dump on the poor while the rich rape my ass" crowd is out tonight. Keep focused.

All around the exact arguments I expect... None whatsoever. Typical to say the least, but at least it's decent entertainment to chuckle at people so ignorant of the truth.

 

[MajinCry]

Make these rich sods live off a minimum wage job for a couple years, without any assistance from friends/family/pre-existing funds, and see how that goes for 'em.

Fuck man, go take a look at how the Native Americans are doing, if you want to see poor people. Yeah, I keep bringing 'em up, but those motherfuckers are in the damn 3rd world.

They're too poor to get rid of the black mold infestations that are giving 'em cancer. >30% Of 'em don't even have clean water. Most of them have no access to hospitals nor emergency services.

Go live in Pine Ridge for a week, with only the clothes on your back. See how ya like living in squalor.

 

[Zorkorist]

Lol,

You want to kill the successful, the rich, for your populist, socialist, communist agenda.

You might as well be Mao Tse Tung, or Stalin.

-John

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Lol,

You want to kill the successful, the rich, for your populist, socialist, communist agenda.

You might as well be Mao Tse Tung, or Stalin.

-John

Or Hoover or Roosevelt or McCarthy I'm pretty sure he used to say people should pay more taxes to help the boys fight the war.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Or Hoover or Roosevelt or McCarthy I'm pretty sure he used to say people should pay more taxes to help the boys fight the war.

How did that France 75% tax on the "rich" go over? Please, do tell!

Anytime you make a new tax I'm sure the rich will stand around and say "Ohhhhkay, I accept this massive anal raping of my money (and not of others) for making the jobs. I'm sure this will be worth it in the end!"

 

[Zorkorist]

They asked, "what can you do for your country?"

Today, they demand subservience.

-John

 

[ivwshane]

How did that France 75% tax on the "rich" go over? Please, do tell!

Anytime you make a new tax I'm sure the rich will stand around and say "Ohhhhkay, I accept this massive anal raping of my money (and not of others) for making the jobs. I'm sure this will be worth it in the end!"

You tell me? Was it the disaster everyone claimed it would be? Was there a mass of rich people leaving the country? My guess is that the answer to both was no. That being said, it wasn't a very good policy and I doubt it had any positive effects. I just don't think it was a disaster like some think it was.

But go ahead and prove me wrong.

 

[Zorkorist]

Most all Civilizations are dead, the Greeks, the Romans, Communism, Socialism,

what remains is the one Government that advocated individual liberty, AND FREEDOM.

-John

 

[ivwshane]

Most all Civilizations are dead, the Greeks, the Romans, Communism, Socialism,

what remains is the one Government that advocated individual liberty, AND FREEDOM.

-John

China? Lol!

 

[MajinCry]

Most all Civilizations are dead, the Greeks, the Romans, Communism, Socialism,

what remains is the one Government that advocated individual liberty, AND FREEDOM.

-John

Has Zorkorist ever properly engaged in a discussion before? Or is he always performing this schizophrenic rambling?

 

[Vic]

If it's so great to be poor then why aren't there more volunteers?

 

[Zorkorist]

Has Zorkorist ever properly engaged in a discussion before? Or is he always performing this schizophrenic rambling?

I'm right here, MajinCry.

Can we admit that your Mother cries herself to sleep as she thinks of you?

-John

 

[Sonikku]

I wonder where the homeless plug in their Iphones? :hmm:

 

[MongGrel]

Has Zorkorist ever properly engaged in a discussion before? Or is he always performing this schizophrenic rambling?

It's just typical Zorkorist.

 

[sandorski]

Just curious what motivated the OP to start this thread. Is it the Minimum Wage talk? Taxes? Couple people he heard whining about something?

 

[Zorkorist]

It's just typical Zorkorist.

MongGrel gets off on newbies. Be careful.

-John

 

[MongGrel]

Just curious what motivated the OP to start this thread. Is it the Minimum Wage talk? Taxes? Couple people he heard whining about something?

That one is pretty obvious I guess.

It's not really Politics or News.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I wonder where the homeless plug in their Iphones? :hmm:

"poor" != homeless.