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If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work... (Original Post) FourScore Jan 2012 OP
Hush, that's a secret nobody in the GOP knows about. sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #1
Even if we only used the saying for the US, coal minners ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #2
Kick for later. HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #3
a bit of a rhetorical question sylveste Jan 2012 #4
I think you're missing the point. n/t FourScore Jan 2012 #5
how so? sylveste Jan 2012 #9
That whooshing sound over your head? (It wasn't an airplane, it was the entire point of the OP.) 11 Bravo Jan 2012 #10
No matter what the job or work is Worried senior Jan 2012 #6
And migrant workers in the US would be among the 1%. nt raccoon Jan 2012 #7
excellent! Bluerthanblue Jan 2012 #8
kick FourScore Jan 2012 #11
"I worked hard in school to earn that degree!" bvar22 Jan 2012 #12

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
2. Even if we only used the saying for the US, coal minners
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 04:53 PM
Jan 2012

Alaskan crab fishers would be some of the wealthiest people in the US.

sylveste

(197 posts)
4. a bit of a rhetorical question
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 05:27 PM
Jan 2012

is carrying a bundle of sticks or mining coal harder work than say, brain surgery? i could carry sticks all day but i doubt you want me operating on you.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
12. "I worked hard in school to earn that degree!"
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 01:37 PM
Jan 2012
"I am entitled to that money!"

Oh?
Did you work harder during than a tenant farmer in rural Alabama during those years?





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