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The Poor don't work hard enough? (Original Post)
ashling
Apr 2014
OP
And the richest people in America would be the workers who pick our fruits and vegetables,
raccoon
Apr 2014
#1
Exactly. It gets me the way people seem to want the very best care for their kids and elderly,
raccoon
Apr 2014
#4
raccoon
(31,110 posts)1. And the richest people in America would be the workers who pick our fruits and vegetables,
work at carwashes, and do lawn work.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)2. and man Garbage trucks!
without the fancy, back-saving mechanical arms to lift the barrels....or the union!
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)3. and the ones who care for our children and elderly
would all be upper middle class...
raccoon
(31,110 posts)4. Exactly. It gets me the way people seem to want the very best care for their kids and elderly,
but don't want to pay them squat.
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)5. My parents were migrant workers and sometimes got their wages in fruit and vegetables
so they could sell them on the roadside. Yep, the Koch brothers have nothing on us.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)6. Well... I tend to think that...
Those with the loudest mouths and complain the most tend to be the wealthiest.
It is those that have a feeling of entitlement that tends to siphon the money. While complaining that those that ask for help and need help are acting as if they are entitled to things.