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In reply to the discussion: If you are in the 1% you are nothing but an exploiter [View all]DFW
(54,369 posts)161. But if you make $400K a year and have no debts?
Are you then part of the 1%? And taxed at what rate? at what point does someone become a friend no longer, but an enemy because they got a pay raise?
Labels, labels. I would much rather hear the story of someone who has seen homelessness first hand and freed themselves of it than being told whom to hate because they lucked out with their job.
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Do you think only the 1% are exploiters? I see those who take and would like to take more off of
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#1
No, this isn't a republican talking point, this is facts. To think otherwise would be deluding your
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#18
Went over yiur head? The point was even the homeless exploit others, it isn't the 1% of income and
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#94
I'd happily watch a .01%er try to snake out and repair his toilet. Or repair a leak on his yacht.
Dont call me Shirley
Jul 2015
#151
IKR! A worker strike is in order. Whaa! How would they get their liver pate?!
Dont call me Shirley
Jul 2015
#153
Holy shit! This has got to be some of the most delusional drivel I've ever had the misfortune to
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jul 2015
#177
I did not start the delusion, I did point out several times exploitation is in all income levels.
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#185
This panhandler happens to be someone I know personally, there was another case where the family was
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#22
Yes, homeless people steal from each other. The $700 a day was a couple working in different places
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#44
The actual crime was cruelty to a child who was pulled crying onto the median to "work"
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#68
This makes my wanna cry "You're invisible. No one wants to see you. They pretend you arent there"
randys1
Jul 2015
#127
The point was those who are homeless exploits, people in all incomes and net worth exploits, it is
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#46
If you are discussing the human drive to expoit resources to "get ahead" - that covers everyone.
haele
Jul 2015
#47
My point was exploitation isn't just in the 1%, it is everywhere, OP did not go to the other 99%
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#52
You got the facts wrong. You can be as angry at the 1% as you want, it will not serve you well,
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#207
You missed the point, exploitation happens in every income level. The OP pointed out the 1% income
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#109
Raising taxes on income will only hurt those with "reportable" income. That system sees GE getting
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#118
You know full well that no one is advocating taking the wealth from the middle and lower classes
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#133
Interesting that you are reluctant to express your opinions, just ask questions.
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#187
That's a rather creative, unsupported and arbitrary line you've set for moral justice.
LanternWaste
Jul 2015
#61
Don't let them get to you. Some here wish to have honest discussions while others
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#98
Some are deluded that those that are included in the 1% (wealth) are successful and
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#218
Capitalism is exploitation of labor. Most people posting on this forum are not capitalists, they
randys1
Jul 2015
#110
or maybe we just need to adjust our tax system and properly fund services and infrastructure.
aikoaiko
Jul 2015
#5
Not always. The 1% (vs. the .01% or .02%) include professionals like doctors who
tblue37
Jul 2015
#7
Of course, BUT that is not how most Americans think of the difference between the 1% and the 99%.
tblue37
Jul 2015
#16
May I see your income scale to determine at what cutoff a person falls into the 1%?
randome
Jul 2015
#8
Show us your research on all of them, please. I can tell you enjoy divisive pot-stirring.
Hekate
Jul 2015
#32
That's not why she did it. She did it for political expediency, and almost all politicians do that
randys1
Jul 2015
#111
And you know this how? Some humans have a sense of ethics, morality, caritas, compassion...
Hekate
Jul 2015
#50
Mortage tax deduction (and all other dedcuctions) do phase out under the current tax code.
1939
Jul 2015
#72
You've been here for 7 years, we have never interacted and STILL I get the same tired bullshit.
A HERETIC I AM
Jul 2015
#126
You mean like the Kennedys? Like Bill Gates? A few others I could mention. Broad brush....
Hekate
Jul 2015
#29
If you seized all those assets and distributed to everyone, it wouldn't be a lot per person. PLUS,
Hoyt
Jul 2015
#31
In our little section of the globe, 28k isn't exactly a lot of money. But we do have refrigerators
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2015
#78
Yep, if you have a microwave then the Koch Bros say you should stop whining about
randys1
Jul 2015
#113
This is the reasoning the Koch types keep using, sad to see it here though at DU
randys1
Jul 2015
#142
Why? We are forced to redistribute all the time. Every time Halliburton wins a no-bid
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2015
#81
Forfeiting assets and forced seizure, as the OP suggests, is what I'm talking about
Godhumor
Jul 2015
#89
In the last 40 years the wealth of the middle and lower classes was redistributed to the
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#99
Waste of time, the few 'progressives' here defending the actual Owners have no clue
Rex
Jul 2015
#83
Problem is most of what the capitalists have, while surely stolen, is legal, because they
randys1
Jul 2015
#129
We tried communism? No, as Dr. Richard Wolff tells it, the early 20th century communism
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2015
#88
Technically I guess the 1% could have two tv's while the 99% have one, but as to the kind
randys1
Jul 2015
#157
And if they would have they probably could have played the game largely unencumbered
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2015
#84
What if Bernie Sanders and his wife, by dint of hard work and careful investment over decades,
pnwmom
Jul 2015
#112
Your last one would devastate the country and lead to total economic stagnation.
Calista241
Jul 2015
#183
And the owner owns business B, which can be liquidated by the creditors (nt)
Recursion
Jul 2015
#220