When CNN's "Coop" says everyone is worried about the economy...

[WCGreen]

Do you think he includes himself in that grouping?

How about Wolf, Rush, even Colmes, do you think any of them are really worried about the economy?

Does anyone in the Bush family have to worry about the economy?

How about the Kennedy's, do they really worry?

All these card carrying members of the upper class say they are worried about the economy, but how worried can a Rockefeller get?

I know some of these folks are compassionate about those who aren't as fortunate as they are and they show it through their actions.

But most of these people?

Not so much.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. You know, I kind of doubt it...

They are pretty well insulated from all but the most dire consequences of the economy tanking...

:shrug:

[NanceGreggs]

2. Well ...

... that was concise, simply put, and totally to the f*ckin' point.

Thanks - and K & R.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Now, who am I to disagree with the great Nance?

Another rec from me!

He writes so damn well, doesn't he?

:hi:

[NanceGreggs]

5. Oh, he most certainly does!!!

:hi:

[leftofthedial]

3. they ARE worried, but for different reasons

they aren't worried about losing their home or their job or not being able to get medical treatment...

they are worried that their investments will deliver lower rates of return--that they will get richer slower

[KharmaTrain]

7. Bingo

They want a tax cut. And be assured that they will gladly write-off all their losses next year and probably won't have to pay any taxes...meanwhile schools, health services, roads and other public safety concerns will go broke. Then, they'll want another tax cut.

[skids]

23. Actually they are kinda worried they won't be getting richer...

...Given that you pretty much have to assume stock market risk or the rate of return on money in the bank is below the real rate of inflation at the moment. Or in other words, banks cannot keep money safe from Bernanke's printing press.

It's not comparable to worrying about whether your kids will be able to eat, but they do worry.

[Union Thug]

6. This is a good observation...

The MSM talking head celebrity gazillionaires look at the world only from the perspective of their uppity professional class perches. The news media is itself part and parcel to the class interest of the wealthy, and you will seldom, if ever, hear the news delivered from the perspective of the average working stiff, at least via mainstream channels.

[spag68]

8. The coop you refer to

I think comes from a ultra wealthy family, so he probably has never thought about the economy in the same manor you and I do. I honestly think the Kennedy's do care, as they have a long track record of trying to help the everyman.

[roguevalley]

10. Anderson Cooper comes from the trainwreck Vanderbilts. His brother

committed suicide in front of their mother and his father died of a long illness I believe. Gloria Vanderbilt is his mom and she knows heartache first hand. I cut slack for Anderson Cooper. I believe he is a compassionate man and tries. The others, no so much.

[WCGreen]

13. The reason I starteed on Coop was because he was the last

one I heard talking about it...

[RB TexLa]

9. They push it as the number one issue. War = nothing, civil liberties = nothing

world affairs = nothing. CNN just keeps saying over and over that all to be cared about is the US economy.

[Skittles]

11. don't completely discount wealthy folk

it is quite possible for wealthy people to care and if they care and are intelligent they worry how it will affect the world they live in. Of course their kind of "worry" is different than, say, those who live paycheck to paycheck but it is still indeed possible for them to have some angst if they care about people other than themselves

[gateley]

15. I agree, Skittles -

They may not have the same worries that many of us do, but that doesn't mean they aren't compassionate and that they don't CARE.

I think several of the people named are worried FOR us. And others, (Rush comes to mind) don't give a fuck.

[Skittles]

18. there ya go - worried FOR us

excellent :thumbsup:

[Selatius]

17. FDR came from a wealthy family. Of course, others called him a traitor to his class.

Not every wealthy person in his day cared for those who are less well off, but then again, that's as true today as it was during FDR's days.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

19. And some non-wealthy people are heartless assholes too.

They demonstrate it by voting Republican.

[WCGreen]

20. I did put that discalimer in....

[ccharles000]

12. ...

I agree. He is so hot.

[Hieronymus]

14. Try compassion. Look at what wealthy Democrats have done for this country.

[rpannier]

16. They're worried that their 401k's may be drop below a net worth of 10 million dollars

That's their worry

[JI7]

21. FDR came from Wealth, Reagan came from a poor background

which one of them cared ?

[DCKit]

22. They'll be freaking flipping out when the looting starts...

and the peasants show up at their gates.

Unless they're all pursuing degrees in "Willful Ignorance" at those Ivy League schools, there's no avoiding it. Crime goes through the roof when the economy goes in the shitter, and the rich are not immune - as much as they'd like to believe they are.

[rox63]

24. Ted Kennedy = Compassionate Rich Person

He has consistently stood up for regualr folks like us.

[WCGreen]

25. Which is why I included this line in the OP...

I know some of these folks are compassionate about those who aren't as fortunate as they are and they show it through their actions.

[annabanana]

26. I'm sure it's cutting into their profit margins... But I don't think they've

reached the crisis point of having to (gasp) dip into the principle!
:eyes:

[formercia]

27. Worried about the backlash

The tax rates are bound to change. St' Ronnie's 'trickle down' economics has proven to be the utter bullshit that even Poppy decried as 'Voodoo Economics'. They're seeing visions of tax rates that were in force during Ike's tenure.

Not a happy dream of the future for the Wealthy.

[alcibiades_mystery]

28. Scion of the Vanderbilt fortune?

Not bloody likely...

[obtheatre]

29. Anderson Cooper: Newsmodel

Anderson Cooper really is a terrible newsman. Most nights he seems more concerned with his hair than asking the 'tough questions'. Does anyone remember Aaron Brown, Cooper's hard-hitting predecessor?