5 reasons why income inequality is a myth — and Occupy Wall Street is wrong

[granfire]

You need to thank the Canadians for the invention of time zones, and the concept that it is 17:00 somewhere.

I think the concept though is born somewhere between Nashville and Margaritaville though.

 

[Josh Oakley]

It's becoming more and more clear that if you don't lick the boots of the super rich, you're a liberal, communist, socialist hippy. The poor, helpless, defenseless billionaires. I will never forget flipping through the local channels over 2 decades ago (probably closer to 3 decades). There was a televangelist in the area. I don't remember his name, but he had flaming red hair. Anyway, what stuck with me was when he said (paraphrasing), "And now, to further spread the word of God, I'm asking you to open your check books and donate to the ministry. And this goes particularly for you who can't afford it. You have to write the check and put your faith in God that it will clear. That you'll find a way." This left a very sour taste in my mouth and made a significant impression. And it's what comes to mind every time I hear someone talk about how the middle class and the lower class really just need to put our faith in the hands of the rich. They'll take care of us. We're being mean, to try and raise their taxes. We just need to trust them, have faith in them, and they'll come through for us. And we keep trusting them, even after we get burned, over and over. That's not conservatism. That's lunacy. It's denial.

Fiery redhead evangelist? That can only be Casey Treat. "Give till it hurts" "we love to give, we live to give" *facepalm*. My wife grew up in they cult... Er... Church.... And even went to their private school. Back when we were still christian, I got dragged to that church a number of times. Oh, the specialness...

 

[Steve]

Fiery redhead evangelist? That can only be Casey Treat. "Give till it hurts" "we love to give, we live to give" *facepalm*. My wife grew up in they cult... Er... Church.... And even went to their private school. Back when we were still christian, I got dragged to that church a number of times. Oh, the specialness...

Sounds right. Glad to hear your wife broke out of it!


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