Yes it does.

What do you do for a living again?

Well documented by whom? One link? Are you familiar with correlation and causation? Of course not, you assume the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and that's it, like a bumbling idiot. Also, kudos on the Dweeb U insult. It's no wonder you're a moron by trade.:1orglaugh

Shit, if the market was based on the actual economy, we'd have gold at $5,000+, and the dow at under 6,000.

I found this to be an interesting article, if anyone cares to take the time to read it, speaking to changes going on in the US now and for the future.

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/third-world-america/

cws thanks for the article, it says what i've been saying all along

thank you i thought you would enjoy it.

Why is it always the left against the right? Democrats against the Republicans? Poor against the corporations.

All of those are subjective. If you are poor and uneducated you are likely going to want different policies from those that are rich and educated. Each side is merely arguing their own self-interest.

The real issue is corruption. It's not that corporations are bad and evil, it is that we have the occasional evil and corrupt person in power of those corporations. A knife is not good or bad, it is in how it is used.

If we have 25% capitalism, 25% socialism, and 50% corruption then we can't really blame capitalism or socialism because we don't really have either.

Just as there are people that abuse corporations to their benefit at the expense of others, the same can be said of welfare. There are people who don't need welfare but chose to receive it even though they can work just fine.

Realize people are going to spout whatever is in their interest. Let's look at corruption as the source of the problems and not blaming different political groups.

i liked this article - good post

Problem is one side thinks we have a free market the other side thinks we are socialist.

that's actually an interesting line of thought for discussion.

no, it's not that corporations are "evil".

but, you can argue that they are inherently a-moral entities that act like a super-human, with the legal rights of a human, but none of the legal responsibilities of a human.

these characteristics create a virus-like psuedo-entity that always tries to take the resources of ordinary humans, with real legal responsibilities and liability for their actions, and co-opt those resources for it's non-conscious purposes.

that's why corporations, especially the large multi-national corporations, have become a threat to democracy.

not because they are evil, but because they are a-moral super-persons without legal responsibility.

I thought this was kind of an interesting observation about income distribution...

turns out that statistically we americans think we are living in a swedish style economy, and don't think we are living in the american economy.

anyway, get used to it, income inequality is the new american dream.

http://www.slate.com/id/2268872

At the end of the day, it's not the governments business to worry about who has how much. It's the governments job to pick up my trash and a few other things.

This is what happens when you borrow and spend on shot you don't need.
I'm perfecty happy having the government providing only what it can pay for

NOODLES ARE GOOD.

And traditionally, the poor have always eaten better than the rich.

Of course, that only applies to countries where they, y'know, make real food.

funny thread actually ... the same is happening in germany - NO MATTER WHAT GOVERNMENT rules the country! so, the prob aint libs or reps but POLITICIANS! when will you get it? they sell your asses to pay THEIR outcome - simple as that and no matter which country :2 cents:

I don't get why people bitch about income inequality. You can call capitalism "greed" but in reality, if someone works his ass off in the right venues, he can make what he wants to make while the person who doesn't work as hard doesn't make as much as the other guy. Income equality is a stupid concept.

My only goal in life is to become super rich.

I don't care if everything around me goes to shit.

Eventually I will be the King of Shitsville!

I will own the biggest house in a ritzy foreclosure-riddled neighborhood.

I will feel safe and secure knowing that everyone else has less than me!

ME! ME! ME!

Classic!
But I do think you are getting a little too political lately. And I'd hardly call rich a 100k a year. You net more at 60k a year.
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Precisely. I think that is one of the best explanations I have heard.

I'd rather have my choice of companies I can choose from. If left to the government they would make cuts and only pick up the trash once a month, then once every other month...

Watch the short movie called 2081. It will give you a laugh. They handicap the able so that everyone is equal. It's quite comical.

Vendmoron you have said a LOT of stupid shit during your crazed right wing lunatic rants - but this takes the cake.

You are the most backassward twisted and brainwashed creep on GFY. You win.

I know we have all been taught that this is true and I think we want to believe it is true. If you work hard, you will be rewarded. Sounds great. But unfortunately we are coming to learn that it is not always so cut and dry...

Yes, people do occasionally fall through the cracks. However, that's more the exception than the rule. Whether people want to realize it or not, they have the ability to do what they want to do in this country, and be successful. The ones that bitch are the ones that need to make excuses and are unable to take personal responsibility for their faults.

Where did the money from my mothers inheritance go to you bastard???