Income inequality : Who are the 1% ?

[NeoConMan]

Originally Posted by AngryHatter

Jesus thanks you for being a human.
Confucius says you are obeying your nature.

Are you the resident MLP expert on either one?
Got a hotline just in case you need advice?

I'm thinking no...

Originally Posted by AngryHatter

Your actions define you.

Your posts define you.
I have no clue what any "action" you might take would consist of.

Originally Posted by AngryHatter

As I realize that means nothing to you, I can leave it as a warning to others unless they aspire to be as you are.

Wow - it's getting deep....



Guess I oughta take a college class an' read some books an' sh!t...

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[River]

Originally Posted by Gin&Pentatonic

Do you not think anything is funny other than pictures of cats? Is having an opinion by way of humorous cynicism that foreign to you?

Originally Posted by Gin&Pentatonic

Oh go throw some more of your money off an overpass

Your version of "humorous" is most people's version of "hostile dickhead".

[Thumpalumpacus]

Originally Posted by JMV

Which is exactly why we have those in government who feel they need to force our hands in order to give.

I hope you never end up down on your luck with no way out.

Originally Posted by PraXis

I don't live on "hope" or "ifs." It is what it is...me enjoying the fruits of my labor on my terms and no one else gets a taste. Food, water, brass, and lead. Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again.

Hey, what does Ayn Rand say about eating crow?

Originally Posted by Gin&Pentatonic

I get it, it's hard for you to function when somebody has an equally strong opposing opinion as the Great River.

I dunno, I think some of his funniest shit is when someone has irked him enough to merit a one-liner. I can appreciate barbed wit, though.

[geochem1st]

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[NeoConMan]

Originally Posted by River

POW!

Originally Posted by Gin&Pentatonic

BIFF!

Originally Posted by River

UGH!

Originally Posted by Gin&Pentatonic

THUD!

Originally Posted by River

WHOMP!

Originally Posted by Gin&Pentatonic

SOCK!

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[KSG_Standard]

Originally Posted by geochem1st

I made my first million before I was 30 Skatt, in 1980. Got my official 1% membership card. When I saw what that power and money did to my friends who were also in on our endeavor, I burned my membership card and walked away from it all. Lost some long time 'friends' because of it. Some things can't be bought.

Working for the EPA? Doing seismic surveys? Cleaning up after evil corporations? Was Reagan POTUS? No, that couldn't be when, because Reagan made us all poorer...remember? When Carter was POTUS? No, that couldn't be it either, because Carter made us all poorer. If it's true, that explains your view of life though...guilt will f'k you up.

There's not much worse than dealing with dirty, guilt ridden aging hipsters.

[Gin&Pentatonic]

Originally Posted by River

Your version of "humorous" is most people's version of "hostile dickhead".

If not sugar-coatings things and hiding my opinions behind pretentious babble, then bust out teh cat pics and call me hostile!

[KSG_Standard]

Originally Posted by River

Your version of "humorous" is most people's version of "hostile dickhead".

Do you speak for most people? You throw more insults than most people here...SOME people consider that being a "hostile dickhead".

[geochem1st]

Originally Posted by KSG_Standard

Working for the EPA? Doing seismic surveys? Cleaning up after evil corporations? Was Reagan POTUS? No, that couldn't be when, because Reagan made us all poorer...remember? When Carter was POTUS? No, that couldn't be it either, because Carter made us all poorer. If it's true, that explains your view of life though...guilt will f'k you up.

There's not much worse than dealing with dirty, guilt ridden aging hipsters.

Four of us kicked in $2,000 each and rented an attic, installed 4 WATTS lines and opened up a microchip brokering firm. Reagan had nothing to do with it as I don't remember him putting up any cash.

I have no guilt or regrets.

EDIT:

We cashed out after a year and a half.

[Gin&Pentatonic]

Originally Posted by geochem1st

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Did you check to make sure the artist wasn't a 99%-er before posting that without securing the reproduction rights? For your validity, I sure hope so.

[morrow]

Originally Posted by geochem1st

My family has a good life, I give to those less fortunate then we are regularly. You don't have to be rich to do those things.

Volunteering >= donating

[NeoConMan]

Originally Posted by KSG_Standard

... throw more insults ... being a "hostile dickhead"....

Yeah KSG - I'm kinda stuck.

I've traded more witty zingers with River than I could count - including a few that were too obscure for me.
Oh well, I survived...

The cat pics - I just keep on scrolling.



Gin & Pentatonic got my vote for best username of the month when he joined.
Shortly thereafter I got a small taste of his wrath over something obscure that fired him up.
Kinda hurts to let a fellow Texan dig his own grave ya know?



Kinda like seeing my ex-wife go off a cliff in my new car - not sure how I feel about this one.

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[geochem1st]

Originally Posted by Gin&Pentatonic

Did you check to make sure the artist wasn't a 99%-er before posting that without securing the reproduction rights? For your validity, I sure hope so.

Oh don't go worrying about me. I showered earlier. I did think it was funny though.

[River]

[KSG_Standard]

I don't mind river's cat pics, they're the only thing he posts that I don't find too cryptic to understand.

[GuitarToneFreak]

Originally Posted by SKATTERBRANE

I can appreciate that. There are always exceptions. But human nature is basic.

I am lazy. I always try to find the way to get the most work done with the least amount of effort. I am a very efficient person. I am also very impatient.

I know that if I had so much money (whatever that amount would be) I would have fun for the rest of my life. I really do not care for power or fame. Just enough money to never have to think or worry about it ever again

Reminds me of a quote I heard from Paul Stanley once, something like this,

"What money allows you to do, is forget about money". Very true, if you ask me.

[Gin&Pentatonic]

Originally Posted by NeoConMan

Gin & Pentatonic got my vote for best username of the month when he joined.
Shortly thereafter I got a small taste of his wrath over something obscure that fired him up.
Kinda hurts to let a fellow Texan dig his own grave ya know?

I can't wait to win you over

[geochem1st]

Originally Posted by Gin&Pentatonic

I can't wait to win you over

[GuitarToneFreak]

Man, we're never short on drama here - are we? The Backstage is like a text Soap Opera sometimes

[Gin&Pentatonic]

Originally Posted by geochem1st

b**** pleaze

[KSG_Standard]

Originally Posted by geochem1st

Four of us kicked in $2,000 each and rented an attic, installed 4 WATTS lines and opened up a microchip brokering firm. Reagan had nothing to do with it as I don't remember him putting up any cash.

I have no guilt or regrets.

EDIT:

We cashed out after a year and a half.

Unless you were born rich or stole the money from the poor and downtrodden or had help from Uncle Sugar Daddy...it's impossible to make $1m...that's what you told me before. So, which was it?

[PraXis]

I love the



in this thread

[geochem1st]

The most my father ever made in his life was $15,000/year, we lived in the South Bronx.

Whats impossible about making a mil in a year and a half brokering? It gets done every year on Wall Street. We didn't steal from the down trodden but from the Fortune 500. And as I said, Reagan never chipped in or man the phones.


EDIT:

It could never be duplicated today what we did. We were at the right place at the right time, sheer luck. Most computer manufactures, and defense contractors had stalled production during the late 70's, the chip mfg plants supplying them shutdown. By 1980 things picked up enough that the chip mfg plants could not meet demand due to the long lead times needed to make chips and test them, especially mil spec testing. The OEM's that needed these chips had assy lines down, not a good place to be in, so their purchasing departments had to resort to the gray market to obtain parts - us. We could name our prices on many parts.

[KSG_Standard]

I never had to steal from anybody and nobody manned the phones for me either...I'd appreciate the freedom to do with my hard earned money as I see fit. You give to the charities of your choice, I'll give to the charities of my choice and we all quit worrying about where we each got our money and what we're doing with it. What's unfair about that?

It's funny money anyway, we aren't all sharing the same pie...and because of that simple fact, we can make more if we need it. We can literally make as many pies as we want...if only we are allowed the freedom to bake them.

[Adrian81]

Originally Posted by PraXis

I love the



in this thread

Never intended to be one though... just want to share an interesting article from The Economist ...

[geochem1st]

Originally Posted by KSG_Standard

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It's funny money anyway, we aren't all sharing the same pie...and because of that simple fact, we can make more if we need it. We can literally make as many pies as we want...if only we are allowed the freedom to bake them.

Maybe read my edit I put in. You couldn't replicate today what we did back then. We didn't make a new pie, we cut into the Fortune 500's pie. It was sheer luck and timing.

[Skintaster]

Originally Posted by geochem1st

The most my father ever made in his life was $15,000/year, we lived in the South Bronx.

Whats impossible about making a mil in a year and a half brokering? It gets done every year on Wall Street. We didn't steal from the down trodden but from the Fortune 500. And as I said, Reagan never chipped in or man the phones.


EDIT:

It could never be duplicated today what we did. We were at the right place at the right time, sheer luck. Most computer manufactures, and defense contractors had stalled production during the late 70's, the chip mfg plants supplying them shutdown. By 1980 things picked up enough that the chip mfg plants could not meet demand due to the long lead times needed to make chips and test them, especially mil spec testing. The OEM's that needed these chips had assy lines down, not a good place to be in, so their purchasing departments had to resort to the gray market to obtain parts - us. We could name our prices on many parts.

THAT opportunity might not ever work again, but that's not to say that there aren't other ones that individuals with the right amount of luck, foresight, and hard work might be able to profit in similar ways from. I don't know that this really has anything to do with the OP, but I've known a few self made millionaires that were able to create wealth from the ground up.... Heck, I know a woman that invented a hair braiding device that set her up for life.

I agree that we need to reign in practices that create an unfair advantage for the wealthy (Where that applies), but I don't buy that it's impossible for "the little guys" to get ahead anymore. I've seen too many examples first hand that contradict that.

[KSG_Standard]

Originally Posted by geochem1st

Maybe read my edit I put in. You couldn't replicate today what we did back then. We didn't make a new pie, we cut into the Fortune 500's pie. It was sheer luck and timing.

Doing exactly what you did might not be doable again...but similar things are done all the time. I managed to be in the right place at the right time 3 times...and remember, I lack critical thinking skills. Both of my brothers have been in the right place at the right time...there are millionaires made every year. That's the beauty of Capitalism. All you need is a good idea, some effort and a little "luck".

If you managed to do it, and I managed to do it, then anybody can. Unless you and I are somehow more special than anybody else...which I really doubt.

[geochem1st]

Originally Posted by Skintaster

THAT opportunity might not ever work again, but that's not to say that there aren't other ones that individuals with the right amount of luck, foresight, and hard work might be able to profit in similar ways from. I don't know that this really has anything to do with the OP, but I've known a few self made millionaires that were able to create wealth from the ground up.... Heck, I know a woman that invented a hair braiding device that set her up for life.

I agree that we need to reign in practices that create an unfair advantage for the wealthy (Where that applies), but I don't buy that it's impossible for "the little guys" to get ahead anymore. I've seen too many examples first hand that contradict that.

Luck plays more of a part than you know.

[KSG_Standard]

The harder I work, the luckier I get.