Rich people pillage the economy - Don't vote for Romney

by BigT Posted 2012/08/04 23:51:34

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ruthannhausman 2012/08/16 19:19:12

I disagree

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That is a very ignorant comment, "Rich people pillage the economy." When is the last time you got hired for a decent-paying job by a poor person or bankrupt company? "Pillage the economy"? Who, how and why and what would ever make you think such a silly thing? The economy, nay the entire country needs those rich folks. Hey, they buy the expensive cars, the fancy real estate. They throw parties that require massive amounts of food from the markets. Their maintenance requirements for their homes employs bundles of people. (You didn't actually think they clean their own houses or mow those enormous lawns every day, now, do you?)

And then you have the charities within the United States -- as well as elsewhere in the world. How many orphans have your donations fed lately? Housed? If you, God forbid, have a child in dire need of medical treatments but you have no money, how do you think they got into places like St. Jude's? On yours and my $20 donations each month? Hey, don't take away the effectiveness of our little efforts but, face it, it doesn't add up to a whole lot at the end of the year and the needs far exceed our abilities to supply the funds.

Come on, people, stop with the jealousy and stupidity. You want to be rich like them? Get off your lazy butts and g...

That is a very ignorant comment, "Rich people pillage the economy." When is the last time you got hired for a decent-paying job by a poor person or bankrupt company? "Pillage the economy"? Who, how and why and what would ever make you think such a silly thing? The economy, nay the entire country needs those rich folks. Hey, they buy the expensive cars, the fancy real estate. They throw parties that require massive amounts of food from the markets. Their maintenance requirements for their homes employs bundles of people. (You didn't actually think they clean their own houses or mow those enormous lawns every day, now, do you?)

And then you have the charities within the United States -- as well as elsewhere in the world. How many orphans have your donations fed lately? Housed? If you, God forbid, have a child in dire need of medical treatments but you have no money, how do you think they got into places like St. Jude's? On yours and my $20 donations each month? Hey, don't take away the effectiveness of our little efforts but, face it, it doesn't add up to a whole lot at the end of the year and the needs far exceed our abilities to supply the funds.

Come on, people, stop with the jealousy and stupidity. You want to be rich like them? Get off your lazy butts and go out and get two, three jobs if you don't have big ideas for new products. Save and invest. Every individual American has the capability of doing it, they just need to get out and DO it. Meanwhile, this hatred and class envy crap is accomplishing absolutely nothing but dividing and conquering -- hello, sounds like a Chicago Crime Family tactic to me.

As with everything in this life, there are exceptions to everything. And there are some pretty big crooks among the rich folks. Like Mr. Madoff, king of the scam artists. So ferret out the criminals among the rich, just like we do among the rest of the populace, and mete out appropriate punishment -- along with restitution. Ah, restitution, my favorite word -- but let's stop with the silliness here and now. It's beginning to sound like a bunch of childish idiots.
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Transquesta 2012/08/16 19:10:07 (edited)

I disagree

I *know* this line didn't come from you, because only smart people hang out on SH. . .and this is one of the top five stupidest things I've ever read!

1) Define 'rich.'

2) Those whom we normally think of as 'rich' are the working wealthy. People who spend more time running businesses and hiring people than 'pillaging' anyone.

3) Wealth is CREATED. It's not some finite resource where X gets a bigger piece of an imaginary pie than Y.

4) The TRULY rich--the political elite--are the ones who 'pillage,' and they usually do it by convincing the useful idiot class to destroy themselves by going after the ONLY people who actually produce or create wealth in a culture.

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Ron in Oregon 2012/08/16 19:05:10

I disagree

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Rich people are the people who make the economy grow.
We do not need the Socialist/democrat Party here.
Using democrat in their name is an antithesis of fact.

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MW121 2012/08/16 09:30:37

I don't know

Go Romney..

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tblackb 2012/08/05 21:20:01

I agree

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the housing crisis and the stock market were all driven by greedy rich people trying to make even more money

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freebirdie to tblackb 2012/08/16 20:11:53 (edited)

Yet it was Barney Frank and Chris Dodd--DEMOCRATS both--who forced that legislation the republicans begged them NOT to do, and they made all those poor folks sign up to buy what reality and common sense said they couldn't afford! Really.

So what you're really saying is democrats are destroying the country and poor folks are stupid and vote democrat..

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tblackb to freebirdie 2012/08/16 23:22:22

don't know where you go your information from but it was the republicans that pushed Clinton to repeal glass-steagall (put in to prevent the very things that caused the 2008 recession).

http://gaanderson.hubpages.co...

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freebirdie to tblackb 2012/08/17 01:58:08

(Didn't read your link--sorry. I don't read everything everyone sends.) Yes, I am aware that republicans repealed the Act. It made sense at the time and was proven to help our economy.
HOWEVER-- Doesn't mean that democrats had to go further with it and open the floodgates of hell! Ask yourself why they did.
Republicans begged them not to!!!-- but they attached this to a military spending bill that Bush HAD to sign and they knew it. The bill was for armor for our troops. How low can democrats go? This proves how low. Our troops needed armor because the things they were facing over there (road bombs) were killing them, and yet the democrats decided to attach this bill to be able to blame him and win an election. SICKENING!!!!! "We'll let you provide armor to our men and women if you let us destroy the economy!" And you fall for the democrat/progressive BS all the time!

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rand 2012/08/05 20:18:54

I don't know

"Rich people" are not all of the same cloth. Donald Trump isn't Warren Buffett!

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CHUCK 2012/08/05 18:24:30

I disagree

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jackolantyrn356 2012/08/05 17:08:37 (edited)

I don't know

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The econemy is pillaged by Obama and the TAX Barron s who just keep adding it up to 80% or more. With them it's cumulative.

You don't get it, but Obama has started TAXING WELFARE 20%

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Piwan 2012/08/05 16:21:08

I agree

Sums it up perfectly, and don't worry, I have NO intention of voting for him..i never vote republican anyway.

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Tony 2012/08/05 14:26:25

I disagree

Rich people (and government) pillage the economy
Poor people mooch off it
and the middle class gets stuck with the bills.

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EdWhiteSpace 2012/08/05 13:35:10

I disagree

What poor person starts a business? Which poor people invest and help companies expand and hire? Which poor people pay a lot in taxes to pay for social programs? The class warfare is ridiculous. Wealthy people look for tax breaks and loopholes because, by and large, they pay for this country to run. 50% pay for 100% of the country. When low income folks who pay little or 10% feel like a wealthy person should be paying not only 30% of their income but then another 15% of what they made on their investments? And say it isn't enough? And the ones paying 10% feel like the wealthy should do more instead of the gov. cutting back spending? Nuts.

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ed 2012/08/05 12:41:27

I disagree

if the rich were getting hand outs from the government then it would be different.

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D D 2012/08/05 10:25:02

I agree

You don't think obama is rich? An elitist? His wife bought a jacket for over $6,000!!!

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Marianne 2012/08/05 10:05:03

I agree

I must say that this is the case since long.
Rich people are looking for their own interests, not for those of the people.

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Lady Whitewolf 2012/08/05 09:42:54
rustyshackelford 2012/08/05 09:08:00 (edited)
Tedster 2012/08/05 08:08:34

I agree

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Duh! They use their money and influence to make the rules that allow them to plunder the economy. Did I mention, "Duh!"?

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J-DUB 2012/08/05 05:26:27

I agree

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Republicans suck!!

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Lady Wh... to J-DUB 2012/08/05 09:43:15

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agreed

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Chokmah 2012/08/05 05:00:45

I disagree

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In the world of disgustingly rich people, Rommey is a piker. To be really rich is to be George Soros or Penny Pritzker, or Edgar Bronfman. These Super-Rich Socialists are ALL Obama supporters.

To support Barack Obama is to Vote to Pillage the Economy on the behalf of Wall Street.

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Tedster to Chokmah 2012/08/05 08:17:37

Until Romney releases his taxes how do you know what he's worth so you're guessing. And why no mention of those Birchers billionaires the Koch Bros? You know, the ones who have all those bought and paid for Repub governors up to their Aspen compound for those little weekend

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Chokmah to Tedster 2012/08/06 04:48:15

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Because Wall Street is bankrupting the nation and Wall Street and the Interanational Banksters are behind Obama.

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ednatee 2012/08/05 04:47:00

I disagree

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Rich people do not want to share prosperity. They have not created many jobs. They do not want to pay their fair share of taxes, Does anyone know how much$$$$ MItt Romney has offshore???

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ManBearPig 2012/08/05 04:30:02

I disagree

illegal immigrants pillage the economy... get your logic straight

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Raymond Allamby 2012/08/05 04:09:11

I agree

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and raping it too.

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JEFF 2012/08/05 03:56:47

I agree

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It's not how much you have. It's how you earned it. Corporate looting is not my idea of presidential qualifications.

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Lady Wh... to JEFF 2012/08/05 09:43:31

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agreed

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freebirdie to JEFF 2012/08/16 20:20:43

You mean the looting caused by Democrats Frank and Dodd when they changed the banking/housing rules while Bush was in the WH? That corporate looting? Or are you talking about Goldman Sachs and all the players in Obama's cabinet that are from there who now rape and pillage you through govt rules and regs?

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JEFF to freebirdie 2012/08/18 02:03:37

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No. not that looting.

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freebirdie to JEFF 2012/08/18 02:22:00

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Well, maybe you might want to take a business 101 course. Business is about profit, not give-a-ways (unless it's the 'cost of doing business' to gain customers--which is only temporary).

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Phil 2012/08/05 02:56:26

I disagree

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WELL, now that you put it like that, what can I say? Oh, yeah, I can say, "Bbbbbblllllllllllllllaaaahhh!!!

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john Kills 2012/08/05 02:48:24

I agree

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Gary Johnson gets my vote if Paul isn't on the ballot.

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ken2ak 2012/08/05 02:21:37

I disagree

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Welfare robs everyone. . .SSI robs the working. . .Medi- anything robs the middle class.

I am middle class and no ones has a tax break for my bracket;Not Obama or Ramney. Bush's tax cuts lowered my taxes 10k a year, so I have a soft spot for him.

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painted desert 2012/08/05 02:07:22

I agree

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Yes.

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American 2012/08/05 01:52:28
Phil to American 2012/08/05 03:02:24

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May God bless you for your service to our great Country, which remains great due to valiant wariors like you. I cannot thank you enough, nor all of our other selfless heroes like you. God bless.

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American to Phil 2012/08/05 11:35:49