DUmbass Melanie thinks rich should be forced to act poor; I have a rejoinder

[Tucker]

Star Member Th1onein (7,043 posts)

I think we should have mandatory "training" for rich people

Once every five years or so, they have to live, for a month or so, like the rest of us. Work at McDonald's, pay their bills on a pittance, eat Ramen noodles, take public transportation, etc.

Melanie Childers isn't a part of the po folk. She's is highly educated and owns her own business. She wanted to fire her daughter a few years back because the niece screwed off acting like a DUmmy.

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   Sun Feb-03-08 10:06 PM
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I am so ****ing mad at my daughter I could kill her.
   
She can NEVER be on time for ANYTHING. It took her THREE hours to find something to wear tonight and get dressed. We were supposed to go, on our last night together, before I have to leave town and the state for a LONG time (work), and she was so late that the ****ing restaurant that we had planned to go to was CLOSED. So, we just didn't go out to eat at ALL. Ain't that ****ing superlative!

AND she is late EVERYDAY to work. AND SHE WORKS FOR ME! AND it's affecting her work! I am SICK, SICK, SICK of it!

[DumbAss Tanker]

Star Member Th1onein (7,043 posts)
I bet you that if these rich people had to live like the rest of us for a month or so every few years, they would have a lot more respect for the poor.

Probably not.  Assuming they were allowed access to all the benefits you swine leach off the productive, I suspect they'd come away from it wondering 'What's the BFD?'

[freedumb2003b]

Never once asked for anything from the government, except TO BE LEFT THE F**K ALONE!!!!

Am I "lucky"?  Hardly.  I just used my time to develop my talents, not chase some DUmbass unrealistic dream.  Dreams are for children, grow the f**k up, and to quote George Thorogood, "Get a haircut, and get a REAL JOB!"

Oh, one more thing.  Maybe one of you DUmmies can "educate" me on this.
How in the hell does raising taxes on the "rich", or making them poor, make MY life any better?

You nailed it.

Many of us "lucky" people who make a decent living work our asses off.  We constantly look at our career fields and stay innovators (not easy).

And the only point in bringing down the "rich" (what the hell is that exactly?  I am pretty sure the DUmmie definition of "rich" is "anyone who makes more than I do) is to somehow feel good about being lazy or slow.  This idea of "deserving" is for those who don't deserve.

A most excellent post just this side of a proper rant (which would be OK in this case)!

[NHSparky]

Probably not.  Assuming they were allowed access to all the benefits you swine leach off the productive, I suspect they'd come away from it wondering 'What's the BFD?'

No kidding--a family of four making $15,000 a year that takes advantage of the programs available to them has MORE disposable income than a family of four making over $60,000 per year.

Isn't there something wrong with that?

[JohnnyReb]

No kidding--a family of four making $15,000 a year that takes advantage of the programs available to them has MORE disposable income than a family of four making over $60,000 per year.

Isn't there something wrong with that?

According to the DUmmies... YES.....they should be getting even more free stuff.

[Big Dog]

Star Member Blanks (1,717 posts)
9. Nah, we just need some kind of mandatory military type training...

If everyone had to go through some kind of basic training then they would have some insight into what other people are like. They could meet first hand some of the kinds of people that they have pre-formed opinions about.

Take everyone after they've graduated from high school, buzz their hair and give them the exact same clothes to wear, have them eat the same food etc. Then they only have their personality to separate them from everyone else. Don't let them belong to a group of people that they already know.

I'm not suggesting that we train them for war (because we shouldn't need to fight wars) but train them to live in a world where people who come from different backgrounds. Train them to march and go through obstacle courses and develop teamwork with people from other backgrounds. Teach them that they have to count on other people to win.

It would be a good experience for almost everyone.

Hmmm... separation from family, friends, and community; shaved heads; eating the same food without choice; forced labor; but not the Armed Forces.

Where have I seen this before?







In the name of all that is good and decent, DUmmies, the day is coming when you will reap the whirlwind. And that day is nearly upon you.

[GOBUCKS]

What good would be accomplished if wealthy people were to spend a little time loafing, lying, and complaining?

[diesel driver]

What good would be accomplished if wealthy people were to spend a little time loafing, lying, and complaining?

We already have that, right here, right now.

It's called "Congress" and "the presentacy"   

[Tucker]

Hmmm... separation from family, friends, and community; shaved heads; eating the same food without choice; forced labor; but not the Armed Forces.

Where have I seen this before?

[txradioguy]

Star Member Blanks (1,717 posts)
9. Nah, we just need some kind of mandatory military type training...

I thought the DUmmies hated the draft?

[JohnnyReb]

I thought the DUmmies hated the draft?

They hated the draft before they were for it.

DUmbasses are now old enough not to get drafted so that changes things.

[txradioguy]

They hated the draft before they were for it.

DUmbasses are now old enough not to get drafted so that changes things.

Last thing I want/need is some draftee in a fox hole next to me who feels more sympthy to the people we're suppsoed to be fighting.

[Gina]

I'm not rich but this is not a part of my life cycle.

Here's a counter-proposal.

At least once a year you should live like a rich person. You should:

* Show up to work on time

* Work more than 40 hours

* Actually work

* Work at something that actually demands tangible results

* Strive to keep your customers satisfied and your competitors at bay

* Assume responsibility for an entire workforce

* Deal with an army of voracious regulators who know nothing about your profession but will shut you down if they imagine you aren't doing it right

* Provide for your own damn spawn

* Pay taxes

* Stop whining


Dealsies?

I wub you bunny balls.  That was great! 

[67 Rover]

I'm not rich but this is not a part of my life cycle.

Here's a counter-proposal.

At least once a year you should live like a rich person. You should:

* Show up to work on time

* Work more than 40 hours

* Actually work

* Work at something that actually demands tangible results

* Strive to keep your customers satisfied and your competitors at bay

* Assume responsibility for an entire workforce

* Deal with an army of voracious regulators who know nothing about your profession but will shut you down if they imagine you aren't doing it right

* Provide for your own damn spawn

* Pay taxes

* Stop whining


Dealsies?

I would like to add one thing to your list.

* Have to get out of bed when very sick and show up at work because other people depend on you completing your project on time. 

[Gina]

I would like to add one thing to your list.

* Have the integrity to get out of bed when very sick and show up at work because other people depend on you completing your project on time. 

I agree. I am very tempted to get std but that is only 60% of my pay right now.  I am worth more than that! 

[BlueStateSaint]

I agree. I am very tempted to get std but that is only 60% of my pay right now.  I am worth more than that!  

Ummm . . . Gina, does your husband know abiout this?



 

[Gina]

Ummm . . . Gina, does your husband know abiout this?



 

HE DOES NOW!

[Karin]

Look at their strange little fantasies:

Response to Th1onein (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 11:28 AM

Star Member Lars39 (18,404 posts)

4. I'd go farther than that...
 
Once a year a certain percentage is chosen to live this way indefinitely, with no way of knowing when their nightmare of a new reality will end, or if it will ever end. Of course I'm leaning towards a high percentage.

There is something very wrong with you. 

[Chris_]

Look at their strange little fantasies:

There is something very wrong with you. 

Someone read 'The Hunger Games' too many times.