Has anyone here ever confronted a conservative about the issue of wealth dispari

[Chris_]

old mark  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Jan-28-11 05:53 PM
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34. Many of those people believe Sarah Palin is a figure mentioned
   
in the bible (Deborah) come from Heaven to lead America into the End Times....How much logic can one really expect?

Funny, this is the first I've heard of it.

These fools will say anything.

[BlueStateSaint]

I don't recall reading about America in the Bible.

As to Palin, they will go to great lengths to slander/libel her. With all their obsession with Palin, someone like Rubio or Jindal will sneak in and run away with the 12 election. They won't know what happened until it's too late.

That's exactly what I think will happen.  As long as it ain't Romney, He of Socialized Medicine in Massachusetts.

[PatriotGame]

Brilliantrocket  (89 posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Jan-28-11 03:30 PM
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Has anyone here ever confronted a conservative about the issue of wealth disparity?
   
Edited on Fri Jan-28-11 03:30 PM by Brilliantrocket
We know most conservatives are not super wealthy. When confronted with statistics such as : the top 20% own 85% of total assets while the bottom 80% own 15%. When confronted by something like that, and knowing that most conservatives aren't rich, how do they defend it? Why are they so blind to where their own interests are? Examples of responses would be enlightening.

Hey DUmmy, there is no such thing as "wealth disparity". Some people have more assets than others simply because nature made them smarter than you, more talented than you, and harder working than you.

What's next? Ya fugly DUmmys gonna sue someone because they are better looking than you?

Aesthetic disparity - "give me my free shit!!!"

[Chris_]

HughBeaumont   (1000+ posts)             Fri Jan-28-11 03:48 PM
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22. Horatio Algeritis.
   
They'll never get that their Pop-Tart-munching asses aren't going to be the next Mark Zuckerberg. That kind of success is called a lottery. For every Zuckerberg, there are 10 to 100 thousand schmoes who fail; some eventually, others spectacularly.

Well, shit.  I'll just give up and sit on my sofa all day, waiting for someone in Washington to take care of me instead.

I'm so glad we have DUmmies around to tell us these important things.  How else was I supposed to know what to do?

[true_blood]

Brilliantrocket  (89 posts)    Fri Jan-28-11 03:30 PM
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Has anyone here ever confronted a conservative about the issue of wealth disparity?
Edited on Fri Jan-28-11 03:30 PM by Brilliantrocket
We know most conservatives are not super wealthy. When confronted with statistics such as : the top 20% own 85% of total assets while the bottom 80% own 15%. When confronted by something like that, and knowing that most conservatives aren't rich, how do they defend it? Why are they so blind to where their own interests are? Examples of responses would be enlightening.

Brilliant pocket rocket thinks that the rich shouldn't be/aren't entitled to their wealth and their belongings it seems. Well guess what buddy? TOUGH! I've busted my ass through a technical high school and got a great job working in that particular field that I took in school. Who are you to judge me or say I don't deserve it. You didn't do the work for me, why should you get what I worked hard for? Put in your time and earn it.

[PatriotGame]

Cant trust em  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Jan-28-11 03:35 PM
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5. That's not an issue for them.
   
Rich people are rich because they are smarter and more talented.

Poor people are poor because they are dumb and lazy.

A DUmmy becomes self-aware.

What's next? Sky Net is activated?

[PatriotGame]

Hello_Kitty  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Jan-28-11 03:39 PM
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12. "I never got a job from a poor man" or somesuch is the typical response.

So you have gotten jobs from poor people? I can just imagine what the pay was.

Ah...she got a job alright...it was that "oral" thing.
Amazing what a DUmmy will do for a bottle of Thunderbird wine.

[PatriotGame]

Brilliantrocket  (89 posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Jan-28-11 03:53 PM
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26. I guess they think that wealth is infinite...

No, BUTT DUmmy stupidity surely is.
Your pubLICK school education is showing through again.

[PatriotGame]

Ever hear of OPSEC ?   

We had to parachute him into the DUmp - covered in stealth coating - under the radar...erm never mind...

[PatriotGame]

JoePhilly  (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-28-11 04:20 PM
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32. My old high school friends are like a bell curve ...

If not for the Bell Curve, you would never have graduated Low, Erm High Skkkool let alone kiddie-garden.

[delilahmused]

JoePhilly  (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-28-11 04:20 PM
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32. My old high school friends are like a bell curve ...
   
3 of use are pretty liberal, 3 are very conservative, the rest are in the middle with various leanings depending on the issue.

Our yearly golf reunion is for the most part "apolitical" ... its basically a bunch of 40ish guys playing bad golf, drinking, and reminding each other of how great we were as athletes / sex gods. And, we also spend much of the time making fun of each other. Endless mocking.

My conservative friends hate the fact that I was right about Iraq. So I rub that in their faces whenever the chance presents itself. None of them know who Phil Graham was or what his role in the financial collapse was ... I enjoy explaining it to them.

When one of these political debates pops up ... my moderate friends, those in "the center of the bell curve" quickly instruct my conservative friends to "give it up now!!" ... their position is that I will destroy any argument that my conservative friends put forward ... which is a mocking of their views.

Gosh, another DUmmie who constantly puts his conservative "friends" in their place...who knew! But if he was right about Iraq does that mean he supported the surge and his conservative friends didn't? And as for Phil Graham...did the DUmmie mean the Phil Graham who was publisher of the Washington Post or Senator Phil GraMM who the idiots on the left blame for the housing debacle? Or Phil Graham the rugby player? Oh, and how can this be true if a cop didn't jump out of a sand trap?

Cindie

[AllosaursRus]

Now that's a great answer!

When I got my 1st job at 16 my Mother said that I was to start paying $25 a week towards household expenses, when I wanted my 1st car I had to save for it and buy it myself and buy my own insurance, when I went to school I paid for it myself and worked 2 jobs. What a novel concept expecting your children to be responsible and not expect everything to be handed to you.

How'd ya get off that cheap? My mom charged me 200/mo if I wanted to stay home, she feed me and do my laundry! I moved out when I hit my 18th birthday. Wish I'd of stayed home longer! Feedin' myself and goin' to the laundromat ****in' sucked!!!

[Ballygrl]

How'd ya get off that cheap? My mom charged me 200/mo if I wanted to stay home, she feed me and do my laundry! I moved out when I hit my 18th birthday. Wish I'd of stayed home longer! Feedin' myself and goin' to the laundromat ****in' sucked!!!

LOL, it did increase after I graduated HS, my Dad had gotten sick so basically my Mom and I took care of all the bills, we basically loaded up and lived on pasta, chicken and cereal for the month.

[TexasCop]

I'm poor because I'm lazy.  So that part about poor people being that way because they're lazy, well, it's true.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I'm poor because I'm lazy.  So that part about poor people being that way because they're lazy, well, it's true.

Well High-five for that, I have to admit I'd have a shit-ton more money if I was willing to work harder for it.  But I'm not, and what I do pays the bills and leaves me time for my family and hobbies.

 

[TexasCop]

Exactly.  I deal with a lot of rich people at the charity for which I work and I used to think it was BS when people said money couldn't buy happiness.  For the most part, these people work themselves into an early grave and you can see it in their faces.  Not me!  I do my 40 a week and I'm done! 

[AllosaursRus]

Well High-five for that, I have to admit I'd have a shit-ton more money if I was willing to work harder for it.  But I'm not, and what I do pays the bills and leaves me time for my family and hobbies.

 

Heh, no kiddin'! I could prolly turn this place into some high dollar Dude Ranch, but who wants to put up with a bunch morons? Besides, I'm busy enough! I'm old, set in my ways, luv dogs as much as I hate people, and got a bad back! Long as I can afford my Johnny Walker and Rib Eyes, I'm good!

Besides, I'm sure I got way too much by any DUmmie's standards, so I'm "happy as a three peckered billy goat in a yard full of nannies"!

[I_B_Perky]

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I would think I would know what my own interests are.

That's the thing that always pisses me off. Some columnist writer is always saying I am voting against my self interest. They don't know me. How do they know I vote against my self interests? I always vote for my interests. My interests include not giving the welfare parasites more of my hard earned money. My self interests include not paying more taxes on my investments so maybe when I hit 65 I won't have to depend on the government to pay my bills. My self interests include not being taxed cause some idiot made poor choices in his life and now needs the government to take care of his health care, shelter, and food on the table.

I damn well know what my self interests are and the democratic party ain't looking out for my self interests.