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11-19-2012, 03:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kirkland, WA | | FWIW, I believe that many currently "rich" people, particularly those in finance, with vast paper wealth will no longer be rich in the not-too-distant future. Perhaps within three years. Most likely within five.
The problem though is that it would take me pages and pages of text (and time!) to explain exactly why. 
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11-19-2012, 03:34 PM
|  | El Nada | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Seattle, WA | | | In my experience unpleasantness is not predicted by socioeconomic status, neither is societal parasitism. The 'entitlement' mindset crosses socioeconomic lines as well.
All we have here, from what I can tell, is a lot of opinion and anecdotal experience masquerading as factual knowledge. In that I include myself (I know folks on assistance. They need it legitimately. ).
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11-19-2012, 03:35 PM
|  | Just one more question | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: San Franciscco, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by NWB  FWIW, I believe that many currently "rich" people, particularly those in finance, with vast paper wealth will no longer be rich in the not-too-distant future. Perhaps within three years. Most likely within five.
The problem though is that it would take me pages and pages of text (and time!) to explain exactly why. | Will they be on welfare? 
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11-19-2012, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Simo98 I'd leech off the system if it didn't require more paperwork than my real job...  | Might as well dude. Everyone else is doin' it! 
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11-19-2012, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by slobake Will they be on welfare? | No...Money won't be worth anything after the zombie apocalypse...Mwaa-ha-ha-haaaa!
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11-19-2012, 03:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: QLD, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Marial All we have here, from what I can tell, is a lot of opinion and anecdotal experience masquerading as factual knowledge. In that I include myself (I know folks on assistance. They need it legitimately. ). | I don't think Stuck-up-ness and asshattery are really quantifiable values.
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11-19-2012, 03:42 PM
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11-19-2012, 03:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nickbass79 No...Money won't be worth anything after the zombie apocalypse...Mwaa-ha-ha-haaaa! | Rich or poor, most will be dinner. |
11-19-2012, 03:42 PM
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Independent Contractor to Bass San Diego | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | As an example, you can hate Bill Gates for any reasons you want, but he gave ten thousand million dollars to develop and distribute vaccines for children. Now how many un-stuck-up middle class people could do that? He also gave 750 million dollars to fight AIDS, TB and malaria.
Gates, Buffett and over 50 other billionaires have pledged to give away half their wealth to charity. I believe that amounts to over $600 billion dollars. The charities that benefit from the pledge would be hurting if there were no rich people. Gates used to be the richest man in the world, but now he's not since he's given away 28 billion dollars so far. He is SO stuck up.
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11-19-2012, 03:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: North Carolina | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spade2you Rich or poor, most will be dinner. | So if a zombie makes dinner of someone rich, are they having an expensive dinner?
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11-19-2012, 03:45 PM
| | | | ^ The poor are hoarding all of the good guns and junk parts that can be used to maintain machinery after manufacturing ceases.
Of course the rich are better at brewing the wine and beer that will have to replace our zombie contaminated drinking water and have those useful walls around their mansion compounds. |
11-19-2012, 03:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: MEXICANADAMERICA | | come on, Eric! (lighten up)
the thing that pisses me off, are the CORPORATIONS that are on WELFARE!!!! 
the airlines, auto makers, the FRIGGIN GOVERNMENT!!!
they cost you more than the homeless & needy, while you pay for their goods and services. then top that off with a ton of deductions.  let's talk about greedy, scandalous politicians who work for the corporate machine.
OOPS,...
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11-19-2012, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga As an example, you can hate Bill Gates for any reasons you want, but he gave ten thousand million dollars to develop and distribute vaccines for children. Now how many un-stuck-up middle class people could do that? He also gave 750 million dollars to fight AIDS, TB and malaria.
Gates, Buffett and over 50 other billionaires have pledged to give away half their wealth to charity. I believe that amounts to over $600 billion dollars. The charities that benefit from the pledge would be hurting if there were no rich people. Gates used to be the richest man in the world, but now he's not since he's given away 28 billion dollars so far. He is SO stuck up. | Well said!!! Quote:
Originally Posted by pacojas come on, Eric! (lighten up)
the thing that pisses me off, are the CORPORATIONS that are on WELFARE!!!!
the airlines, auto makers, the FRIGGIN GOVERNMENT!!!
they cost you more than the homeless & needy, while you pay for their goods and services. then top that off with a ton of deductions. let's talk about greedy, scandalous politicians who work for the corporate machine.
OOPS,... | Hey, I agree with every word of this as well (especially the "lighten up Eric" part!!!) 
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11-19-2012, 03:54 PM
|  | Pardon my driving, I'm reloading | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego/LA | | | This is a good time to recommend that people watch the movie Idiocracy. Although not a great movie, the premise of the movie is somewhat holding true as a prophecy. If you don't see the general IQ of the developed world lowering, try speaking with most 16 year olds....try taking the phone out of their hands and putting it on a table next to you and see what kind of eye contact you get once it vibrates and they can't respond.
I will never debate that the world has gotten more possession centric when the success of a developing country is measured in how many Apple stores they might have or the leading News discussion is the opening of retail stores on Thanksgiving. The giving away of their fortunes that Munji discussed is the balance to all the things I see that are sadly progressing the wrong direction. |
11-19-2012, 03:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: North Carolina | | | great movie
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11-19-2012, 03:56 PM
|  | Just days from retirement. | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lincoln, NE | | | My goal is to grow up and be a moderately rich thousandaire. Maybe even shoot long and go for multiple thousands.
I've been friends with and acquainted with people who were/are truly wealthy and people who were trailer park wannabes. Some of the people were just naturally nice to their fellow humans regardless of their financial standing, and some were just wastes of oxygen, financial status not withstanding.
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11-19-2012, 03:59 PM
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that flick is awesome in it's general premise! 
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11-19-2012, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by fjadams My goal is to grow up and be a moderately rich thousandaire. Maybe even shoot long and go for multiple thousands.
I've been friends with and acquainted with people who were/are truly wealthy and people who were trailer park wannabes. Some of the people were just naturally nice to their fellow humans regardless of their financial standing, and some were just wastes of oxygen, financial status not withstanding. | As a multi-thousandaire, I can vouch for this plan.
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11-19-2012, 04:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | There are sh**** people everywhere, regardless of income, class, race, religion, ethnicity, sex, etc....
That's reality.
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11-19-2012, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga I do, however, go into their schools to encourage their kids to pursue an education, especially in engineering and science. I want them to do better than their parents, just as I want my daughter to do better than me. | Best way of paying it forward I know of. Beers are on me if we ever meet in person.
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