Study: Middle Class Screwed, Upper Class Fine

The Stats: http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2010/02/10/rich-people-still-have-job...

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[Achilleus30]

@ladylordess

You want survival of the fittest? You want a class war? If so you'll find out quick that "survival" and what makes "the fittest" has very little to do with the qualities that enable one to earn money in today's economy.

Using piles of cash that daddy handed down to you as leverage to ensure your continued wealth, proves nothing about your overall fitness. And you can shit on your townspeople for just so long before they show up at your gated community with torches and pitchforks.

[baigandine]

Nobody's demonizing anyone. He's just giving you the statistics.

[TheWingflyer]

@Achilleus30 Thanks. Nice to see somebody using their brain. Wealth, knowledge, and culture short circuited the old Darwinian model of human survival humans aeons ago. That game's long past ended with us. Natural selection ended for humans when they ceased to be natural anymore.

[TheWingflyer]

@TheSkunkCat That's AMERICAN and 3rd-world-style capitalism. There are far better models of capitalism like Japan's, Korea's, Germany's... You know, actual advanced nations.

[TheSkunkCat]

Well that's capitalism.

The rich take everything and screw the rest over and rile up the middle class against the lower class, so they can pick the middle class pockets.

They're all like; Ooh those evil poor people are taking a cent of your tax dollars! Whilst they help themselves to a 1000 bucks of your tax dollars. That's the rich. At least most of them. Vultures really who let other people do their work and take their money.

And lots of people are dumb enough to buy it.

[MegaELECTRICEYE]

@PattyWhomperOFFICIAL The way things are going we could have a revolution in a few years or less. Yeah!!! Now I kinda understand why Bush signed into law the Patriot act. Just in case riots broke out in the streets they could enforce Marshal Law. And this could happen under his parties watch Time. Obama and the democrats will gone after 2012 election just my guess.

[gurnee34]

Work to get a law passed that says Congressional pay will be reduced 2% for every day after July 1 thst s budget has not been sent to the President for his approval. The pay shall not be raised again. If the President vetos the budget, his pay will be reduced by 5% if Congress overrides his veto.

[Javis586]

There's sub-classes to you know. Like Lower Low class, AKA The Crackies, The Methos, The Gronkos, etc.

[Maxpound]

@Achilleus30 Pitchforks? no my friend....they are gonna show up with AK-47's with grenade launchers.

[andharvey8]

What a moronic statement. Lets say that another way:

"People who are posting large earnings figures to the IRS are more likely to be employed than people who are posting low earnings figures"

Well, YEAH!!! Is anyone surprised that unemployed people aren't showing much in the way of income? What an absurd video.