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Originally Posted by Atticus
Nobody said they could. But once again you've bought the Republican Kool-Aid 100%. Its either successful people pulling themselves up from their boot straps or lazy no good takers. Theres a middle ground. Maybe some people just want to live a comfortable life and do not want to be millionaires, or don't care. They're happy working a 40 hours a week job and raising their 2 kids. With bowling night every Friday. Being home to eat dinner with their kids and helping with the homework. Saving up for that once in a lifetime trip to Hawaii. What's wrong with that? They work hard also. Thats the problem with the above graphic. It's becoming harder and harder to achieve. Because the more and more wealth that goes to the 1%, the more it's hoarded and not filtering back into the economy.
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It's not that black and white. And I don't drink Kool-Aid. The majority of people do live the kind of life you describe. Unemployment may be at 10%. That means that 90% are working and paying their mortgages, taking vacations, getting a new car every 3 years.
And for that group of people, they are successful. They live the life they want. If the government didn't need 35+% of their income in taxes they would have more to spend.
But those aren't the people we are talking about. It's that lower group. The entitlement mentality. People who feel that they are owed more. People who buy things they don't need and can't afford. And that group is growing.