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Originally Posted by Robbie
Some of the posts here are so strange to me.
I was raised to kick ass, take names, and move ahead. That's what I did...and it worked.
It's always worked.
If there is a smaller middle class today it's because of a different sense of entitlement amongst our society (you can see it in the posts in this thread). The "Middle Class" just don't have the same work ethic.
People imagine that wealth is some sort of "pie" and the rich have all the pie.
Bullshit.
Money comes and money goes. But the cream ALWAYS rises to the top. If you haven't, then you need to change your work habits and make it work for you.
I wasn't raised to think like some of you...I listened to my grandfather and he was 100% right.
Those of you thinking that it's the "evil" rich "holding you down" are the ones who are never going to be rich.
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I am probably in your boat in that I am well off. Probably just shy of a 1% depending on what metric is used. The cream will rise as always. The rich aren't holding anyone down etc.
We just have a system that would be better if we paid as we go. Our generation got the big safety net and the free education. Our folks paid for it in higher taxes on the wealthy. Our kids got the same thing and we did not pay for it. We got the Reagan era tax system. We got a free ride. It is not right to our kids.
We can blame run away spending etc. But the fact that tax collections as a percent of GDP have been historically low in the US is a problem. Growth never went back to post WWII levels. Trickle down didn't work. The rich were supopsed ot use that extra cash to create jobs and instead it went overseas.
I am ok with the world being the marketplace but then we still need to pay our bills. This sort of depends on how much you like your kids as we will more then likely be dead or close to it when the shit hits the fan.