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It isn't jealousy and hate -- that's your emotional input into the argument. There may be some socially motivated that resent rich people who want more more more at the expense of the poor.....it is true. But I would argue that is a very small percentage of the left leaning crowd.
Obama and Democrats played to those jealousy's. They still do, example, the screaming about Trumps tax plan... they always scream about the rich.
Be careful, the right calls it Going Galt to which the left had a good laugh over.
But good for you, but what else are you going to grow and raise to eat? Are you going to live in a log cabin and chopping the wood to build the house. Will you be burning firewood for heat in the winter and lighting the house by oil lamps.
I'm not laughing at you, but then again, I did have to point out that you'll still depend on others. By the way, I also downsized and not buying into the commercialism, not out of hate but for my own financial freedom.
I am building on Bricks, Steel, Rocks and Concrete, I am going to burn some Wood to heat the wáter for bath, but I will also have an instalation for Liquid pressure Gas. I am going to buy som Solar Cells for Producing Electricity from sunny land but I will Also be connected to the electric grid. I will try to buy some field for growing corn and some lambs for producing meat. and perhaps one or two cows for milk
You are one person so you can only work so much to produce your income (limited income). The rich invest, risk their money to buy assets.... businesses, then hire you to work. 4 can produce more than 1.
I am building on Bricks, Steel, Rocks and Concrete, I am going to burn some Wood to heat the wáter for bath, but I will also have an instalation for Liquid pressure Gas. I am going to buy som Solar Cells for Producing Electricity from sunny land. I will try to buy some field for growing corn and some lambs for producing meat. and perhaps one or two cows for milk
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Hope you never need any life-saving medical care. That was all brought about by... investors.
Investors are little more than gamblers, WHY are so many so willing to place them on a pedestal?
My first mortgage was @ 13 1/2% which was actually a good deal at the time. When I paid it off I felt no inclination to send the bank a Thank You card, they were well paid for their gamble. I also see no reason they shouldn't pay taxes on their income as any citizen does. We made a simple business deal, they did nothing from the goodness in their hearts and don't deserve to be treated as if they did.
Investors are little more than gamblers, WHY are so many so willing to place them on a pedestal?
My first mortgage was @ 13 1/2% which was actually a good deal at the time. When I paid it off I felt no inclination to send the bank a Thank You card, they were well paid for their gamble. I also see no reason they shouldn't pay taxes on their income as any citizen does. We made a simple business deal, they did nothing from the goodness in their hearts and don't deserve to be treated as if they did.
LOL, who said they did anything out of the goodness of their heart? They invest for profit. Only the left wants more and more of the profit as if they are social institutions. Take the profit motive away and why would they invest and how would you get a job, the products and services you need?
Investors are little more than gamblers, WHY are so many so willing to place them on a pedestal?
Without their "gamble," there is NO reward of newer and better medical treatments, products, services, people buying homes before they can pay cash in full, etc. How do you not get that?
LOL - the irony is that there has been no "money" (i.e. "lawful money") since 1933. Dollars (gold coin) were confiscated by Saint Roosevelt, and he and congress criminalized the possession of lawful money.
All that remains in circulation are "dollar bills" (Federal Reserve Notes) which are IOUs (debt) denominated in dollars - minus value. Less. Than. Zero.
People should ask why 'Mericans are so sophisticated [/sarcasm] to be fooled into accepting worthless paper in lieu of constitutional money.
But of course, usury (interest) has been denounced as an abomination for "only" 3500 years, so it goes without saying that the usurers (bankers) rule the world. So shut up, sit down, pay and obey.
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