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Old 05-30-2019, 09:01 PM
 
Location: Texas
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If you looked at the article you would know that the CEO of Walmart makes more than two hundred million a year. While you are right about good times, we must have been working in different countries because the American work force is still below the size it was in 1999.
The the CEO of Walmart makes 200,000,000 and there are 1,500,000 Walmart employees. Lets give all that to the employees. Each one gets 133.33. Dunno what your point is.

Why are you saying the American work force is below 1999? 110 million in the workforce in 1999. Since then it's never dropped below 111 million.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...sa-since-1990/


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Fox news is no substitute for a real education.
Agreed but you're the only one here claiming Fox News is the economic source to listen too. lol
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Old 05-30-2019, 09:05 PM
 
Location: Just over the horizon
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There are several things that trickle down. Money is not one of them.


Dems don't believe in trickle down because they have a misconception of what it actually is.

They think that it means money is supposed to fall into their laps.


But it's not money that trickles down.


It's Opportunity


But you still have to get up off of your ass and grab it.
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Old 05-30-2019, 09:10 PM
 
Location: Near Falls Lake
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Interesting conclusion. The rich pee on us and if we are smart we tell our republican bosses that we like golden showers.
So just EXACTLY how are the rich peeing on YOU! How have they prevented YOU from achieving your economic goals! Have they prevented you from obtaining a good skill set? Have they prevented you from finding a good job? Have they prevented you from starting a business? Perhaps it is time people took some personal responsibility for their station in life!
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Old 05-30-2019, 09:18 PM
 
Location: Silicon Valley, CA
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As an employee you are like a piece of furniture. You get paid to be used and your pay depends on how useful you are. I never expected or wanted to be rich, I just wanted to be comfortable and I am. I remember one year about a decade before I retired the CEO awarded himself a $60 million bonus, and kept our annual raise package down to 2-1/2%. That's the way it is.
A better description is as an employee, you're like a Kleenex tissue - once they're done using you, you're discarded.
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Old 05-30-2019, 09:41 PM
 
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Really? Explain how so many early Microsoft workers became so wealthy.
You do know that Microsoft was a startup that shared stock generously in the 70s, right?

I'm not saying that trickle down economics doesn't work, but you gave a scenario that would be used to disprove it.
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Old 05-30-2019, 09:43 PM
 
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Lol.

How did so many middle-class people ended up millionaires? Do you think they embezzled money from Bill Gates?

The money trickled down.
Lol... This all makes sense now.... you have no idea what trickle down economics is...
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Old 05-30-2019, 09:55 PM
 
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Very well in fact. The more the company earns, the more the CEO earns, and the more I earn.
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Old 05-31-2019, 12:09 AM
 
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Bigger question. Why are people so damn hung up on the fact that the Federal government can and should control their lives. Its pathetic and sad, you have significantly more control over your own success or failure than the government does.
What does that have to do with whether or not supply side economics work or not?
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Very well.

How is socialism working for Venezuela?
The poor bastard in Venezuela is barely making it no matter what system they have. It’s Latin America for crying out loud.

What? Venezuela had some burgeoning middle class before socialism sprung up?
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I get a new job.
Right. No credulity issues there.
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working pretty dam good for me, never made so much money before
Oh yeah. (Wink)
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Starting a new job in a few weeks.

$20k more than I make now with better benefits and 3x the vacation time.

Really now?
I guess I can't complain.
20k more and 3 times the vacay, huh?

Do you guys ever read this stuff to yourselves before you post it?
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Very well in fact. The more the company earns, the more the CEO earns, and the more I earn.
LMAO...that’s LITERALLY fantastic.
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Old 05-31-2019, 01:22 AM
 
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Trump restored your bonus that Obama made your company attenuate, huh?

Yeah, that’s believable. SMH
Just because you do not have the capacity to understand does not mean that it is not true.
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Old 05-31-2019, 03:07 AM
 
Location: Just over the horizon
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20k more and 3 times the vacay, huh?

Do you guys ever read this stuff to yourselves before you post it?


LMAO...that’s LITERALLY fantastic.



I don't have to read it.

I wrote it.

And I meant exactly what it says


After losing a good job in the Obama recession, I had to step back into my backup career because there's a lot more jobs there than in my current field.

But I'm finally getting back into a more technically orientation position that pays approximately $20k more per year and starts with 3 times the vacation time that I currently have, among other benefits.

Don't be jelly..... opportunity is back.

Go take advantage of it.
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