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Like the one about the OP mispelling height while calling Reich a "know-nothing idiot!"?
Which is doubly funny as Reich is short.
Remember kids, if you're going to clown someone about their inability to spell correctly.........be sure to use the correct word to describe such a condition.
I wonder what Reich thinks his "worth to society" is? In my opinion, it is zero! Therefore, he should give back the $240 G's he is paid (using his logic).
Like the one about the OP mispelling height while calling Reich a "know-nothing idiot!"?
Which is doubly funny as Reich is short.
Oh, EXCUSE ME! I'm sure you have never misspelled a word in your life.
I know it's "height," but you sometimes hear people say "heighth," [it's a pretty common mispronunciation] and when I'm typing fast and thinking ahead of what I'm typing, I can make a mistake. But, you don't, of course. You're perfect.
Remember kids, if you're going to clown someone about their inability to spell correctly.........be sure to use the correct word to describe such a condition.
Ahh yes, to have an opinion on wealth inequality you must be poor, otherwise you are a hypocrite?
But wait, if you're poor, then its just envy.
Nice reasoning you have there. All the while you demonstrate a really good example of a ad hominem attack.
"Wealth inequality" is a myth in terms of a social problem. Yes, some people make more than others; some make A LOT more than others. And it would seem like disparity; but that's only if you view it in socialist terms.
Reich, and the Left, are socialists. That's why they see "income inequality" as a societal problem. And notice how Reich referred to the "corporate takeover of our democracy." Doesn't he know that we don't have a democracy? The United States of America is a Representative Republic! It is not a democracy!
Reich's entire blog post was written from a socialists point of view. From a capitalists point of view, what someone earns (is paid) is relative only to their value to their employer, and this is dependent on their skills and knowledge, which translates into how much they contribute to the success of the organization (return on investment; i.e., profit! ). This is entirely a private matter, and it is the business of nobody else. It is especially not the business of Robert Reich!
But, apparently, Reich doesn't see his own hypocrisy. Of course, he probably thinks he is of great value to society because he is in the teaching profession! Big deal!
Just keep voting for the Democrats, they are here to help.
OMG!!! Yeah, right! They're here to "help." They are here to relieve you of your Liberty, your Freedom, and even your money!
"I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help you." Like Lois Learner is "helping" people by targeting them for audits, etc. Like the ACA is "helping us" with our health insurance and health care (with those high deductibles, you might as well not have any insurance at all — the very thing the so-called "Affordable" Care Act was supposed to eliminate, the uninsured).
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They are totally different from the Republicans and will not put wall street in the whitehouse, will not take the donations from Exxon and GE etc. and allow pipelines and fracking and will not appoint the Monsanto CEO as the head of the FDA.
Nope, the Democrats won't allow development of our natural resources, and they will eliminate the use of coal, driving up your electric bill ("...the cost of electricity will necessarily skyrocket." — Barack Obama).
And no fracking! Absolutely can't have that! Can't have abundant and affordable gas and oil, and the resulting prosperity it brings. Oh, no ... the Democrats will end that horrible technology!
The Democrats would have us all riding bicycles, driving horse and buggy like the Amish, and heating our homes with a fireplace — oh, wait ... they are regulating wood burning stoves now too, and fireplaces are next on the list. Can't afford heating oil (I haven't used my oil furnace in years), gas and propane will be in short supply and expensive.
Who the hell are the Democrats helping? 'Cause it ain't me!
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Keep fighting the good fight. Thankyou for your support or the party that supports the corporations will win!
Let's hope that they do, so that we can save this Republic from destruction.
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P.S. Please send us a check so we can stop the republicans from being so pro-corporation. THanks!
"Wealth inequality" is a myth in terms of a social problem. Yes, some people make more than others; some make A LOT more than others. And it would seem like disparity; but that's only if you view it in socialist terms.
Reich, and the Left, are socialists. That's why they see "income inequality" as a societal problem. And notice how Reich referred to the "corporate takeover of our democracy." Doesn't he know that we don't have a democracy? The United States of America is a Representative Republic! It is not a democracy!
Reich's entire blog post was written from a socialists point of view. From a capitalists point of view, what someone earns (is paid) is relative only to their value to their employer, and this is dependent on their skills and knowledge, which translates into how much they contribute to the success of the organization (return on investment; i.e., profit! ). This is entirely a private matter, and it is the business of nobody else. It is especially not the business of Robert Reich!
But, apparently, Reich doesn't see his own hypocrisy. Of course, he probably thinks he is of great value to society because he is in the teaching profession! Big deal!
As a business owner, investor and someone who enjoys his money, I'm definitely a capitalist, not a socialist. However, if you don't realize that such a high percentage of the nation's wealth concentrated in a few places is a problem you really need to go back to high school economics class.
I know scream "socialist" is a great dog whistle, but, it avoids the larger problem.
The simple fact is a a healthy economy requires that the overwhelming majority of money earned is put back in to the community in the form of (a) personal spending and (b) taxes. If you look at the companies that have been economically more healthy over the past few decades, they are also the most even and egalitarian of countries (for the most part).
A wealthy person doesn't put a high percentage of their money back in to the community. They save it. That's fine-- to a point. When you have an imbalance like we do the money being saved by the wealthy is at the expense of the lower classes who would be spending it on "guns and butter..."
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). This is entirely a private matter, and it is the business of nobody else. It is especially not the business of Robert Reich!
