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Old 05-09-2015, 08:02 AM
 
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The ridiculous tax breaks for the 1 percenters account for more than 10 trillion dollars in the same period.
Wow, the endlessly promulgated liberal myth of the evil of people being allowed to keep their own money. No wonder they so consistently fly in backward circles.
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Old 05-09-2015, 08:03 AM
 
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Liberal welfare programs have created a class of hand out dependent people. I know a family that is on welfare and both parents are legitimately on disability and the amount of money they receive is shocking. What is more shocking is their entitled attitudes. They think that everyone owes them something and they take and take. They have the option and the ability to work part time but instead they want to apply for yet another program. I suppose why work when you can hang out all day watching TV and have the state pay your bills.

I know someone that works in a medical facility as a social worker and the things that she sees on a daily basis is crazy. How about the state putting up a former heroine addict in an apartment and giving her a car?
I know a guy whose rental house was trashed by a section 8 family, there was even poop smeared on the walls. The couple were evicted and actually dragged out in handcuffs and the state found them another house to move in to which they will probably trash.

Welfare has created a dependent entitled class of people in this country that do as little as possible. The system is setup that if they do too much like get a job they lose their benefits so why even try?


Welfare was designed to be a crutch for when people needed it until they got better but now too many use it like a wheel chair and they just roll through life.

Like Section 8 landlords and owners of corner ripoff stores?
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Old 05-09-2015, 08:05 AM
 
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Wow, the endlessly promulgated liberal myth of the evil of people being allowed to keep their own money. No wonder they so consistently fly in backward circles.

Where did the top 1% get their money? Perhaps those people think they should get some of it back? Just a possibility.
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Old 05-09-2015, 08:06 AM
 
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No, it's: "live poor, retirees need their pensions and 401k/IRA draws."

Millions of American workers and retirees have $24 trillion worth of equity investments, etc., in their pension/retirement accounts.

Retirement Question 4 | EBRI

Wait...maybe they need to live within their means?
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Old 05-09-2015, 08:35 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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Yes, I have issues relating to drunks because I was raised by drunks. In this house, with a drunk having control over my living situation and environment, I am not competent. A drunk roommate, with no economic power over me, would be no issue.
Why have you placed yourself in a situation in which your housing prospects may require you to have a drunk roommate?
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Old 05-09-2015, 08:37 AM
 
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Wait...maybe they need to live within their means?
Retirees? Or are you advocating that everyone works until they drop dead, leaving no job openings for younger generations?
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Old 05-09-2015, 08:56 AM
 
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Your beliefs are clearly different. Your priorities, too. We can all see that. Sadly.
You are a result of your thoughts. Yep we sure do think different than you. Thank you.
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Old 05-09-2015, 08:57 AM
 
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Sometimes I wished that EVERY landlord in the country would evict every tenant.

What would YOU do then?
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Watch a lot of landlords join their tenants in homelessness eventually?
Hardly. So you never heard of multiple streams of cash flow and diversification?
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Old 05-09-2015, 08:57 AM
 
Location: Houston
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No, it's: "live poor, retirees need their pensions and 401k/IRA draws."

Millions of American workers and retirees have $24 trillion worth of equity investments, etc., in their pension/retirement accounts.

Retirement Question 4 | EBRI
Exactly, I anticipate my income from investments to exceed my income from SS in my old age. I ain't nowhere near being a 1%er.
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Old 05-09-2015, 09:06 AM
 
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So if you are saying "let them eat cake" I would remind you of what happed to the person that uttered those words.
That only happens if you flaunt it. Oh wait, maybe Kanye West will really loose his head
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