Rich Mother Fuckers have too much fucking money!

[edhopper]

I am so tired of the GOP trying to make the rich richer and cut their taxes to near zero when all I see is that Rich Mother Fuckers have too much fucking money.

I am sure we all have anecdotes of the rich spending some obscene sum of something while the working people we know struggle.

My tale.
My brother [a teacher] bought a very high end stove from someone in his town on Craigslist. He got a range probably worth $4 - $5 thousand for under a grand. Why did he get such a deal. The rich people remodeling their home decided after buying this high end appliance that they wanted a different higher end oven. So they they got rid of this one. I know people who have remodeled and they always struggle with the cost. But I guess money was no object to these folks. That's because Rich Mother Fuckers have too much fucking money.

Feel free to tell your stories of the obscenely rich.

[madokie]

1. You tell it pretty damn good Ed

[edhopper]

3. I came up with this phrase as my brother

was telling me how he got this great new stove. I blurted out "RMFHTMFM"!

[Enrique]

2. except in your anecdote your brother benefits

here's my anecdote: a greedhead pillages a corporation, puts hundreds out of work, and stashes all his loot in the Cayman Islands where it doesn't do anyone any good except for the next 10 generations of Romneys who will live comfortably off it.

[edhopper]

4. Yes

occasionally workers get the crumbs. When a rich asshole buys a second Yacht he hires a crew. Aren't we all so lucky.

[LanternWaste]

47. I imagine the relevant difference between a "very high end stove" and crumbs

I imagine the relevant difference between a "very high end stove" and crumbs are more often than not, predicated less on what we need, and more on where we stand.

[Mira]

5. Yup - reminds me of

needing a dishwasher. Got a brand new one for about 150 bucks - it was a really expensive model sitting dejectedly in the huge 3 car garage of a very new smelling building. The owners were still outfitting the place, and they did not like the color of the buttons. Or something silly like that. It meant nothing to them to just "let me have it" for way less than it's supposed value.
It was great for me, but gave me a foul taste, all the way around.

[edhopper]

8. You seem to miss the point

There is nothing immoral about taking the discarded dishwasher.
What is immoral is that a class of people in this society have benefited so much from the political results that they can buy anything they want and then throw it away.

[laundry_queen]

12. And....whoooooooosh. nt

[Snotlaw]

7. Jealous Much?

So your brother rips off some rich guy, benefiting from the evil rich, and you are mad. That sounds rational.

[edhopper]

10. My brother did not rip anybody off.

It is an illustration on how large the income gap has grown and how the wealthy have so much more money than they need.
Yet we have an ongoing debate about them paying fewer and fewer taxes.

Try to see the forest, not the trees.

[lunasun]

13. Bow to your masters troll

They like it when your butt is up like that -makes it easier!

[bongbong]

18. Welcome To DU

Now don't you have to go somewhere else? Perhaps to do some Koch Knob polishing?

[HughBeaumont]

23. You're literally the first PPR I've seen that says "asshole" as a reason for purge!

"Class warfare" and "class envy" are old news and in bad form, son. Try harder next time. Be a cut above.

[HangOnKids]

38. Holy Shit That Is HILARIOUS!

The fuckstick needs a new manual. Not doing it right it appears.

[HiPointDem]

45. Why is it that whenever there's talk of inequality, someone always comes along to say "You're just

jealous!"

It's really strange, that.

[SammyWinstonJack]

51. Really?

[lunasun]

9. $3000.00 porch light fixture

one of these but 3K
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202038359/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=porch+light+fixture&storeId=10051

told me it had special glass for the lighting to shine through

Also same told me it must be sad to live in a black family because almost all are made up of a women with 8 children from 8 different men- but when I asked if that means most black women are promiscuous. The subject was changed.....
I figure the dumb fuck doesn't know what the definition of the word means

My mother's stance on this was hey idiots like that keep the economy moving and a sucker is born every minute
But IMO their political /religious/social stances do not offer a pass because of the little trickle down effect they have.

In this example I can not prove it but I believe all their $$ comes from the use of a very large amount of illegal employees for their large business
and I am sure they treat them like shit but hey if they do not have to offer American standard wages they get to keep more for them selves and if they rip off /worker abuse illegals I am sure they can justify it with more of their racial fairy tales.

It always amazes me that most folks hate the illegal workers but idolize and want to be just like the rich that use them for profit and take away an American's job so they can keep more for themselves ...the illegal is not taking away the job as much as the person pursuing them as an employer IMO but I know most will disagree or say "but"

BTW all these fucks have kids( they can afford to have kids anyway anyhow ) and the next generation will be totally out of control. Even the 1 or 2 adopted kids I see in these type of families are already super assholes so it is not genetic it is enviro/indoctrination....

[mainer]

11. If they were REALLY rich, they wouldn't sell it on Craigslist.

Their assistant would call up Salvation Army to haul it away.

[edhopper]

14. Maybe

I guess they were just pretty damn rich, not filthy rich. Or the husband wanted to recoup something after the wife decided she didn't like the original oven.
I still say RMFHTMFM.

[lunasun]

17. The got $1000 for the stove

A donation gets you a smal write off and is way too generous - you would help someone who has made "bad choices" in their view and isnt helping themselves

[bongbong]

15. Dumps

You would not believe what goes into the dumps in places like the Hamptons. I know someone who makes a good living selling perfectly-fine, occasionally near-mint dump finds on Ebay.

[edhopper]

22. Thanks bong, but it looks like some here think I shouldn't be outraged

that these same mother fuckers from Wall Street who kept their second and third homes in the Hamptons while the middle class struggled to keep there homes as they blew up the housing market and tanked the Economy.
I must be jealous and whiny, rather than see that Rich Mother Fuckers have too much fucking money.

[bongbong]

29. Indoctrinated

They are indoctrinated in the Dog-Eat-Dog worldview that the entire MSM pushes 24x7. They don't realize that the economy is a zero-sum game. It used to not be, when you could "harvest" natural resources for free, more-or-less. There was your profit.

But now we're in a world of scarcity, and in a lot of ways, every additional penny that a millionaire gets (which many would kill their mother for) is another penny lost to someone poorer.

[edhopper]

19. If you are not angry at how the Rich have

taken control of this country to their benefit and the disadvantage of everyone else, you aren't paying attention.

The anecdote is meant to be a small allegory to illustrate the larger problem.

Do you disagree that Rich Mother Fuckers have too much fucking money?

[bongbong]

20. Odds

Odds are you won't get a reply to your question. I think the guy just popped in to write a post about how Liberals are all poopyheads.

[TBF]

24. "Realistic and reasonable" capitalism? heh.

We've seen what that has brought us the past 30 years.

Is this "serious" enough for you? Please ask if you have any questions.

[HughBeaumont]

26. They're just ALL OVER this thread, ain't they?

The "Class Warfare" trolls need to turn the page. Wealthy bastards really ARE screwing everything up for their personal and eternal gain.

[TBF]

27. Yup. nt

[lonestarnot]

21. My story is that everything about them makes me

[PassingFair]

25. Diamonds.

I've been talking to some "cash for gold" and pawn store owners, and they all say that
the resale on gem stones has never been lower.

One woman says it makes her stomach ache to tell women how little
their engagement rings are when they try to sell them.

Told me that she could only offer $250.00 for a ring that a woman said
they paid $5000 for.

[bongbong]

31. Yes

The artificially high price of diamonds was a result of DeBeers monopoly. It is now kinda broken because of all the new sources of diamonds in other countries.

However, the price drop isn't all due to that. I had a diamond-cutter tell me at a party over 20 years ago that the "natural" price of diamonds should be (at that time) 1/10 of the actual price, and that the monopoly & marketing was to blame for the other 9/10's of the price.

[Snake Alchemist]

28. I've been trying to find a Vulcan stove for under 2500.00 for a long time.

My ER doctor friend has one and I've always been envious. I have to settle for an old gas Maytag.

[edhopper]

30. Just check Craigslist for

"For sale by Rich Mother Fuckers"

[Snake Alchemist]

32. Even when they're on sale I can't find them for under 4K. nt

[snagglepuss]

33. That should be a bumper sticker.

[edhopper]

34. Do you think I can

trademark it?

[hifiguy]

35. Didn't we used to attract a better grade

of trolls than the ones getting TSd so quickly on this thread?

[frankroberts]

36. get over it...

[HangOnKids]

39. Get Over What?

A bridge? A fence? A cold? Really your post is confusing frank.

[frankroberts]

41. get over...

the fact that some people have more money than you. same as it ever was. everyone reading this has a computer which probably puts them in the top 10% (I'm guessing) of income for the whole world. I would also guess that those reading this are mostly white people. a pretty elite bunch for the most part.

bitching about getting too good a deal on a high end stove? maybe you should take the difference and donate it to someone who really needs it.

oh and all the 'fuck' words get tiresome to read. save them for when you really want to add some punch. otherwise they lose their power.

have a great day.

[HiPointDem]

46. Not the same as it ever was at all. The share of national income held by the top 1% has about

tripled since the early 70s.

That equals a tripling of their power to fuck you over. If you don't get how inequality translates into power, well....

[HughBeaumont]

40. I don't think so, Don Henley.

LIVE ones today.

It's like they can smell "besmirching our wealthy overlords" from across Google.

[SammyWinstonJack]

52. Wow, you really told him.

[Ganja Ninja]

37. If they didn't have all that money they wouldn't be able to buy politicians.

The solution is to tax the rich more and to astronomically tax all political contributions over $2000. Tax them at 1000% and if that's not enough double it. That includes taxing all contributions to PAC's and anything that even remotely resembles them.

[joeglow3]

42. You need to calm down.

My wife and I are buying a house and do not like the fridge and range included with the house. We are spending $3,300 to replace them with what we want. I will give the others away to our church for their garage sale. Am I a "rich fucker with too much fucking money?"

[edhopper]

49. Were these new appliances?

And unlike the people in my OP you did not buy them for your home and then decide to buy different ones.

[mainer]

44. And Americans dump their trash onto barges that get hauled overseas

where poor people pick over them like treasure chests. To the third world, WE are the rich mother fuckers.

[LanternWaste]

48. The odd thing is the relative position of wealth

The odd thing is the relative position of wealth. This weekend, I spent the days in air conditioned comfort, watching movies on a rather large television in a my fully furnished apartment. And, despite the fact that I am most definitely not wealthy at all, I imagine a subsistence farmer in Rwanda whose three eldest sons were taken by a local militia group could quite validly state of me, "Rich Mother Fuckers have too much fucking money!" because I did in fact, receive a brand new mattress on Sat., and threw away the old one.

Would I feel no shame if he says that of me? Do the people remodeling feel shame if you say that of them?

[edhopper]

50. Read my OP again

did you buy a new mattress to replace an old one. Or like them did you buy a new mattress, not use it and buy another new mattress because the money was immaterial.