"America's Poor are better off than the middle class in Europe! They have TVs, microwave ovens and cars!"
Marie "Let them eat hate" LimbaughnetteNever mind that they have no hope of ever owning their home, no job security and no access to affordable health care - so long as they have some cheap-ass TV, a microwave (that's a luxury item?) and some old clunker car (because with out a car in America, you may as well be jobless), they're doing great! :sarcasm:
Anyway, back to the article...
http://blueherald.com/2007/03/class-warfare/#more-2925/One of the most hilarious, hypocritical, utter bullshit talking points you’ll hear from conservative pundits is that liberals pushing for some sort of equity or social justice are practicing class warfare. Bill Gates actually gives a phenomenal amount of money to charity, but needless to say, he’s not the norm. Class warfare waged by the rich and powerful against the poor and middle class is not only a current reality, it’s been the general rule for several millennia. That’s hardly a secret, although most of the chattering class apparently think it terribly uncivil to mention. The gross and growing disparity of wealth is a serious problem — unless you’re one of the rich and powerful.
You’d really think the super-wealthy who practice class warfare would have the “civility” and “class” to shut up, back off, and let the rest of us live our lives and pursue some modest prosperity of our own versus them stealing yet another piece of the pie when they already own a massively disproportionate portion. I’m not as much concerned about the rich and indifferent. I’m concerned about a handful of families, eighteen to be exact, actively working to make an already horribly unequal distribution of wealth in America even worse, the good of the country and the world be damned.
There is no major socialist party in America. There are no major figures in America urging the people to rise up and seize the monetary assets of Paris Hilton and re-distribute them to the masses. Under even the most taxing of progressive tax codes, say the 92% or so on the top bracket we had in the 1950s, the super-wealthy will remain super-wealthy. Barring mind-blowing stupidity and/or criminal acts on her part, Paris Hilton will never be poor. I know several rich couples, Republicans no less, who give significant amounts of money to charity every Christmas, bless ‘em. The rich are not inherently evil. But neither are they inherently virtuous, and that line about camels and needles comes to mind. Someone inheriting great wealth may or may not be a kind person, but they did not gain their wealth through inherent merit. There is virtually no situation anyone can face where being rich is not an advantage over being poor. Certain kidnapping-hostage situations, perhaps. And if you happen to be an aristocrat living in France in 1789, you’re probably pretty screwed. But apart from that, if you’re rich and/or powerful, you’re sitting quite pretty, you’ve been sitting even prettier thanks to Reagan and both Bushes, and your ass is about to get an even fluffier cushion.
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