I never did #2 (reading is fundamental) and I AM the top, so how could I do #3?Chizzang wrote:BTW the 22,000 sq ft house dude north of San Antonio qualifies...AZGrizFan wrote:
I'm not suggesting we are. Just commenting on the article, jagoff.
but it's neat-o how you did what I said in my example above on steps 2) and 3)
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Yes there are.89Hen wrote:You don't think there are plenty in the wealth redistribution crowd that don't want to raise taxes on families making over $200-250K? That aint even close to "rich" around here.Chizzang wrote:
Well I call bullsh!t on your bullsh!t
Btw, wealth redistribution is a two way street and socialism perfectly acceptable if it benefits a certain group.
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Come again?kalm wrote:Btw, wealth redistribution is a two way street and socialism perfectly acceptable if it benefits a certain group.
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@ the coffeehouse socialists in this thread.
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That gets at something I've written about before; though I've focused on income rather than wealth. By any reasonable definition of what the "middle class" is the middle class is better off now than it was back in what people think of as the golden days of the middle class.Chizzang wrote:
In 1963 the wealth level at the 50th percentile (the middle) was $41,028 (in 2016 dollars). In 2016 it was $97,300. 2.4 times as high.
So by what calculus do we say those at the "middle" were worse off in 2016 than they were in 1963 when they had almost 2 1/2 times the wealth in 2016 in inflation adjusted terms than they had in 1963? It's ridiculous.
This thing of focusing on the "gap" is ridiculous.
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no I don't think families making $250k are in danger of some crazy tax scheme89Hen wrote:You don't think there are plenty in the wealth redistribution crowd that don't want to raise taxes on families making over $200-250K? That aint even close to "rich" around here.Chizzang wrote:
Well I call bullsh!t on your bullsh!t
The upper middle class is safe
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@ the faux industrialists kicking the step ladder down behind them.SDHornet wrote: @ the coffeehouse socialists in this thread.
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As previously noted...kalm wrote:@ the faux industrialists kicking the step ladder down behind them.SDHornet wrote: @ the coffeehouse socialists in this thread.
The assigned job of the middle class in America is to passionately defend the elite wealthy
Whilst simultaneously hating the poor
and they do it as instructed
this thread / exhibit A
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The gap is used in my example to show you who the wealth distribution clowns are going afterJohnStOnge wrote:That gets at something I've written about before; though I've focused on income rather than wealth. By any reasonable definition of what the "middle class" is the middle class is better off now than it was back in what people think of as the golden days of the middle class.Chizzang wrote:
In 1963 the wealth level at the 50th percentile (the middle) was $41,028 (in 2016 dollars). In 2016 it was $97,300. 2.4 times as high.
So by what calculus do we say those at the "middle" were worse off in 2016 than they were in 1963 when they had almost 2 1/2 times the wealth in 2016 in inflation adjusted terms than they had in 1963? It's ridiculous.
This thing of focusing on the "gap" is ridiculous.
Nobody in their right mind would go after middle and upper middle class with new higher tax rates
The target is pretty clearly defined as uber-wealthy and certainly not $250K
christ you can't even buy a house in Seattle on that family income
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How so?kalm wrote:@ the faux industrialists kicking the step ladder down behind them.SDHornet wrote: @ the coffeehouse socialists in this thread.
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You got a strange view of life, son.Chizzang wrote:As previously noted...kalm wrote:
@ the faux industrialists kicking the step ladder down behind them.
The assigned job of the middle class in America is to passionately defend the elite wealthy
Whilst simultaneously hating the poor
and they do it as instructed
this thread / exhibit A
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I try to be neutral in regards to the elite wealthy and the down trodden and destituteAZGrizFan wrote:You got a strange view of life, son.Chizzang wrote:
As previously noted...
The assigned job of the middle class in America is to passionately defend the elite wealthy
Whilst simultaneously hating the poor
and they do it as instructed
this thread / exhibit A
I don't really know what the answer is
but I'm pretty sure 400 guys owning 65% of all U.S. wealth
probably doesn't make America a better place
and they don't need me defending them
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If you're gonna be poor and downtrodden, it's good to be poor in America.Chizzang wrote:I try to be neutral in regards to the elite wealthy and the down trodden and destituteAZGrizFan wrote:
You got a strange view of life, son.
I don't really know what the answer is
but I'm pretty sure 400 guys owning 65% of all U.S. wealth
probably doesn't make America a better place
and they don't need me defending them
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I guess you're not listening.Chizzang wrote:no I don't think families making $250k are in danger of some crazy tax scheme89Hen wrote: You don't think there are plenty in the wealth redistribution crowd that don't want to raise taxes on families making over $200-250K? That aint even close to "rich" around here.
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When has he ever? He's got his own, strange view of the world and lives in a bubble known as Seattle. It's a giant echo chamber...89Hen wrote:I guess you're not listening.Chizzang wrote:
no I don't think families making $250k are in danger of some crazy tax scheme
The upper middle class is safe
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AZGrizFan wrote:When has he ever? He's got his own, strange view of the world and lives in a bubble known as Seattle. It's a giant echo chamber...89Hen wrote: I guess you're not listening.
I might be moving to Minneapolis...
BTW: Home prices in Minn are so low me and the GF are stunned
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I completely agree...AZGrizFan wrote:
If you're gonna be poor and downtrodden, it's good to be poor in America.
We actually have a large percentage of over weight poor people in this country
which is something you really don't see much of elsewhere
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You'll have to spend the savings on heat and winter clothes.Chizzang wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
When has he ever? He's got his own, strange view of the world and lives in a bubble known as Seattle. It's a giant echo chamber...
I might be moving to Minneapolis...
BTW: Home prices in Minn are so low me and the GF are stunned
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I remember reading an article many years ago about immigrants and one interviewed was from Africa. He said that growing up he some missionaries were using magazines to teach English. There was an article about in one magazine about America's poor. He said I knew then I wanted to move to America because we were starving and all the poor people in America were fat. He wanted to live where poor people could be fat.Chizzang wrote:I completely agree...AZGrizFan wrote:
If you're gonna be poor and downtrodden, it's good to be poor in America.
We actually have a large percentage of over weight poor people in this country
which is something you really don't see much of elsewhere
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Well... probably notHI54UNI wrote:You'll have to spend the savings on heat and winter clothes.Chizzang wrote:
I might be moving to Minneapolis...
BTW: Home prices in Minn are so low me and the GF are stunned
There's a condo in midtown Minneapolis that's 2300 sq ft absolutely glorious and it's $750K
That would be $1.5M in Seattle
the building has a gym on the 5th floor
Coffee shop at street level
grocery store 2 blocks away
incredible !!!
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Ahhh...Minneapolis. The most segregated city in America.Chizzang wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
When has he ever? He's got his own, strange view of the world and lives in a bubble known as Seattle. It's a giant echo chamber...
I might be moving to Minneapolis...
BTW: Home prices in Minn are so low me and the GF are stunned
Interesting choice for someone so enlightened.
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AZGrizFan wrote:Ahhh...Minneapolis. The most segregated city in America.Chizzang wrote:
I might be moving to Minneapolis...
BTW: Home prices in Minn are so low me and the GF are stunned
Interesting choice for someone so enlightened.
It's the GF
She got offered some fancy pants directors position - I can live anywhere as long as it has a major airport
and no black people
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Any man that would move from their desired location, to a less desirable location, because of their female partner's job is............umm...............uhh..............hmmmm.............nevermind.Chizzang wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
Ahhh...Minneapolis. The most segregated city in America.
Interesting choice for someone so enlightened.
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She got offered some fancy pants directors position - I can live anywhere as long as it has a major airport
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I wouldn't knock it - nothing wrong with having a sugarmomma.CAA Flagship wrote:Any man that would move from their desired location, to a less desirable location, because of their female partner's job is............umm...............uhh..............hmmmm.............nevermind.Chizzang wrote:
It's the GF
She got offered some fancy pants directors position - I can live anywhere as long as it has a major airport
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CAA Flagship wrote:Any man that would move from their desired location, to a less desirable location, because of their female partner's job is............umm...............uhh..............hmmmm.............nevermind.Chizzang wrote:
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