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Originally posted by Linux User #5225982375:
And as for people on welfare, they don't do so well. I live in a very poor rural neighborhood on a dirt road and most of the people around live in little shacks and don't work because they have no freakin' education, and no motivation. Nobody cares about them, just enough to give them some food stamps so they won't starve to death. Of course they never spend food stamps on condoms and keep having more kids, who also end up losers, sitting on the front porch evey morning in rags drinking beer for breakfast. I imagine a country where social engineering would make such a class of people obsolete.
That is the exact reason I don't support welfare, they should be allowed to starve to death if they don't work.
I also hate the idea of not letting people get rich. being rich is something people work for. Most don't achieve it, but for the few who do, bravo, I aspire to become rich like you. Even if I have to knock a couple people out of the way, they should have done it to me first. Even if I lived in a socialist society I would slow everyone down to make me look better. I think many others would say the same. You guys here are a minority, people would be stepping all over you because of your "big hearts and want for free stuff" but don't you see, you want to hurt others, you want to take all rich people's riches away. That is hurting someone just as bad as a rich person screwing some poor person over. The rich person worked for his or her money, even if they did it in an unfair way. Luck was on their side.
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Yes, and I hear it doesn't work.
Well lets look at it from a rich person point of view. (when I say I, I am referring to a rich person, not to myself)
I make $500,000 a year. The government takes 40% away, that leaves me with $300,000. Now they raise taces to 50%, I know only have $250,000 to play around with. I'm just gonna take a pay cut because I am a nice person and my laborers are hard working. Fuck No. I now have 3 choices. Raise Product Price to the consumer. Cut spending (Layoffs.) Or squeeze more time out of them (longer hours, less pay, less vacation, etc.) Raising prices is the easiest but we lose competitive advantage. Squeezing doesn't always work and is very difficult. That leaves me with Layoffs. There is something easy. Fire $50,000 worth of people and machinery. Perfect. While I'm at it, why not take add a little extra to my wallet.
That is how the trickle down works.
[ March 26, 2003: Message edited by: Billy Gates: Mac Comrade Captain ]
