LookieNoNookie
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ORIGINAL: thompsonx The original argument was about racism, ThompsonX immediately responded with (Post#2): "Perhaps if racists stoped being racist then the libs couldn't play the race card". Sort of a basic concept dontcha thimk? No, I don't thimk It devolved from there into older white males being racists (only), then it devolved further into blacks not being successful (singularly) as a group, then into "if you stopped killing your children/leaving your women pregnant with no fathers" etc. etc. It finally evolved into (but for a few disjointed posters) a discussion about success, devolving back into a discussion that white males can't understand the history of blacks, therefore their struggle to succeed. Almost all of my posts have been entirely misquoted or misconstrued, nearly all of which come down to: If you want something....shoot for it. You've got a better chance of hitting it than if you never try. If you dont have a gun,bullets or sights it is pretty hard to hit any thing except air Get knowledge. It's the best munition available (and Andrew Carnegie ensured it was available to everyone). That, unfortunately, isn't adequate apparently to assuage those who simply desire to stay right where they are. It isn't adequate because it fails to address the issue. (Which works just fine for me....it provides employees). The ones you claim to pay over scale That would presume we were union, which we are not. What I have said in the past is, my non union employees are paid in excess of what the unions require. I have also said that women in my firm doing the same job as a man, will generally earn MORE than the man because women tend to be far more organized, consistent and their follow through is better on average. As to those who might benefit from the status quo, I, as a lifelong Republican was thrilled about Obamacare (still am in concept, but it needs work), I think the wealthy should pay significantly more, but I also think everyone should pay something Why do those who have nothing(comparative term) have to pay anything? Because everyone benefits from the largesse. (federal income tax....I know, I get it....everyone already pays something....just not federal income tax), I think ALL income should be taxed identically, no special deals for unearned (stocks/real estate) income versus earned income (labor/wages). As to the USA being a beacon of opportunity, my God....of course it is Problem is that the beacon is on the other side of a barb wire fence Cut the barbed wire. Walk around the fence. Find the answer. It won't seek you out. It does however, exist. ....and there are billionaires in China too (many of whom did so without any state or governmental influence or advantage). Really???which one? Jack Ma for one (Alibaba), and there are multiple hundreds of others. Where you came from is your good or bad fortune in life, but it is where you begin, by default. Where you end up is entirely up to you. That sorta ignores about a million years of history and basic logic. I would submit, the evidence is vibrantly clear, it proves it. But, anyone that wishes to stay where they are, are more than welcome to follow your proven logic ThompsonX No one else. Except those more powerful than yourself. Huh? Do you eat an entire bowlful of stupid every morning?
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