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Money Hate
01-06-2014, 12:42 AM
Hey everyone,
I'm rather new here so excuse me if this is posted in the wrong area.
Lately it seems that the general consensus among the mass media middle class is that people with money somehow don't deserve what they earned, that they only have it because of some sort of "privilege" or they had to rip someone off to earn their net worth.
Recently i was discussing "Covered California" (my states version of Obamacare) and was told i should be happy to pay 25% higher insurance premiums simply because i can afford it.
I'm wondering if this attitude is limited to California or if this is fast becoming a nationwide thought process..
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01-06-2014, 01:52 AM
It's long ingrained. It may have something to do with minimum wage not being tied to production in anyway. Something along the line of I make $6/hour at McDonalds. I make six double cheeseburgers in the first 5 minutes paying that $6. Where does the money for the other 55 minutes go?
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Too much drama for a hit it and quit it brutha such as myself
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Money Hate
01-06-2014, 09:53 AM
Money hate, player hate, or just plain old hate hate. It's divide and conquer. If we're at each others throats we never work at fixing real problems.
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Money Hate
01-06-2014, 10:53 AM
It's a quitter mentality. I used to associate with people like that. What kills me the most about liberals is when you're a well off male they will take from you and expect you to be ok with it. I started to get really annoyed at this "unwritten" code of mediocrity. To this day it irks me as working in a large corporation makes you beholden to the unwritten code of mediocrity.
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Money Hate
01-06-2014, 11:06 AM
Mediocrity is the best word to describe it. Success is punished and mediocrity is encouraged.
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Money Hate
01-06-2014, 11:13 AM
If someone hates money it is because they do not have it.
"Christian love bears evil, but it does not tolerate it. It does penance for the sins of others, but it is not broadminded about sin. Real love involves real hatred: whoever has lost the power of moral indignation and the urge to drive the sellers from temples has also lost a living, fervent love of Truth."
- Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen