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Originally Posted by Twodogs
I'm far from rich, but prefer to work hard and "earn" a decent living for me and mine.
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as do i. however, it would take all of my digits to count the number of extremely wealthy people i've worked for who refused to pay me a decent wage on grounds such as: the company can't afford it, you're not going to get any more anywhere else, our pay is on par with the area, etc.
i can recall being denied a quarter on hour pay raise on the grounds "the company can't afford it" by the owner as he sat on the deck of his 84 foot yacht while his employees prepared it to get under way for his monthly cruise to nassau to gamble at the playboy club. and it kills my soul to think that he probably paid less in annual income tax than i did. did he work hard and earn his money? hell no. his parents gave it to him. he never worked a day in his life.
i also owned my own business for a while. i provided a service spray cleaning houses (pressure washing). i recall giving an estimate to a lady one day who told me, "don't let the big house fool you. i'm not rich." i wanted to tell her that my apartment would fit in her garage. she had a house in a gated community, at least 6000 square feet, on at least 2 acres, waterfront, manicured lawn (you can bet she didn't do the maintenance), pool, dock, boathouse, guest quarters, etc.
i've got three female first cousins, two of which married into a family that owns approximately 4500 acres of farm land. i could live on the money they piss away. there are more discarded items, stored all over their farm, that are rotting, than i will ever own. their father left all the land to them. my step-dad mows grass for them part time. they pay him 7 bucks an hour. man, does it really piss me off to hear them talking about how they "didn't make any money this year". yet they can afford to go on 10,000 dollar hunting trips every year. and not that they don't work, they do. however they have hired hands do all the dirty work, for barely over minimum wage.
i could go on and on.
we're talking "take from the rich" here. as you stated, you are not rich. so i'm afraid that i just don't understand why you would be against the rich paying more. they can certainly afford it, it wouldn't dramatically alter their lifestyle, and it would take care of people who can't do better for themselves.
believe me when i say that most poor people (a rather loose term) are NOT poor because they are lazy and don't work. i must admit that there are people who fall into that category, however they are an exception to the rule, not the rule.