OT: Wealth Redistribution Experiment

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The right has framed all of this as giving handouts to bums and crack whores on the streets. It’s hardly that. This “wealth distribution” is more better described as investments in alternative energy, investments in infrastructure, investments in health, investments in education, investments in our youth, and paying down our debt.

Most agree that we need to do all of these things, but no one wants to pay for them. This nation is on the brink of insolvency, yet when the bill comes due everyone whines about having to pay it.

Lets go back to the original metaphor used in this post. Imagine you go out to dinner every night for 8 years, but you always charge it, never pay cash, and never pay down your credit card balance. All of a sudden your credit card company says, “dude, pay up, or else.” Are you then going to sit there and whine and moan that you have to pay the bill that you’ve spent the last 8 years racking up? You’ve had “free” meals for the past 8 years on someone else’s dime, yet you complain when your wallet is on the line. I think it’s time to grow up and face the reality of the situation.

[an]

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Lets go back to the original metaphor used in this post. Imagine you go out to dinner every night for 8 years, but you always charge it, never pay cash, and never pay down your credit card balance. All of a sudden your credit card company says, “dude, pay up, or else.” Are you then going to sit there and whine and moan that you have to pay the bill that you’ve spent the last 8 years racking up? You’ve had “free” meals for the past 8 years on someone else’s dime, yet you complain when your wallet is on the line. I think it’s time to grow up and face the reality of the situation.[/quote]
Using your example, which is a very good example, I’d stop eating out and go on a rice & soy sauce diet, until I pay off all the debt. I would not keep on eating out and ask my boss to pay me more or ask for handouts from my parents. Do you see where I’m going w/ this?

[an]

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Lets go back to the original metaphor used in this post. Imagine you go out to dinner every night for 8 years, but you always charge it, never pay cash, and never pay down your credit card balance. All of a sudden your credit card company says, “dude, pay up, or else.” Are you then going to sit there and whine and moan that you have to pay the bill that you’ve spent the last 8 years racking up? You’ve had “free” meals for the past 8 years on someone else’s dime, yet you complain when your wallet is on the line. I think it’s time to grow up and face the reality of the situation.[/quote]
Using your example, which is a very good example, I’d stop eating out and go on a rice & soy sauce diet, until I pay off all the debt. I would not keep on eating out and ask my boss to pay me more or ask for handouts from my parents. Do you see where I’m going w/ this?

[an]

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Lets go back to the original metaphor used in this post. Imagine you go out to dinner every night for 8 years, but you always charge it, never pay cash, and never pay down your credit card balance. All of a sudden your credit card company says, “dude, pay up, or else.” Are you then going to sit there and whine and moan that you have to pay the bill that you’ve spent the last 8 years racking up? You’ve had “free” meals for the past 8 years on someone else’s dime, yet you complain when your wallet is on the line. I think it’s time to grow up and face the reality of the situation.[/quote]
Using your example, which is a very good example, I’d stop eating out and go on a rice & soy sauce diet, until I pay off all the debt. I would not keep on eating out and ask my boss to pay me more or ask for handouts from my parents. Do you see where I’m going w/ this?

[an]

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Lets go back to the original metaphor used in this post. Imagine you go out to dinner every night for 8 years, but you always charge it, never pay cash, and never pay down your credit card balance. All of a sudden your credit card company says, “dude, pay up, or else.” Are you then going to sit there and whine and moan that you have to pay the bill that you’ve spent the last 8 years racking up? You’ve had “free” meals for the past 8 years on someone else’s dime, yet you complain when your wallet is on the line. I think it’s time to grow up and face the reality of the situation.[/quote]
Using your example, which is a very good example, I’d stop eating out and go on a rice & soy sauce diet, until I pay off all the debt. I would not keep on eating out and ask my boss to pay me more or ask for handouts from my parents. Do you see where I’m going w/ this?

[an]

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Lets go back to the original metaphor used in this post. Imagine you go out to dinner every night for 8 years, but you always charge it, never pay cash, and never pay down your credit card balance. All of a sudden your credit card company says, “dude, pay up, or else.” Are you then going to sit there and whine and moan that you have to pay the bill that you’ve spent the last 8 years racking up? You’ve had “free” meals for the past 8 years on someone else’s dime, yet you complain when your wallet is on the line. I think it’s time to grow up and face the reality of the situation.[/quote]
Using your example, which is a very good example, I’d stop eating out and go on a rice & soy sauce diet, until I pay off all the debt. I would not keep on eating out and ask my boss to pay me more or ask for handouts from my parents. Do you see where I’m going w/ this?

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Yep, the question becomes: Who was doing all the eating these past 8 years? I’ll also add that if the balance is not paid off in a timely manner, your interest rate (tax rate in this example) should and will go up.

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Yep, the question becomes: Who was doing all the eating these past 8 years? I’ll also add that if the balance is not paid off in a timely manner, your interest rate (tax rate in this example) should and will go up.

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Yep, the question becomes: Who was doing all the eating these past 8 years? I’ll also add that if the balance is not paid off in a timely manner, your interest rate (tax rate in this example) should and will go up.

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Yep, the question becomes: Who was doing all the eating these past 8 years? I’ll also add that if the balance is not paid off in a timely manner, your interest rate (tax rate in this example) should and will go up.

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Yep, the question becomes: Who was doing all the eating these past 8 years? I’ll also add that if the balance is not paid off in a timely manner, your interest rate (tax rate in this example) should and will go up.

[an]

[quote=afx114]Yep, the question becomes: Who was doing all the eating these past 8 years? I’ll also add that if the balance is not paid off in a timely manner, your interest rate (tax rate in this example) should and will go up. [/quote]
I say the majority of American have been eating at restaurants they shouldn’t have. From the guy making minimum wage buying a 1/2 million $ house to the government increasing spending by 40% to the fat cats making millions. Majority of the people have been living well beyond their means. That’s why we didn’t experience as bad of a recession as we should have in 2001. Consumer spending fill in where corporate spending left off. Majority love to point finger at the other guy, but if everyone just look in the mirror, that’s the person they all should blame. So, everyone have to do their share to pay down this debt.

[an]

[quote=afx114]Yep, the question becomes: Who was doing all the eating these past 8 years? I’ll also add that if the balance is not paid off in a timely manner, your interest rate (tax rate in this example) should and will go up. [/quote]
I say the majority of American have been eating at restaurants they shouldn’t have. From the guy making minimum wage buying a 1/2 million $ house to the government increasing spending by 40% to the fat cats making millions. Majority of the people have been living well beyond their means. That’s why we didn’t experience as bad of a recession as we should have in 2001. Consumer spending fill in where corporate spending left off. Majority love to point finger at the other guy, but if everyone just look in the mirror, that’s the person they all should blame. So, everyone have to do their share to pay down this debt.

[an]

[quote=afx114]Yep, the question becomes: Who was doing all the eating these past 8 years? I’ll also add that if the balance is not paid off in a timely manner, your interest rate (tax rate in this example) should and will go up. [/quote]
I say the majority of American have been eating at restaurants they shouldn’t have. From the guy making minimum wage buying a 1/2 million $ house to the government increasing spending by 40% to the fat cats making millions. Majority of the people have been living well beyond their means. That’s why we didn’t experience as bad of a recession as we should have in 2001. Consumer spending fill in where corporate spending left off. Majority love to point finger at the other guy, but if everyone just look in the mirror, that’s the person they all should blame. So, everyone have to do their share to pay down this debt.

[an]

[quote=afx114]Yep, the question becomes: Who was doing all the eating these past 8 years? I’ll also add that if the balance is not paid off in a timely manner, your interest rate (tax rate in this example) should and will go up. [/quote]
I say the majority of American have been eating at restaurants they shouldn’t have. From the guy making minimum wage buying a 1/2 million $ house to the government increasing spending by 40% to the fat cats making millions. Majority of the people have been living well beyond their means. That’s why we didn’t experience as bad of a recession as we should have in 2001. Consumer spending fill in where corporate spending left off. Majority love to point finger at the other guy, but if everyone just look in the mirror, that’s the person they all should blame. So, everyone have to do their share to pay down this debt.

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