tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post8933842405137427570..comments2023-09-04T06:50:00.127-07:00Comments on Hang Art: Distribution of WealthJerry Carlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-64705419327239617422011-02-26T08:34:42.731-08:002011-02-26T08:34:42.731-08:00Thank you for the comments! See, there is no argue...Thank you for the comments! See, there is no arguement here: the system is broken! We need to have rules of Honesty in order to fix it. I am not in favor of creating any kind of equality by lowering or stealing from those above me. I worry a LOT about union busting and destroying collective bargining rights. We worked, literally thousands of years for those benefits and to reduce to the lowest common denominator is never a good idea, about anything.<br />Personally I think it is like a good mystery novel: follow the money. Who benefits? and then, as simple as a children's book: what's fair? I am bothered a LOT that 40% of the wealth is controlled by the top 2%. like bullies on the playground. They don't export jobs to China for MY benefit!!!Jerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-73900605867495153582011-02-26T05:27:04.271-08:002011-02-26T05:27:04.271-08:00Maybe I'm going off on a tangent here, Jerry.....Maybe I'm going off on a tangent here, Jerry...I have a tendency to do that at times! LOL Anyway, working hard and reaping rewards is a fine thing, if one doesn't hurt anyone en route, walk all over someone else's path. What really gets me is those who cheat, lie, steal to make that happen. Women who are with married men for years and end up inheriting the wealth (I know of someone like that)...another woman who benefitted from her husband's death and still is cheap enough to commit bunco, essentially, by returning things for full price at stores and picked up for a song at swap meets... Of course, then there are those who work their butts off for their whole lives just to live check to check, pay the rent/mortgage, put gas in the car, pay for insurance, doc visits, groceries, utilities, and if they are really lucky, eat out at McDonalds once a week. Yep, I have to agree...we've gone off the skids somewhere. Companies farm out their work to other countries where labor is cheap and those people can eke out their poor existence. Here people can't find work, live in their cars or in shelters, can't make a living by working at McDonalds but take the job for some relief, some help to their lives. I'm not too good for any job and this isn't a stab at McDonalds. At least they do provide jobs. And then (and THEN) there are people who take their jobs for granted, show up late, call in sick, do a half baked job while at work and for some weird reason get to stay on while someone with more education and experience is lucky to get a shoe in the door, and if they are lucky enough to get hired, work for much less than the idiot above and are darned glad for it. I could go on and on and on...As you can see, this is kind of a sore subject for me. My point is that the system just doesn't work for everyone and many seem to fall through the cracks, even those who would seem most unlikely to do that...Autumn Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010044052621228719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-15739464202697185502011-02-25T17:31:33.707-08:002011-02-25T17:31:33.707-08:00I hate this new math...I hate this new math...Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819844673551315071noreply@blogger.com