America is becoming a class-based society.

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Idiot. I guess the hundreds of thousands of dollars my wife and I have invested are not helping anyone

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I lived in 7 homes at age of 12, from there 6 years in a double wide.. went to 10 schools until I got my high school deploma...my wife and I almost clear 200k. I worked hard for what I have, piss off...

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"deploma"

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Some loser that thinks life is a zero sum game wanting to drag other people down.  Shocking.

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Some loser that thinks life is a zero sum game wanting to drag other people down.  Shocking.

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You can take all the wealth on earth and divide it equally to every person.

In five years most everybody will be back in the same position they started  from.

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My success and my wife's success will strip their emotions raw and lay them out like exposed roaches with the lights on.

They cannot guilt us because we do not care. Cast any labels or names our way and we simply smile the smile that know that you are smarter, better looking and wildly successful. In short they cannot do shit.
We are armed, trained and ready to rock. We live happy lives and are extremely content in our success. In short, we win. They lose. They suck hind tit everyday, always and will continue to fail miserably because their whole life's premise is wrong. And I relish in their misery; its glorious to hear their petulant whining and moans. So much winning!

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They also told us Hillary would win.

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I worked very hard to get to the income level I am at now.  Barring disability, most people who are poor could improve their situation if they were so inclined and worked for it.

"I can't get a raise!  It'll cut into my government check!"  I don't know how common that really is, but if it happens, then you know that person has elected to remain on the Welfare Plantation rather than seek freedom.

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You can take all the wealth on earth and divide it equally to every person.

In five years most everybody will be back in the same position they started  from.

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My success and my wife's success will strip their emotions raw and lay them out like exposed roaches with the lights on.

They cannot guilt us because we do not care. Cast any labels or names our way and we simply smile the smile that know that you are smarter, better looking and wildly successful. In short they cannot do shit.
We are armed, trained and ready to rock. We live happy lives and are extremely content in our success. In short, we win. They lose. They suck hind tit everyday, always and will continue to fail miserably because their whole life's premise is wrong. And I relish in their misery; its glorious to hear their petulant whining and moans. So much winning!

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They can kiss my ass.

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Hey asshole, I bust my ass to secure best quality education, housing, health care, and other necessary goods and services for my family that I can afford.

It isn't easy and believe me we're not living high on the hog and there isn't much left to play with.


Fuck that guy.

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They can kiss my upper middle class white trash ass.

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They can kiss my ass.

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I worked very hard to get to the income level I am at now.  Barring disability, most people who are poor could improve their situation if they were so inclined and worked for it.

"I can't get a raise!  It'll cut into my government check!"  I don't know how common that really is, but if it happens, then you know that person has elected to remain on the Welfare Plantation rather than seek freedom.

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I just had the displeasure of listening to a progressive British windbag on the radio named Richard V. Reeves.

"If you’re a top earner, helping your child succeed can mean hurting the chances of children with fewer privileges. Play the game inspired by the new book, Dream Hoarders, by Richard V. Reeves."

https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/are-you-a-dream-hoarder/

"America is becoming a class-based society.

It’s now conventional wisdom to focus on the excesses of the top 1% — especially the top 0.01% — and how the ultra-rich are hoarding income and wealth while incomes for most other Americans are stagnant. But the more important, and widening, gap in American society is between the upper middle class and everyone else.

Reeves defines the upper middle class as those whose incomes are in the top 20 percent of American society. Income isn’t the only way to measure a society, but in a market economy it is crucial because access to money generally determines who gets the best quality education, housing, health care, and other necessary goods and services.

As Reeves shows, the growing separation between the upper middle class and everyone else can be seen in family structure, neighborhoods, attitudes, and lifestyle. Those at the top of the income ladder are becoming more effective at passing on their status to their children, reducing overall social mobility. The result is a fracturing of American society along class lines, not just an economic divide. Upper-middle-class children become upper-middle-class adults.

These trends matter because the separation and perpetuation of the upper middle class corrode prospects for more progressive approaches to policy. Various forms of “opportunity hoarding” among the upper middle class make it harder for others to rise up to the top rung. Examples include zoning laws and schooling, occupational licensing, college application procedures, and the allocation of internships. Upper middle class opportunity hoarding, Reeves argues, results in a less competitive economy as well as a less open society.

Inequality is inevitable and can even be good, within limits. But Reeves argues that society can take effective action to reduce opportunity hoarding and thus promote broader opportunity. This fascinating book shows how American society has become the very class-defined society that earlier Americans rebelled against — and what can be done to restore a more equitable society."

My favorite line from the interview was "The upper middle class is obsessed with the idea of a meritocracy."

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I just had the displeasure of listening to a progressive British windbag on the radio named Richard V. Reeves.

"If you’re a top earner, helping your child succeed can mean hurting the chances of children with fewer privileges. Play the game inspired by the new book, Dream Hoarders, by Richard V. Reeves."

https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/are-you-a-dream-hoarder/

"America is becoming a class-based society.

It’s now conventional wisdom to focus on the excesses of the top 1% — especially the top 0.01% — and how the ultra-rich are hoarding income and wealth while incomes for most other Americans are stagnant. But the more important, and widening, gap in American society is between the upper middle class and everyone else.

Reeves defines the upper middle class as those whose incomes are in the top 20 percent of American society. Income isn’t the only way to measure a society, but in a market economy it is crucial because access to money generally determines who gets the best quality education, housing, health care, and other necessary goods and services.

As Reeves shows, the growing separation between the upper middle class and everyone else can be seen in family structure, neighborhoods, attitudes, and lifestyle. Those at the top of the income ladder are becoming more effective at passing on their status to their children, reducing overall social mobility. The result is a fracturing of American society along class lines, not just an economic divide. Upper-middle-class children become upper-middle-class adults.

These trends matter because the separation and perpetuation of the upper middle class corrode prospects for more progressive approaches to policy. Various forms of “opportunity hoarding” among the upper middle class make it harder for others to rise up to the top rung. Examples include zoning laws and schooling, occupational licensing, college application procedures, and the allocation of internships. Upper middle class opportunity hoarding, Reeves argues, results in a less competitive economy as well as a less open society.

Inequality is inevitable and can even be good, within limits. But Reeves argues that society can take effective action to reduce opportunity hoarding and thus promote broader opportunity. This fascinating book shows how American society has become the very class-defined society that earlier Americans rebelled against — and what can be done to restore a more equitable society."

My favorite line from the interview was "The upper middle class is obsessed with the idea of a meritocracy."