Monday Night Football

[SCUDSBROTHER]

"Im telling you that redistributing wealth will not work."


And what exactly do you call it when the poor get poorer due to having to pay high gas prices? Is that not redistributing what little wealth they have back to the ultra- rich Oil Companies? It certainly is,and the President wasn't bothered by it one bit.Didn't give a sht that the poor would get even poorer(as the oil companies had record profits.)Not even on his radar screen.

[skippy3481]

He we go a crusade against the republicans because of course bush hates poor people and several ethnic groups. Most people are poor because they choose to be. They lack education, a financial sense, and most times a willingness to work until they succede. This is evidenced by the huge amount of people on welfare, that don't have jobs. I work in the inner city man. I'm around homeless and poor people all the time. The key to them being middle class is not to give them money, its to educate them. But one can't educate someone without them wanting it first. There are so many government programs out there to help financally challenged people go to college, but they have to accept it first. I absolutely refuse to just give people money for being poor.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by skippy3481

He we go a crusade against the republicans because of course bush hates poor people and several ethnic groups. Most people are poor because they choose to be. They lack education, a financial sense, and most times a willingness to work until they succede. This is evidenced by the huge amount of people on welfare, that don't have jobs. I work in the inner city man. I'm around homeless and poor people all the time. The key to them being middle class is not to give them money, its to educate them. But one can't educate someone without them wanting it first. There are so many government programs out there to help financally challenged people go to college, but they have to accept it first. I absolutely refuse to just give people money for being poor.

What about fixing weak levies,and making sure Oil Companies don't rip everybody off? That is not about writing people a check that they will waste.

[skippy3481]

Only so many things you can do. What about all the poor peoples trailers and homes in florida, i think we should strengthen those too. Can't forget about the people in the midwest and the ever present tornados. We should strengthen their houses too. And what about the poor people in cali, the ones that live in an earthquake zone and whose houses and apartments are falling down. You can't blame the government for everything. You simply can't fix everything. Natural disasters are always going to kill people. As for the gas companies making money off people, ya that their job. Everyone makes money off poor people. If you really want a cause to rally around get the cash advance places to close. They are charging people astronomical interest rates to borrow their own money for a few weeks.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

"As for the gas companies making money off people, ya that their job."


Well,it is not like the oil companies are treated like McDonald's fast food corporation.My God man.They are heavily subsidized by our Government.This is not a free market situation.The largest oil companies merged .Profits increased(which is expected when competition goes away or is highly reduced.)Yet,still they get heavy Corporate Welfare while making 10-30 BILLION A YEAR.Where is your outrage about that waste of money in tax breaks? They get huge tax breaks while making tens of billions of dollars.Unbelievable.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by skippy3481

He we go a crusade against the republicans because of course bush hates poor people and several ethnic groups. Most people are poor because they choose to be. They lack education, a financial sense, and most times a willingness to work until they succede. This is evidenced by the huge amount of people on welfare, that don't have jobs. I work in the inner city man. I'm around homeless and poor people all the time. The key to them being middle class is not to give them money, its to educate them. But one can't educate someone without them wanting it first. There are so many government programs out there to help financally challenged people go to college, but they have to accept it first. I absolutely refuse to just give people money for being poor.

How many times do I hear that catch phrase..."the poor are poor because they choose to be"! No...the poor are poor because they are poor! Folks that are middle class see the poor as lazy etc because they see the world in a certain way and ASSUME everyone sees it the same! Shadows on the cave wall...one person's reality is another person's unattainable shadow! Middle class values say...work hard=get ahead=better life. Poor folks see life from their daily reality...work hard=run into a brick wall=nothing ever changes. When we assume that everyone's reality is the same, we can never understand each other! The only way to change the perceptions of hopelessness and helplessness that exist in that "other America" today is to build a fair society...and you don't do that by pandering to the rich and powerful! Those levies should have been repaired, the government should consider the needs of all the people not just the rich and influential...handouts aren't what I'm calling for...basic equality is!

[skippy3481]

Well lets add drug companies in there too. They make big bank of poor people that can't pay for people their medicine. So what if they get tax breaks, they have a massive amount of capital invested in their operations. If you are pissed off about it get people to stop buying gas. Its real simple, watch the profits fall when no one buys gas. And why are the tax breaks unbeilievable. Just because a company makes money, they shouldn't get tax breaks. THis goes back to back to the basic premise of business. TO MAKE MONEY. Do you think there should be a limit on how much someone can make? Once you hit that point you can't make any more money? How is that fair in any form.

Somer, most poor people are poor beause they choose to be. A lot boils down to insufficent education. You can blame that on a variety of factors, but I really dont want to get into them. My premise is that if poor people were willing to dedicate themselves to becoming better, most times they would. The problem lies within our decandant society that must have everything now. Why people go into massive debt on credit cards that scars them financially for life. The way is to not engineer a middle class but educate the poor to become middle class.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Well, if you think that they should be getting tax breaks when they have profits of 10-30 billion a year,then we have nothing to talk about.

[skippy3481]

Scuds why should tax breaks be dependent on how much you make. Ask yourself this. How much corporate tax do they pay and how many jobs do they create.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by skippy3481

Scuds why should tax breaks be dependent on how much you make. Ask yourself this. How much corporate tax do they pay and how many jobs do they create.

You're too far gone.Can't be helped.To be honest,you act like you eat Skippy.