MSNBC runs segment asking "Is there a war against the wealthy? Do we have a class war developing?"
February 27, 2009 5:14 pm ET
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Oh shut your blow hole. This country is thick with billionaires who've never worked a damn day in their lives unless you call buying politicians "work," and with poor and middle class people who have worked all their lives just to keep their heads above water. Equating Wealth with Hard Work is a neat little trick which has made the Social Darwinists happy for more than 130 years now, but it's no closer to reality in 2009 than it was during the Gilded Age.
If hard work= wealth and sitting on your butt= poverty, there would be a lot more rich people in this country, and Rush Limbaugh would be begging dimes on a streetcorner somewhere. Spare us your outdated, sneering superiority complex.
George W. Bush's brothers Marvin and Neil are absolute idiots -- so stupid they make him look like a genius. They were born wealthy, they attended the best schools, and they've made millions themselves based on that initial wealth, though they have absolutely ZERO ability and have produced no achievements.
It's all about the capital the family has to pass on from generation to generation and the connections that come from wealth. I say tax the estates to the point of confiscation and then let the new generations try to reacquire that wealth. If those who have the wealth now really believe that ability and hard work are all that matter, they should have no problem giving up their estates, because they should logically also believe that their kind will automatically continue to rise to the top. They need to shut up unless they'll put that theory to the test.
Good idea. Of course, the "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" GOP has the exact opposite idea- they hate the concept of ANY Estate taxes, because God Forbid that their children might actually have to live to up to their parent's pretended philosophy and create their OWN wealth by working hard.
After all, it's just a matter of hard work and self-sacrifice, right? So why would ANY Conservative be legitimately opposed to a 100% estate tax? Why would any Conservative want to deny his children the opportunity to compete the way he did? I think we already know the answer- this self-reliance crap is just a smokescreen. What the Right-Wingers really believe in is predatory wealth, passed down from generation to generation, used to isolate each from having to mix with their social inferiors. Nepotism, "Legacies," you name it- all tools of the "Hard-Working" wealthy class. Well pardon us if we are done swallowing your propaganda and start calling you on your BS.