Probably looks like the guy in the mirror.
In America the top 1% is like $700k….that’s the salary of a successful brain surgeon after a decade of work.
I guess he should make less so you can make more shuffling around yes?
The rich 1%
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So some rich 1% is holding you back somehow? That’s odd. What does he look like?
Probably looks like the guy in the mirror.
In America the top 1% is like $700k….that’s the salary of a successful brain surgeon after a decade of work.
I guess he should make less so you can make more shuffling around yes?
Probably looks like the guy in the mirror.
In America the top 1% is like $700k….that’s the salary of a successful brain surgeon after a decade of work.
I guess he should make less so you can make more shuffling around yes?
Llama that’s a load of crap.
The Mexicans and Central Americans are laughing at that weak narrative.
They come here with literally NOTHING sometimes….are people of color, have very little education and barely speak the language. All of that is correct about my Mexican family…didn’t even attend FIRST GRADE.
Yet in a SINGLE GENERATION their kids, my wife, attended UCLA.
And they did it by being a roofer and a cleaning woman.
Work for it.
And PS….if you are in welfare in America….you are already in the top 1% of the WORLD.
The Mexicans and Central Americans are laughing at that weak narrative.
They come here with literally NOTHING sometimes….are people of color, have very little education and barely speak the language. All of that is correct about my Mexican family…didn’t even attend FIRST GRADE.
Yet in a SINGLE GENERATION their kids, my wife, attended UCLA.
And they did it by being a roofer and a cleaning woman.
Work for it.
And PS….if you are in welfare in America….you are already in the top 1% of the WORLD.
UnclePeet wrote:
And PS….if you are in welfare in America….you are already in the top 1% of the WORLD.
And PS….if you are in welfare in America….you are already in the top 1% of the WORLD.
that may be true, but what good is it when everything is so ridiculously overpriced that you can barely afford anything, despite being "richer" than people in other countries
btw, no matter what people say, there is a natural 'barrier' to ability (even if someone is exposed to, let's say, programming or anatomy from a young age) that makes it impossible for most individuals of 'average' IQ (within reasonable standard deviation of the so-called Bell curve) to ever have the opportunity to be financially successful (in the popular sense of the term). simply put, there are powers in place that systematically keep certain groups of people out of high earning fields in order to maintain the 'status quo'.
Bro THIRD WORLDERS are coming to america and OUTPERFORMING YOU(ppl in America anyway)
They have NOTHING and by simple hard work they end up either middle class or very close to it: their kids are attending universities and the military and becoming police and nurses and union truck drivers and electricians etc
I’m not sure what you need to afford that you cannot what you want a Ferrari or something?
They have NOTHING and by simple hard work they end up either middle class or very close to it: their kids are attending universities and the military and becoming police and nurses and union truck drivers and electricians etc
I’m not sure what you need to afford that you cannot what you want a Ferrari or something?
There are no powers that be keeping you out of anything….you do not have the intelligence coupled with the discipline necessary to be a doctor
There’s an Indian kid sitting in the dirt right now with nothing who’s going to outwork you and bust his butt to learn programming
Nobody is stopping him from being a programmer and coming to America and making 6 figures
Maybe he’s not 1% but he will be close and he will basically have everything he needs in life plus assets and investments(if he’s smart)
There’s an Indian kid sitting in the dirt right now with nothing who’s going to outwork you and bust his butt to learn programming
Nobody is stopping him from being a programmer and coming to America and making 6 figures
Maybe he’s not 1% but he will be close and he will basically have everything he needs in life plus assets and investments(if he’s smart)
Truck drivers are making $1200 a week here ffs
Go learn to drive a truck and get a class A, get a tanker endorsement if you don’t think you have any other options
You won’t be broke and you can have a life for yourself
This defeatist talk is terrible man there are so many opportunities out there for you
Go learn to drive a truck and get a class A, get a tanker endorsement if you don’t think you have any other options
You won’t be broke and you can have a life for yourself
This defeatist talk is terrible man there are so many opportunities out there for you
@UnclePeet
...and yet 40% of Americans can't afford $400 emergency money, 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and 80% of Americans have some form of debt, in the richest country in the world. Not to mention, the minimum wage hasn't changed since 2009 even though the cost of living has gone up every year. Meanwhile, we have billionaires flying to space, buying $500 million dollar yachts, and not paying taxes. Sounds pretty fishy to me...
@snoozyman I think the debt part is ok... like we all buy houses and stuff ya know...
Minimum wage should be $0
And don’t believe those #’s…funny they never asked ME if I could afford a $400 emergency room fee….they must talk to SOME Americans and just guess about the ones they don’t talk to
By the way…in America, anywhere, if you have an emergency and can’t afford it….they treat you right then for free
And don’t believe those #’s…funny they never asked ME if I could afford a $400 emergency room fee….they must talk to SOME Americans and just guess about the ones they don’t talk to
By the way…in America, anywhere, if you have an emergency and can’t afford it….they treat you right then for free
“According to the terms of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”), a hospital cannot refuse a patient medical treatment if it is an emergency, regardless of whether the patient is insured or not.”
https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/hospital-liability-for-refusing-to-admit-or-treat-a-patient.html
https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/hospital-liability-for-refusing-to-admit-or-treat-a-patient.html
UnclePeet wrote:
Minimum wage should be $0
And don’t believe those #’s…funny they never asked ME if I could afford a $400 emergency room fee….they must talk to SOME Americans and just guess about the ones they don’t talk to
By the way…in America, anywhere, if you have an emergency and can’t afford it….they treat you right then for free
And don’t believe those #’s…funny they never asked ME if I could afford a $400 emergency room fee….they must talk to SOME Americans and just guess about the ones they don’t talk to
By the way…in America, anywhere, if you have an emergency and can’t afford it….they treat you right then for free
Oh girl... "And don’t believe those #’s…funny they never asked ME"
Now hear me out on this one….SOMETIMES(read A LOT of times) if you are living paycheck to paycheck….ITS YOUR OWN FAULT
Get your act together
If you have a bunch of child support payments or something that’s not my fault. You made a bad choice and now some woman is soaking you. You knew the rules of “love” when you got married and chose to enter into this agreement….it’s your own fault
Get your act together
If you have a bunch of child support payments or something that’s not my fault. You made a bad choice and now some woman is soaking you. You knew the rules of “love” when you got married and chose to enter into this agreement….it’s your own fault
UnclePeet wrote:
So some rich 1% is holding you back somehow? That’s odd. What does he look like?
Probably looks like the guy in the mirror.
In America the top 1% is like $700k….that’s the salary of a successful brain surgeon after a decade of work.
I guess he should make less so you can make more shuffling around yes?
Probably looks like the guy in the mirror.
In America the top 1% is like $700k….that’s the salary of a successful brain surgeon after a decade of work.
I guess he should make less so you can make more shuffling around yes?
….you actually believe a brain surgeon is within that 1% ? Are you kidding me ??
….his is petty compared to the corrupt elite yoyos, aka the 1%.
UnclePeet wrote:
Truck drivers are making $1200 a week here ffs
that's part of the problem. way too many kids in America are learning a bunch of subjects in school (and then later, if they decide to attend college) that are not going to help them in the future, other than a hypothetical scenario of "it might help you to choose a career when you're older"). maybe if they got more practical experience and knowledge in the first place (instead of theoretical mumbo jumbo - yes i know there are things called trade schools but usually that's a plan B or even C for most people), it could be more beneficial as far as having an actual good paying job went (afaik, there are plenty of professions that pay well that don't require much education or 'formal schooling' such as being a truck driver, electrician, plumber, etc. - but then again, these fields are not seen as being 'sexy' enough to encourage yor child to pursue...who can you blame?) then those same kids are entering the real world and usually (more often than not) regretting their career path and wanting to change, but either lacking sufficient funds to take more classes to get a separate degree or (and this is more significant) racking up tons of student debt in the process of majoring in 'psychology' or 'art history' that they can't even begin to fathom a plan to repay with whatever job they can get aside from flipping burgers at McDonalds. meanwhile, students from India, China, and other places are coming to America to take those same high paying lucrative jobs that were originally promised American students (if they had counselors, teachers, parents, and support groups that actually cared and mattered) to guide them properly in what would be the best prospects for building their own future. if you ask me, the people who are making a lot of money in STEM fields aren't necessarily smarter, they just had a plan and stuck to it (aka discipline), rather than deciding to do something on a whim and then lacking direction for years and leading to feelings of depression and worse, suicidal tendencies. you get a generation or two falling for the same tricks and you've successfully created a population who believe (rightly so) that the system failed them and is broken
snoozyman wrote:
@UnclePeet
...and yet 40% of Americans can't afford $400 emergency money, 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and 80% of Americans have some form of debt, in the richest country in the world. Not to mention, the minimum wage hasn't changed since 2009 even though the cost of living has gone up every year. Meanwhile, we have billionaires flying to space, buying $500 million dollar yachts, and not paying taxes. Sounds pretty fishy to me...
Damn skippy
Root….I used to work for the IRS….I know what the top 1% earn
It’s not me that’s confused, trust me
You’ve been BS’d to believe the top 1% is like $10 million a year…it’s not…you need like $700,000 a year to be in the top 1%.
A brain surgeon makes, according to the almighty internet, between $330k and $940k
And that’s after paying back all their loans that they’ve put considerable risk into taking
They’ve earned it
It’s not me that’s confused, trust me
You’ve been BS’d to believe the top 1% is like $10 million a year…it’s not…you need like $700,000 a year to be in the top 1%.
A brain surgeon makes, according to the almighty internet, between $330k and $940k
And that’s after paying back all their loans that they’ve put considerable risk into taking
They’ve earned it
I bet if nobody had debt, (student loan debt, medical debt, national debt, etc…) we would have found the cure for cancer and be living in Mars by now. Instead, we work our butts off most of our lives trying to pay it all off, living paycheck to paycheck, and wondering if we will ever retire or even take a simple vacation. Humanity’s true potential is being hindered by the greedy rich elite, who have all the power to decide, lobby, and bribe the government to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Poverty is inevitable and the dystopian future as well as global warming will decide our fate.
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If you're starting at zero you can't get anywhere, but sure, if you're in the US and your poor family is making 5 figures a year then you have some mobility.