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Norman Mailer On Wealth, Poverty And Idleness

Norman Mailer On Wealth, Poverty And Idleness | "To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there's more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged."; Norman Mailer | image tagged in norman mailer,welfare cheat,welfare queen,wealth,poverty,justice | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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3 ups, 6y,
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Success does not come from idleness.
This meme is horrendous.
0 ups, 6y,
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You miss the point. The point is that the wealthy are more idle than the poor.
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1 up, 6y,
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Wrong. When you think wealthy you're thinking of the wealthy's children and tag along's. The people who actually make vast sums of money are anything but idle. Shame on you.
1 up, 6y
Yes , if those tag alongs want to keep it and expand, its going to take a lot of hours.
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Vast sums of money are made by those systematically coddled Americans who, like Trump, have learned to "game the system" - the same system that has favored them from the beginning. Yes, sometimes the wealthy "work" long hours but they never "break a sweat." Mostly they move capital -- "playing" at a kind of real life "Monopoly" -- all the while stiffing workers. In the following blog post, I draw your attention to "Who Receives Government Benefits, In Six Charts." http://bamboozlethedimwits.blogspot.com/2018/05/core-truth-about-trump-and-his-fellow.html
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0 ups, 6y
Government benefits have nothing to do with idling, unless you're talking welfare recipients. If anything, you can bet a lot of work went into ensuring that any recipient of government benefits was able to get and keep them. Especially when it comes to super wealthy recipients.

If you think sweating is the only measure of work you should move to a third world country. You'll be happier there.

I think it's funny that when a minority works hard to move capitol and illegal products it's idolized as "hustling" but when a wealthy white person does the exact same thing better and with legal merchandise they are seen as lazy people who just sit on piles of money.

Again, shame on you. Jealousy and resentment are not virtues.
1 up, 6y
Who tf told you that? You have to work your ass off to make it..
1 up, 6y,
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"No race can prosper until it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem." - Booker T. Washington
0 ups, 6y
The LAST people in America to "till the fields" are middle white people. "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/04/america-needs-hundreds-of-thousands.html
0 ups, 6y,
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If you make $$$$, you can afford to not work.

If you live on Welfare, there better be a dang good reason you’re not trying as hard as you can to get off.
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Your comment is even more to the point for those wealthy Americans benefiting from corporate welfare who siphon eight times as much tax revenue as those Americans receiving traditional welfare. Hard to believe but here's "the full scoop." http://bamboozlethedimwits.blogspot.com/2018/05/core-truth-about-trump-and-his-fellow.html
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"To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there's more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged."; Norman Mailer