Considering this came out over 3 years ago, it is so sad, that topic is still relevant today. I very much doubt increasing the taxes in the richest of the country would change their livelihoods drastically, if it does, I doubt it would leave them on the streets. It is so painful to see how out of touch with reality many of those who fall in the upper 2% of America are with the rest of the citizens. The lack of compassion and disgusting attitude towards those who fall under the status of poor is an absolute problem. When looking at systems such WIC (Women, Infants, and Children), and breaking down exactly what you receive it is the MINIMUM of what is needed to survive, this excludes proteins, such as meats, chicken, and fish, unless it is canned fish (and ONLY if you are pregnant. In one month you are allotted: one dozen eggs, $10.00 in fruits and vegetables, 4 cans of beans OR one jar of peanut butter, and 1 loaf of bread. Could you (and a child) survive one MONTH with just this?
Its amazing how the rich are so selfish. If upping the taxes on the rich won't hurt them then why is it shut a big deal. I think that the rich are afraid that if government ever gets away with raising rich people taxes by a significant amount I think they realize that that could be the key to opening Pandora's box. someone has to be the Guiney pig but like so many other conversations thos ein power will never allow that to happen.
I agree with the previous comments, and I really think this clip goes to show how the political media debate has been shifted so far right in its rhetoric and vocabulary, that "poor" is now something you cannot be if you have a refrigerator, every suggestion to raise taxes or cut loopholes for the rich is "class warfare" and anyone who makes such a suggestion is a "socialist". Things like the NEA and NEH are "frivolous things", people who are rich are "the productive class" and people who are poor are by definition "moochers". I think these statements and definitions say a lot about how we talk about humans in relation to money these days as compared to just half a decade ago, and I think language is important in how we view politics. If these definitions are not continuously challenged, then chances are they become accepted as truths. - Malin Niklasson
It's so hard to get as angry as I would like to get when I watch Jon Stewart. What if all poor people did a walkout on all the low income jobs that are out there, the same people who get little to nothing to do the nothing rich people don't want to do. I just don't get how the upper class don't see that if they continue in the direction they are going, they will eventually destroy their own empires. This segment is just ughhhh, i cant even find the right words to describe it. It's like, so what if we take away the little bit that you own, did you die?
Considering this came out over 3 years ago, it is so sad, that topic is still relevant today. I very much doubt increasing the taxes in the richest of the country would change their livelihoods drastically, if it does, I doubt it would leave them on the streets. It is so painful to see how out of touch with reality many of those who fall in the upper 2% of America are with the rest of the citizens. The lack of compassion and disgusting attitude towards those who fall under the status of poor is an absolute problem. When looking at systems such WIC (Women, Infants, and Children), and breaking down exactly what you receive it is the MINIMUM of what is needed to survive, this excludes proteins, such as meats, chicken, and fish, unless it is canned fish (and ONLY if you are pregnant. In one month you are allotted: one dozen eggs, $10.00 in fruits and vegetables, 4 cans of beans OR one jar of peanut butter, and 1 loaf of bread. Could you (and a child) survive one MONTH with just this?
ReplyDeleteIts amazing how the rich are so selfish. If upping the taxes on the rich won't hurt them then why is it shut a big deal. I think that the rich are afraid that if government ever gets away with raising rich people taxes by a significant amount I think they realize that that could be the key to opening Pandora's box. someone has to be the Guiney pig but like so many other conversations thos ein power will never allow that to happen.
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I agree with the previous comments, and I really think this clip goes to show how the political media debate has been shifted so far right in its rhetoric and vocabulary, that "poor" is now something you cannot be if you have a refrigerator, every suggestion to raise taxes or cut loopholes for the rich is "class warfare" and anyone who makes such a suggestion is a "socialist". Things like the NEA and NEH are "frivolous things", people who are rich are "the productive class" and people who are poor are by definition "moochers". I think these statements and definitions say a lot about how we talk about humans in relation to money these days as compared to just half a decade ago, and I think language is important in how we view politics. If these definitions are not continuously challenged, then chances are they become accepted as truths. - Malin Niklasson
ReplyDeleteIt's so hard to get as angry as I would like to get when I watch Jon Stewart. What if all poor people did a walkout on all the low income jobs that are out there, the same people who get little to nothing to do the nothing rich people don't want to do. I just don't get how the upper class don't see that if they continue in the direction they are going, they will eventually destroy their own empires. This segment is just ughhhh, i cant even find the right words to describe it. It's like, so what if we take away the little bit that you own, did you die?
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