Before the business is created, a group of wealthy men work for FREE to benefit the economy. They take on RISK with the money that took them alot of hard work and smart decisions to acquire. They place their money in a way that is revolutionary for the people of America and there is no GUARANTEE that the plan will work.
Very well said! If we only had more who understood the issues with such clarity.
Hey TLO, where did these guys get their money? Right off the backs of the American labor force that has allowed them (The elites) to live a life of luxury. It's just like gambling, If you have excess money, you can take a gamble, but if you need that money to feed your kids, then it's off to the salt mines. Wealth is accumulated off of other peoples labor. You may have the plan, but the work gets done by workers, workers that you pay the least amount possible to fatten your bank account or the bank accounts of investors, that is Capitalism my friend, exploitation of the many for the benefit of the few.
So you would have everyone suffer so that none would be wealthy, God forbid! Hard work, motivation, and intelectual acumen would not exist if the free market we formerly had did not exist. But this philosophy of yours fits nicely with the current welfare state we are in.
OK...........................If you say so, I guess you must be an elite then. Don't get me wrong, I think it would be wonderful to be wealthy, I just never had the ability or opportunity or drive or what ever it takes. I realize that some people, Very few, come from poverty and achieve great wealth, but they are driven, I've never been driven. So enjoy your wealth before the revolution, Viva la revolution.
You said it yourself..... "no drive". I am not sure what governmental system or economic theory you could invoke where all citizens were just given wealth with no effort. You have or have had opportunity, failure to utilize it does not constitute lack of awareness of it, but absent the impetus for success of course you will not prosper to the best of your ability.
OMFG!!!!! Marx! DUDE! I think if ANYONE made it clear it was I when I showed how I have been in the bottom 1% NOT 10% NOT 5% not even 3%...BOTTOM 1% "POVERTY" I have never missed a meal because of lack of funds (even if it meant eating nothing but oatmeal and bananas) I have a fucking MOTORCYCLE worth more than 3,000 chinese children's year of labor. I could go on and on about capitalism...and how I am rising from bottom 1% to the top 50% in the last two years and upcoming year. It was HARD WORK..and if people aren't willing to be smart and work hard....off to the salt mines.
Your a Good American, Sylvan.
Wow med those are the most profoundly honest sentences I have ever seen you write!!!
A very good point! Again, he can still suceed in life, there are so many opportunities to take advantage of, just open any newspaper and look at all the jobs!Wow med those are the most profoundly honest sentences I have ever seen you write!!!
But,
How or why would you have us penalize those who are "driven".
A significant percentage of Millionaires are self made......not just a "few"!
If you possessed even a little "drive" you could have done it.
Actually, you can still do it.
Seriously.
Commarade medicineman, you vould agree, vould you not, that zee beauty ov the socialist system, iz that everyone becomes equally poor. Vonderful thing. iznt-it!
Lmao, I thought we were agreed that you can't get rich working a 9 to 5? You have to have the entreupeneurial spirit if you want to get ahead in this country.
Nicely said Threat. That's one thing you got to love about America, everybody from the ghetto to Beverly Hills has a chance to get rich.
I don't know who "we" is...but I disagree entirely.
Oh my goodness this is the part when the Soviets get out their violin!
You said-Before the business is created, a group of wealthy men work for FREE to benefit the economy. They take on RISK with the money that took them alot of hard work and smart decisions to acquire. They place their money in a way that is revolutionary for the people of America and there is no GUARANTEE that the plan will work.-
Yea....I was explaining capitalism-responsibility on the supply side to Marx. I don't think he ever heard the concept before. It's not the only way to get rich, though. Most people is 9-5 jobs net more after expenses and taxes than small business owners, so thats one thing. The other side is if you can land the highly competitive jobs you can be rich alot faster and alot safer than if you started a business. Those big bank buildings, skyscrapers they call them, have like the top5 floors dedicated to people that make more money than some of the most brilliant and resourceful entrepreneurs.