21 Examples Of The 1% Standing With The 99%
It’s not just the poor who recognize that there is a problem.
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qasdfghj a year agoI don’t think its fair to judge these folks for not giving up their wealth. Who in their right mind here would do that? Esp. if your family busted their ass for you to have a life they couldn’t have… would you throw it out the window? I don’t think anyone here can safely say they would do that. They probably feel like many of us here do - that we would use that money wisely and put it to good ends. Or maybe they just recognize they didn’t have hard lives and it’s hard to learn how to work for yourself. And they know they wouldn’t stand a chance if they didn’t have that money. So what? This is the so called American dream - to have kids who won’t have to lift a finger their whole lives. And these kids have it. There’s no reason to bash them because we are jealous. I applaude them for being able to see through the unjust inequality in this country despite being on the positive end of the spectrum. I would like to think they have the same idealistic vision as many of us in the 1% do. And I would like to think that if I was born into the 1%, I would be doing the same thing they’re doing and showing my support (and donating to causes I believe in).
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whitegreyblack a year agoIf a very large contingent of Warren Buffet-esque self-made 1%-ers voiced the sentiment of wanting to be taxed their fair share, that would be something to talk about. When a couple of dozen trust-fund babies do it… not so much.
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deaddrift a year ago
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It is very hard — and getting harder — to move into the 1%. Most rich people were born into the upper class; that’s the facts.
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michaele12 a year agoSo I assume all the “why contribute more to a broken system” folks would agree that we should cut back on military spending, right? After all, using tax dollars for the military is just throwing good money after bad in this broken system.
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Mike N. a year ago
To everyone saying something like “these are all people who inherited money; they don’t represent the interests of those who made lots of money by working hard”… …please remember that by and large, most wealthy people in the U.S. right now really were born into privilege; the U.S. may allow more class mobility than many other countries/systems, but it’s still very hard for anyone to get rich if they don’t have a lot of help from the very start. There are some people who started out poor and worked their way to lots of wealth, but those people are very rare. In other words: if this post seems skewed towards the opinions of those who were born rich, that may be in part because the American upper class, in and of itself, skews towards those who were born rich. To everyone saying something like “if these people want to redistribute their wealth, they can give money to nearby homeless people or volunteer more to the IRS”… …you are, sad to say, missing the point. Random rich people giving some money to random poor people won’t do anything to alleviate poverty overall, and neither will a handful of scattered rich folks giving more in taxes. What we need - what these people are asking for - is legal and economic reform on a large scale; that’s the only way to improve things for working and middle-class people at large, rather than just a handful of lucky homeless people. And remember: a rising tide lifts all boats. Now someone please give me a tl;dr badge…
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digital youth a year agoi think everybody completely missed the point of retribution of the wealth
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dans12 a year ago
Easy to give away money you were born into. Try giving away money you worked 60-70 hours a week for. Have to pry it out of my hand even to buy gas. Its mine, Gosh darnit Whats whats this “tax me” crap. They can’t give it away themselves. Have to pay a beaurocrat to take it from you? Walk outside and hand a few hobos a $100 bill each.
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nebraska22 a year ago
how about a simple, “hey thanks for the support” for these people (and hopefully many more with a similar idea)…
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Scott H. a year agoThis is so inane. If they want to “redistribute” anything, they can fly there asses to the protesters and GIVE THEM MONEY! Nobody is stopping them. It’s makes me sick when rich people say, “Tax me more!” No, don’t, there are those who fought to earn what they have. If you are rich and feel it is unfair that you are and others aren’t, news flash: giving money away is EASY, there will ALWAYS be somebody to gladly take it. Oh and the IRS has posted on the internet where to send checks if you feel so inclined.
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deleond2 a year agoMaybe in 20 yrs my kids will be in the position to join the group of people in the photos above. I consider myself to be part of the 1% who clawed their way up the ladder, moving from my minimum wage job up to the 1%. I have made my way across a few tax brackets, and last time I checked, each tax bracket i move into requires me to pay a larger and larger percent of my gross pay in taxes. With the bracket that I’m in now, Not only are taxes removed from my gross, the IRS requires me to pay additional taxes a yr ahead of time instead of waiting for when my taxes are filled in Feb of each yr. I want my kids to have what I didnt, I want to my kids join the group above, that they had everything they needed and they want to give all the extra they have to others. But until that time comes, I’m going to continue to bust my butt to prepare for my future and the future of my children. I’m going to fight to hold on to every penny I have. My wife and I should be the ones to decide where our money goes, and who should benefit from the donations we decide to make. I dont want some 99% protestor to tell me I dont pay enough taxes and demand more from me. You wanna get pissed off at someone? Get mad at the government. I learned how to balance my freaking budget when I was a teen, the government is over 200 yrs old and still cant manage the money I pay to them.
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Douglas Heidland a year agoWhat a crock. This isn’t “The 1%,” this is “I was born into a rich family and I didn’t have to work to get my money so I am entitled to want to give my family’s money away.” Good for you. I don’t remember anyone being this stupidly entitled when I was young. Rich kids with WAY too much time on their hands.
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judio a year agoRight, the Rockefellers, Kennedys and Fords of today all worked to be in the 1% They all have foundations to give back. I don’t hear any of them complaining about taxes. What I can’t get is the people who make under $100,000 a year for a family of four supporting the 1%. Under Obama your taxes don’t go up and if you become part of the 1% you won’t care if they take more money.
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