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Originally Posted by marichiko
..... look at the make up of the Sierra Club, The Nature Conservancy, and the ACLU, just to give a few examples. Very few of their members make less than 10K/year and those who do are most likely college students.
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Well, Mari, I belong to two of the three anyway, does that still count?
And actually, Bruce, I also beg to differ because I have not changed my social attitudes, political leanings, or the things about government that make me mad or that get my approval. The names and faces and dates might change, but what I called shit once is still shit now. From the time I was a college brat supported by parents, to working for a large multinational (Republican) company, to getting married, buying a house, losing it, and getting divorced 10 years later, to pulling myself back up by my teeth and nails, and finally to being on total disability for the last two years and unable to work due to a pulmonary embolism and severe scoliosis, my views have not changed. I have made a high of 52K in my best year in the 80's and went to a NEGATIVE 25K today, but in all that time and circumstances I still believe in the same principles. I never felt I was "owed" anything except fair tax levies and that is NOT an entitlement, it is the reason we fought to found an independent country. I feel no hostility toward the government or resentment because I TONCHI am now a "Have-Not". I feel hostility toward stupidity, waste, lies, and pork being force-fed to the citizens, along with a serious helping of hot lead from countries we have no business being in. I fail to see where your assumptions about income-created social status and perceived social injustices can be applied to EVERYBODY, and I respectfully ask for a retraction.