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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
No, I want you to get out of your microcosm and find out what the rest of the population think.
Birds of a feather flock together and haven't a clue what the other flockers think.
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Hey, I'm open, Brurce. I actually tried to find data that gave a breakdown of attitudes and concerns by the income brackets you mentioned, but couldn't find one. So where's your cite on that? I'd be honestly curious to see it.
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Originally Posted by lumberjim
WHOA.
first off, i can;t believe I actually read one of your posts.
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Errrr... Actually you didn't
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Originally Posted by lumberjim
second: people with good incomes usually have JOBS. that can severely hamper your ability to reflect upon anything other than getting through your day with only 24 hours available. I lived in a van for 3 months in a row, and while i did have to discover dinner everyday, i have never felt more at peace.
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What's the matter? Can't chew gum and scratch your nose at the same time? Of course folks have jobs. But most of 'em also have this thing called free time unless they're workaholics or something. I used to commute up to Denver for a job that I spent 9 or 10 hours a day at. The commute took me another 3 hours minimum. That was like a 12 hour day. On my drive I'd listen to NPR and worry about my pet things to worry about. Since stuff like the basics was covered, I'd worry about the Oklahoma City bombing, the elections, the environment, whatever else crossed my mind. It doesn't take a rocket scientist.
Maybe you should go back to living in your van.
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Originally Posted by lumberjim
You can cite (however many degrees in this and that that you want, you're still looking at the world from an entitled viewpoint....(and yet, somehow, you manage to sound snobby at the same time)... no one owes you anything. survive, or die, just stop holding your hand out.
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This is why I know you haven't been reading my posts. Where in this thread have I been holding my hand out? A concern for the environment (to continue with my example) does not arise out of a sense of entitlement, but rather a sense of responsibility and a concern for the serious issues that I see both this nation and the planet at a cross roads over. Am I snobby to admit that I have a college degree? You admit that you are a hotshot at a car dealership. I might call you a snob for that, but I don't.
Again, it is merely intellectual laziness to go back to an argument that is at least a year old and which I haven't even set forth in this thread, instead of dealing with the issues that I have raised in the here and now.
If you want to jump all over someone about entitlements, why don't you jump on Patrick? He raised that issue in regard to his son, I didn't.