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11-21-2006, 05:46 PM
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Lecturer
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Because They've Earned It
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Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem. 
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11-22-2006, 05:58 AM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Weell, that seems fair:P
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11-22-2006, 12:57 PM
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11-22-2006, 07:29 AM
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You would think they took the numbers from the top of a boom and the bottom of a bust or something.
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11-22-2006, 12:43 PM
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When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
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Well, duh. The more money you have, the more money you can make. This is not rocket science.
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11-22-2006, 02:08 PM
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11-22-2006, 02:09 PM
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When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
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Same difference...
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11-22-2006, 03:12 PM
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Bioengineer and aspiring lawer
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Not really, it does take money to earn money. Those with the money to gamble will strike the big payoffs, and the more you invest the bigger the return.
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11-22-2006, 03:21 PM
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Of course, because for the top earners in the U.S. at least, they are paying 35% of their income in taxes (more than 1/3 of what they make), while the bottom earners are only paying 10%. I know that if I were in that top tier I would want to get that lowered!
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11-22-2006, 01:56 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Probably very similar :P Whilst living standards have improved in recent years, the gap between rich and poor in the UK is on a par with that during the time of Dickens.
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11-22-2006, 03:34 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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It's just extra taxes for selling their soul.
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11-22-2006, 03:44 PM
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Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table
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11-22-2006, 03:57 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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I was retorting to "they earned it." Those of us who work but choose not to climb the corporate ladder and instead help others also earn our money. We just don't earn as much. I have nothing against people who earn good money! In fact, I have some family members in that category. I just get tired of the old "if you worked harder you'd have more money" when I have worked hard my whole life (started working on a produce farm every summer at 13, and most of my adult life have carried a second job.) Can't you understand how hurtful that might feel? 
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11-22-2006, 04:39 PM
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I can hear my ears
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people that make the kind of money on that chart are making more for other people, too. big earners not only spend more, and therefore create more wealth for those below them, but very often employ people, and directly effect their wealth. don't knock the filthy rich. we need them more than they need us. ( can you tell i just read atlas shrugged)
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11-22-2006, 03:46 PM
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I can hear my ears
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kind of sucks for people in the low end of that bracket.
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