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Originally Posted by Tapioca
I don't know what you stand for.
One minute, you tell everyone how you beat the odds and conquered the world before you were 30. (I get the whole mentality around "tightening your bootstraps and getting down to work.") You criticize the "middle class" for making bad decisions and how they should be punished for their decisions. (I get that argument too.) But now, you seem to feign a concern about growing income inequality in Canada.
If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't give a fuck about the rest of us plebs. If everything you say about your life is true, then you really did "work the system" and you won.
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Don't mistake me giving a fuck for supplying correct information. I stand for correct information so people can make educated decisions. You'll notice I sometimes supply information contrary to my opinion, like now, cause I think its important people have all the information to make their own decision.
The only concern I have about the inequality is ensuring people have the correct information. I think the most interesting graph posted if that wages have kept up with inflation. Perfect, it means we have the same buying power today as we did 5 decades ago - so why does everyone think they are so hard done by? Hell our taxes are lower than a couple decades ago too, and luxuries even cheaper. So what's the problem?
I do care about the plebs as you call them
. The damage the middle class has created by balling on credit trying to keep up with the Jones. This is unsustainable in Canada, and eventually we will suffer the same as our American counterparts, maybe not as bad, maybe worse, yet eventually the credit bill will come due. This will make it even harder for my retirement plan to earn 6-7%.
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Originally Posted by MajinHurricane
He will claim your bullying him and cry to a mod.
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Huh? I thought you were on timeout.
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Originally Posted by Ronin
I'm a mod.
Speak freely.
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Thanks! Maybe MH is referring to how blunt I was in my response to you. I wasn't blunt to be rude, I was blunt cause stats are blunt, and not in our favour.