Intolerance?

[nnomad]

i guess there is an understandable intolerence to those who exploit or use the system,, but if we are concerned about who or what is destroying this country then jumping on easy unjustified scapegoats is not the way to go,,,the aim of our intolerence should be concentrated on those who are ripping off and destroying our country , and the rest of the world, for their own selfish gain,,,,,,,,, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, the ratio of the best earners to the average earners used to be 12 times,,, it is now 144 times !!!!!!!!!!!

[tone]

the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, the ratio of the best earners to the average earners used to be 12 times,,, it is now 144 times !!!!!!!!!!!

I keep hearing this and typically its because of one thing...

The rich keep doing whatever it was that made them rich (except maybe some lottery winners and similar types) and the poor - well they obviously are not doing enough that can convert them to rich, although thats a WILD, WILD generalisation.
No one wants to be poor, but everyone has the same tackle to start with - a body, legs, arms and a head and thats the difference - the head! Attitude, education etc will make you richer - but you can only become richer by making oneself better - I know this doesnt work in 100% of examples but its a principle of success, although I think its wrong to say success and wealth go together like fish and chips!

I am sure there are many examples where someone got poorer due to a bad decision, but lets put it really simply, if I sell cars and you start a car business accross the street - one of us is going to be more successful than the other.. one will be richer and one will be poorer!
like a game of football someone will lose and someone will win.
Success = Wealth (usually) and attitude-commitment = nothing (always).
The stupid thing is that the bankers are getting paid big bucks for very bad decisions and the knock on is the public bailing them out - this is an anomoly but it is there and it upsets us all...

I guess my point is you cant say rich get richer and poor get poorer and the divide gets wider - because individuals have to judge themselves!
what I can see is that a lot of unfortunate people are out of work who want to work and a lot of people are lazy who wish to live off the tax payers...

[Englishman2010]

i guess there is an understandable intolerence to those who exploit or use the system,, but if we are concerned about who or what is destroying this country then jumping on easy unjustified scapegoats is not the way to go,,,the aim of our intolerence should be concentrated on those who are ripping off and destroying our country , and the rest of the world, for their own selfish gain,,,,,,,,, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, the ratio of the best earners to the average earners used to be 12 times,,, it is now 144 times !!!!!!!!!!!

Russia and China, once the great bastions of communism have dropped it in favor of a more capitalist system, because they eventually realised that communism doesn't work. If everyone is paid the same, there is no incentive for anyone to work hard. Consequently people become lazy because they get paid the same anyway. The net result of this is productivity falls and eventually there isn't enough food to feed the masses.

A capitalist system does mean that the rich get richer, but it also means that the average man gets richer too. I'm not saying capitalism is perfect, and like many people I think the bankers and hedge fund cowboys are leaches, but the reality is I bet all of us here are better off than their parents were, and whatever we say about the poor in this country, they aren't poor - just look at what they have got compared to the average Filipino

[Dedworth]

but if we are concerned about who or what is destroying this country then jumping on easy unjustified scapegoats is not the way to go,

For the benefit of all would you please expand on who these "easy unjustified scapegoats" actually are