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Why are the poor, poor?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: injest on May 12, 2008, 09:06:03 pm ---I see them as more controlling though.
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I'm sure some of them feel their money gives them a right to be controlling. :-\
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 12, 2008, 10:04:18 pm ---I'm sure some of them feel their money gives them a right to be controlling. :-\
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And you know, I'd have to agree with them. We all want some say in how our charitable donations are spent, don't we?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: seriouscrayons on May 12, 2008, 11:34:23 pm ---And you know, I'd have to agree with them. We all want some say in how our charitable donations are spent, don't we?
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Sure enough! Around here we're even allowed to designate whether our donations to the PBS affiliate go to support TV or radio. But I interpreted the "controlling" comment as being controlling of people, and that's what I based my comment on.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: injest on May 12, 2008, 11:54:55 pm ---within reason..but when they get the feeling that they can take other people's rights away because of their status financially that is wrong..immoral.
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Sure enough.
--- Quote ---for example, the new way employers attempt to control employees even when they are not at work...you get paid to show up at a certain time and do a certain job...what you do outside is not your bosses business.
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That bothers me a lot, employers trying to dictate to their employees about their personal lives out of work and off the premises--like not smoking, for example.
serious crayons:
Well, I'm not sure how I got appointed Defender of the Rich, but giving to particular charities of one's choice doesn't seem to be the same thing as taking people's rights away or controlling individuals.
And as for controlling employees when they're not at work, I agree, but that's not necessarily just rich people making that decision. It probably comes from middle-class middle managers just as often. And it's not all that new -- remember how school teachers didn't used to be allowed to be married, let alone pregnant!
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