I was joking.

It was little attempt at humor/sarcasm. All the talk about the 1% making the rules, raking in all the money and getting richer and richer. The 99 percent take all the crap, do all the work and keep getting poorer. Well we can all say we're in that 1%, worldwide. It doesn't mean much though since it only takes $34k to get you there.

True, but it puts things into perspective, doesn't it? Instead of complaining about what you don't have, you should focus on what you DO have.

Most of on this forum have one or more hotrods in the garage, we have electricity, we have access to the internet, I'm pretty sure if we have those things, we have indoor plumbing and a dry place to sleep. .......I guess we're not doing so bad after all.

So true. So true.

I think for many of us, at one time or another, we all had to live in some hard times. When I was with my 1st husband we didn't have a lot, but we had a '69 Charger and we just barely scrapped by. But, in my lifetime I have faced foreclosure, eviction, shut off of utilities, and being homeless. I think after all of that we all learn what is important. Like you said, we need to focus on how lucky we are, and what we DO have. Now we need for our children to understand this.

One of these days I will be back on my game! Sarcasm is my forte.

I'm a little late on this, but I am a 53%-er. As in... one of the 53% who actually work - so that all the lazy pieces of human waste can have an iphone, government housing, food stamps, etc. I am not against helping the needy, but I do oppose helping the lazy. I don't even want to think about what % I fall into concerning income. Since 2009, my standard of living has went to crap. I lost my decent paying job, had to short sale my home, sell off cars, sell my small collection of guns, etc. That said, I am happy to have a roof over my head, food to eat, clean clothes, etc. But, this country is not going in the right direction for the working man.

You are so right in your statements,but I fear the tyrant will get elected again this fall and our once great country will slide even further into decline.Dont get me started,because I could be typing for hours about this Chicago mobster backed by George Soros.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!

Carpoor, at one time I was one of those "people" who collected from the government. I had recently divorced and had small children and didn't know how I was going to survive.
BUT..unlike many, many other people I worked my butt off to get a job, because I did not want to report everything I did to the government. It didn't take me long till I was back to paying my own way and paying taxes. I believe that the welfare rolls were ment to help people, not to support them for a lifetime. I saw so many people who knew how to play the welfare game, and saw so many people that needed it but were refused.
I had my first job at 14, delivering newspapers, and continue to work today. I have had 6 children and was back to work quickly after each one. I have always been a work-a-holic, just ask grumpy, and I believe that my short time getting help from the government, made me realize how much I didn't want to live that way.

Exactly! But, we now reward them with iphones, let them buy booze and cigarettes with their EBT, etc. Giving them the best does not, and will not encourage them to do better and get off the government tit. We need to get back to basics so most of them won't want to stay on it forever. Instead, they will realize that they have to work like the rest of us if they want "more."

But, that won't happen. Leaving things the way they are and expanding the welfare state just breeds a whole new generation of voters. And that is exactly what they want.

I fear the same thing Gary, but I hope we are wrong. I know we cannot survive another 4 years of this crap.