Can anyone defend irresponsibility?

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   EyesAndEarsposted 13 years ago

   Seriously here.  think about it.  In 1900 there were 16 billionaires in teh US.  In 2000 there were 2.  When minimum wage was set, in 1938, $0.25 an hour was determined to be a sufficient income to provide necessities.  in 2007 (the most recent year I could find info for) 7.25 an hour (todays minimum wage) did not meet the needs for 46% of the US population.  and yet we are in the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.  Whose fault is it?

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      SunSevenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      There were no billionairs in 1900. (depending on how it is calculated, a million US dollars in 1900 is equivalent to US dollars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millionaire)

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         EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         http://www.nytimes.com/ref/business/200 … APHIC.html
         
         take the wealth measurement in terms of a percentage of the economy

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      Will Apseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      If you are going to come with really weird and completely unbelievable statistics you need to post some references. Also some kind of logic in your statements would help.

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         EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         i was under the impression that promoting my own hubs was 'forbidden' territory.

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   Will Apseposted 13 years ago

   So that is what this is all about?

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      EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      i wanted to start a conversation about it, cuz it's something i'm very angry about.  what do we do now??? kinda thing....

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   Will Apseposted 13 years ago

   What exactly are you angry about?

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      EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      i thought my post made that kinda obvious. 
      
      we are in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, which obviously anyone earning minimum wage did not cause, who will be held accountable for their irresponsible actions? and why is it taking so D@mn long??

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      Rafiniposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You have got to be kidding, right?  Where have you been since the stock market crashed from over 1400 in 2007 to less than 7000 in 2008 (9?)?  Whose fault is it? 
      
      I blame the crooks of Wall Street who steal, ahem, 'earn' as much if not more than Bernie Madoff.

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   Will Apseposted 13 years ago

   Eyes and Ears says
   
   we are in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, which obviously anyone earning minimum wage did not cause, who will be held accountable for their irresponsible actions? and why is it taking so D@mn long??
   
   Who in your opinion is irresponsible?
   
   I mean I genuinely don't have a clue what you are talking about. Is it the billionaires? If you can't be clear in what you say how can anyone agree or disagree?

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      EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      well, i wasn't looking for agreement or disagreemtn, what i was looking for was a disudccion on irresponsibility in Washington and on Wall Sstreet.  Make sense now?

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   Obscure Divineposted 13 years ago

   Huh?  Say again?  Need money or something?  Hate the world?  Yeah, the monetary obsession sucks; I agree about that...

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      EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      but, who is responsible for the financial mess the world is in?  how are we going to hold htem accountable?  it seems to me none of themlost their jobs, except for the institutions that went bankrupt.  The people who put us into this crisis are still at their lucritive jobs, earning more per year thanI will earn in a lifetime.  Isn't it time we held them accountable for their actions?  Or lack of appropriate actions?

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         Obscure Divineposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         It is corruption via government & big biz bad-asses...

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            EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            The people who put us into this crisis are still at their lucritive jobs, earning more per year thanI will earn in a lifetime.  Isn't it time we held them accountable for their actions?  Or lack of appropriate actions?
            
            
            so what are we, the people, going to do about it?  we, the people, are supposed to be the ones in charge.  are we not?
            
            for the people, of the people, by the people

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               Obscure Divineposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               You can rebel, but I doubt if you'll find enough of an army that has a spine anymore; this country gets weaker by the day...

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                  EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  seriously?  you don't care anymore?  thats the impression I'm getting from your post....

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                     Obscure Divineposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                     Actually, I do care.  I'd praise a civil war and/or one against my own country any day,  before I'd look toward foreign affairs.  But, you're dealing with lame folks without a spine, when it comes to the majority!  I'm just trying to be nice, since I'm on HubPages!

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                        EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                        i don't understand the being nice reference.  whats to be nice about when we are talking about a global depression like the world has never seen?

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                           Obscure Divineposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                           I'm talking about this website, numbnuts!  Just collect lots of guns and sharp blades and become a vigilante!  It's that simple!  Fun-fun! 

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                              EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                              um, yah, i get this website, numbnuts!  geez.  but why?  do you haave to be nice here?  doesn't sound like it, if you're gonna call names.
                              become a vigilante?  are you totally insane?  no single vigilante is gonna get the job done! 

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                                 Obscure Divineposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                                 Hmm, people get banned here all the time; trust me.
                                 
                                 Am I insane?  I sure hope so!  Certain jobs can get done, but only in a singular plane fashion via your selective bull's-eye of primary focal points upon your fetish for the fecal-infested freaks' removal from society.

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                                    EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                                    so...I take it you're saying it's not worth it to attempt to corect the situation?

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                                    Obscure Divineposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                                    I can only hope for a state of anarchy; that simple!

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   andromidaposted 13 years ago

   I guess you all know what is economic recession and why it happens.Bankers make it happen whether you accept it or not? Almost all the economic recession are human engineered.

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      EyesAndEarsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      on purpose?  why?  what would be the point in it?  irresponsibility, if you ask me.  I want to see responsible people in charge, for a change.

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