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Oh, the Humanity....
September 11, 2014 at 3:04 pm
The Wall Street Journal is crying for the top 1% "struggling" to make ends meet!
Fuck the WSJ!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/10...000-a-year
Quote:The Wall Street Journal cries about the poverty of making $400,000 a year
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RE: Oh, the Humanity....
September 11, 2014 at 3:05 pm
Dunno about you, Min, but I'm struggling to live on $400,000 a year. Granted..I'm paid in Zimbabwe dollars so..
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RE: Oh, the Humanity....
September 11, 2014 at 3:08 pm
Which are worth?
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RE: Oh, the Humanity....
September 11, 2014 at 3:11 pm
$1 US is worth ~ $360 Zimbabwe. (was just kidding)
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RE: Oh, the Humanity....
September 11, 2014 at 3:12 pm
There's probably a lot of nice and morally sound wealthy people out there, but I'm willing to throw the baby out with the bath water on this. It's the one area I allow my emotions to trump my rationale. Lol
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RE: Oh, the Humanity....
September 11, 2014 at 3:21 pm
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(September 11, 2014 at 3:11 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: $1 US is worth ~ $360 Zimbabwe. (was just kidding)
Actually, before the Zimbabwe dollar was abandoned in 2009 (Zimbabwe now allows foreign currencies including the South African rand, Botswana pula, pound sterling, Indian Rupee, euro, Yuan and the US dollar), its final exchange was 300 trillion to the US dollar. I wish I was kidding, but hyperinflation was that horrible.
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RE: Oh, the Humanity....
September 11, 2014 at 3:22 pm
At that rate even Mugabe couldn't buy a postage stamp!
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RE: Oh, the Humanity....
September 11, 2014 at 3:28 pm
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(September 11, 2014 at 3:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote: At that rate even Mugabe couldn't buy a postage stamp!
He probably kept all the 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollar banknotes for himself while his people starved on a billion (worthless) dollars a year.
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RE: Oh, the Humanity....
September 11, 2014 at 3:29 pm
If that's the case then these big companies should help their employees to "struggle" on $400K a year.
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RE: Oh, the Humanity....
September 11, 2014 at 4:49 pm
(September 11, 2014 at 3:21 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote: (September 11, 2014 at 3:11 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: $1 US is worth ~ $360 Zimbabwe. (was just kidding)
Actually, before the Zimbabwe dollar was abandoned in 2009 (Zimbabwe now allows foreign currencies including the South African rand, Botswana pula, pound sterling, Indian Rupee, euro, Yuan and the US dollar), its final exchange was 300 trillion to the US dollar. I wish I was kidding, but hyperinflation was that horrible.
I remember my Zimbabwean friend using a 1 trillion dollar note as a bookmark. I heard stories about people taking wheelbarrows full of money to buy some bread, and the inflation being so bad that the price had gone over what they had in the wheelbarrow between leaving home and getting to the shop.
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