Beating your meat. A hacking story.

[Jackie]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

[Jackie]

[awty]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I still don’t understand why it bothers you how other people spend their money.

Boru

It isn't a matter of how others spend their money. PLEASE STOP THAT.

It is a matter of lack of introspection at the top. Jeff Bezos wants the money he has, but the truth is for that class, he doesn't need that much. It isn't a matter of saying others cant have more. People at that class collectively have the same wealth as the rest of the world's middle and bottom earners. 

If Jeff only made 1 billion a year, he'd still be rich. If he only made 50 million a year, he'd still be rich. That is the part that bothers me. Not that he has more money than me. I've struggled myself, I most certainly know the difference of living paycheck to paycheck, vs now, in living off buffer of what my mother left me. I cant even say what she left me will get me to social security and Medicare. But I do know, I cant see how someone who makes as much as he does, has the nerve to bitch about his personal taxes or his corporate taxes going up.

I don't get the gap on a passenger jet about getting off early or food, when, no matter where you sit, I'd think the most important aspect of the flight is NOT DYING. 

Outside flying, even with restaurant food, fast food, vs sit down food. Yea, I am willing to pay a couple cents/dollars more, for a sit down burger vs a McDonald's burger, anyone would. But I don't think the price difference should be comically absurd. 

I don't care what individuals spend their money on. I do care about greed, and pricing everyone out of participating in the economy.

Well, it IS you being bothered by how other people spend their money, because you said, 

 Your international flight will last anywhere from 12-24 hours. That makes no sense to me other than rich people like showing off.

And your comment about ‘pricing everyone out of participating in the economy’ is nonsensical. EVERYONE participates in the economy. That’s what makes it an economy.

Boru

[Jackie]

It isn't a matter of how others spend their money. PLEASE STOP THAT.

It is a matter of lack of introspection at the top. Jeff Bezos wants the money he has, but the truth is for that class, he doesn't need that much. It isn't a matter of saying others cant have more. People at that class collectively have the same wealth as the rest of the world's middle and bottom earners. 

If Jeff only made 1 billion a year, he'd still be rich. If he only made 50 million a year, he'd still be rich. That is the part that bothers me. Not that he has more money than me. I've struggled myself, I most certainly know the difference of living paycheck to paycheck, vs now, in living off buffer of what my mother left me. I cant even say what she left me will get me to social security and Medicare. But I do know, I cant see how someone who makes as much as he does, has the nerve to bitch about his personal taxes or his corporate taxes going up.

I don't get the gap on a passenger jet about getting off early or food, when, no matter where you sit, I'd think the most important aspect of the flight is NOT DYING. 

Outside flying, even with restaurant food, fast food, vs sit down food. Yea, I am willing to pay a couple cents/dollars more, for a sit down burger vs a McDonald's burger, anyone would. But I don't think the price difference should be comically absurd. 

I don't care what individuals spend their money on. I do care about greed, and pricing everyone out of participating in the economy.

Well, it IS you being bothered by how other people spend their money, because you said, 

 Your international flight will last anywhere from 12-24 hours. That makes no sense to me other than rich people like showing off.

And your comment about ‘pricing everyone out of participating in the economy’ is nonsensical. EVERYONE participates in the economy. That’s what makes it an economy.

Boru

I agree there most certainly IS more than one class involved in the economy. But between you and me, and Jeff Bezos or the Koch Brothers or Walmart family, who do you think has more influence over government?

If say, a city like New York, still needs people like dishwashers, or taxi cab drivers, or hotel maids, how much sense economically does it make to price those low wage workers to the point that they have to travel further to get to Manhattan or pack a family into a 1 bedroom apartment just to be closer to the job?

It is insane that pay gap favors the top. At that point to me, it is nothing but greed. There has to be balance.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Well, it IS you being bothered by how other people spend their money, because you said, 


And your comment about ‘pricing everyone out of participating in the economy’ is nonsensical. EVERYONE participates in the economy. That’s what makes it an economy.

Boru

I agree there most certainly IS more than one class involved in the economy. But between you and me, and Jeff Bezos or the Koch Brothers or Walmart family, who do you think has more influence over government?

If say, a city like New York, still needs people like dishwashers, or taxi cab drivers, or hotel maids, how much sense economically does it make to price those low wage workers to the point that they have to travel further to get to Manhattan or pack a family into a 1 bedroom apartment just to be closer to the job?

It is insane that pay gap favors the top. At that point to me, it is nothing but greed. There has to be balance.

Well, if the pay gap favoured the bottom, then they would be the ones on the top.

Stop avoiding my question: Why do you care how other people spend their money?

Boru

[Jackie]

I agree there most certainly IS more than one class involved in the economy. But between you and me, and Jeff Bezos or the Koch Brothers or Walmart family, who do you think has more influence over government?

If say, a city like New York, still needs people like dishwashers, or taxi cab drivers, or hotel maids, how much sense economically does it make to price those low wage workers to the point that they have to travel further to get to Manhattan or pack a family into a 1 bedroom apartment just to be closer to the job?

It is insane that pay gap favors the top. At that point to me, it is nothing but greed. There has to be balance.

Well, if the pay gap favoured the bottom, then they would be the ones on the top.

Stop avoiding my question: Why do you care how other people spend their money?

Boru

Stop avoiding my response. 

I DON'T GIVE A SHIT if you want to spend your money on navel or pocket lint. I REALLY DONT.  I do care however, when the people at the top fuck the middle and working class over by basically pricing everyone else out of stability.

Jeff Bezos is worth is an estimated $185 billion. 

Please tell me how someone, a dishwasher or cab driver, or hotel maid is a threat to him by saying, "HELLO".

What does Jeff really fucking have to bitch about, I mean even if we literally taxed him 50% of his pay? I will laugh in your face if you try to argue Jeff can't live off of 90 billion instead of 180 billion. I'll laugh in your face if you think he cant live off of even 50 million. It isn't a matter of robbing anyone. It is a matter of the TOP to stop being dicks.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Well, if the pay gap favoured the bottom, then they would be the ones on the top.

Stop avoiding my question: Why do you care how other people spend their money?

Boru

Stop avoiding my response. 

I DON'T GIVE A SHIT if you want to spend your money on navel or pocket lint. I REALLY DONT.  I do care however, when the people at the top fuck the middle and working class over by basically pricing everyone else out of stability.

Jeff Bezos is worth is an estimated $185 billion. 

Please tell me how someone a dishwasher or cab driver, or hotel made is a threat to him by saying, "HELLO".

I’m not avoiding your response - I’m ignoring your responses because they’re not germane to my question.

Conspicuous consumption doesn’t fuck the middle and lower classes out of anything, nor does it price them out of stability or mobility.

Suppose I spend $20K on airfare to visit, say, London. While there I stay in a thousand dollar-a-night hotel suite, and dine on pangolin tartare at $500 an ounce. How does that negatively affect a dishwasher, cabbie, or hotel maid?

Boru

[awty]

It's apparent that Jeff Bezos is today's bug up Brian's ass.

I will happily admit to helping line his (Bezos) pockets nearly every day. What he does makes my life easier. COVID made his business even more important to my household and me.