too many people who say "eat the rich,"

[The Wandering Harper]

look rich to me.

Feed the poor.

(not necessarily talking about things I've seen on DU,
but in general)

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Personally, I don't hobnob with the 1%

True, the vast majority of people in this country would appear ‘rich’ to many worldwide, but they’re struggling to make ends meet.

[The Wandering Harper]

3. I know plenty of people who are nowhere near the 1%

who are not struggling.

I live in this country and many here look rich to me

[EYESORE 9001]

5. I see many more who give no appearance of wealth

They may be plutocrats, strutting around amongst the hoi polloi, slumming or whatever it’s called now, for all I know. I see plenty of supposedly disposable income being spent on products, but no indications of actual wealth.

[Happy Hoosier]

2. What looks "rich" to you? What's rich?

I'm a fan of Scott Galloway (a genuiniely rich man). He makes the point that the "kinda rich" tend to actually pay their fair share of taxes. It's the genuinely rich that pay much lower rates.

[The Wandering Harper]

8. I'm more concerned now with who I look rich to /nt

[Happy Hoosier]

13. I wear a T-shirt and jeans 90% of the time.

I'm not particularly worried.

[The Wandering Harper]

21. it's not about who I might be afraid of

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but where I want more energy to go.

"eating the rich" is just a bad joke unless someone actually does it,
metaphorically or literally, but I don't see anyone in a position to do that

[orangecrush]

23. Excellent point

[quaint]

4. I say, "Eat the rich!"

"Sorry" if that includes you by your standard.

[The Wandering Harper]

7. sure, I probably look rich to the people who were recently cleared from the homeless encampment

in the little city next door

[FirstLight]

6. we're all still the 99% comparitively...no matter what it looks like.

How about a "reverse soylent-green" operation...?

You know...two birds and all that

[El-Capitan]

9. If we just eat Elon Musk, a big part of the immediate problem immediately goes away.

It's a short-term solution, until the next James Bond villain appears.

I live with my wife in a little shack in Southern Florida on retirement income. We try to live in gratitude. I tell her we live better than 96% who have ever lived. She even believes me.

[The Wandering Harper]

10. thing is, how? How do we eat Elon Musk?

government sure as heck won't any time soon,
I mean, unless he gets eaten by his own thieves' cabal,
but how would that help us?

[El-Capitan]

11. Musk is the number one rich guy threatening us.

He is the clear-and-present danger.

He doesn't look especially tasty, but you gotta take what the road kills.

[haele]

12. Ewee. Botox poisoning.

I'm not sure he's FDA or USDA compliant.

Just joking.
But I am wondering how long his personal universe bubble will last.
Money and drugs can only take one so far, especially if he's bouncing around on average 20 hours a day between his "projects", parties, and posting.

Haele

[johnp3907]

14. I don't say Eat The Rich.

But I sing along to it in the car!

https://m.

#bottom-sheet

[orangecrush]

17. ...

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Nah, just tax the rich to feed the poor until there is no rich no more

[orangecrush]

18. But don't wait

Till 10 years after!

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[The Wandering Harper]

19. but who is going to do that now? /nt

[orangecrush]

16. They sound awfully nervous today

I wonder why

[EllieBC]

20. Depends on where you live.

Where I live a 40 year old trailer goes for for 300k. Single family detached homes start around $1.2m. People regularly work 2 jobs to afford rent.

$200k a year here before taxes isn’t even close to rich.

[Blue_Tires]

22. Kid, I don't know any billionaires or even millionaires 🤨