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muntrv

(14,505 posts)
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 09:39 PM Feb 2014

When someone says "The 1% work harder than the rest," respond with 2 words:

UNDERCOVER BOSS.

Wed Feb 12, 2014 at 05:33 PM PST.

Every Episode of Undercover Boss Disproves Myth of 1% Worker Supremacy

This week in defending the "Kristallnatch" remarks of investment banker Tom Perkins, billionaire Sam Zell argued that the 1% are simply more deserving because "They Just Work Harder."




The billionaire chairman of Equity Group Investments backed up fellow rich guy Tom Perkins, who set off a firestorm when he recently compared the "progressive war on the 1 percent" to Nazi anti-Semitism in a letter to the Wall Street Journal. (He later apologized for using the word "Kristallnacht" but defended the overall "message.&quot
"I guess my feeling is that he’s right," Zell said when asked by Bloomberg's Betty Liu how he felt about Perkins' stance. "The 1 percent are being pummeled because it’s politically convenient to do so."

Zell then said the problem is that all non-rich are just jealous that they don't have the same work ethic that the country's wealthiest do.

"The problem is that the world and this country should not talk about envy of the 1 percent. It should talk about emulating the 1 percent," he said. "The 1 percent work harder. The 1 percent are much bigger factors in all forms of our society."


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When someone says "The 1% work harder than the rest," respond with 2 words: (Original Post) muntrv Feb 2014 OP
My two words would be.... socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #1
Ditto. n/t 2theleft Feb 2014 #2
^^this^^ malokvale77 Feb 2014 #7
Great minds think alike. hay rick Feb 2014 #18
Never let spelling get in the way of a good thought........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #20
That was my first thought. cui bono Feb 2014 #19
My 2 choice words would be either: Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #3
I Like Thyis One, Sir.... The Magistrate Feb 2014 #4
Also one of my favs Magistrate......eom socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #6
^^this^^ malokvale77 Feb 2014 #8
The 1% work harder than the rest... TexasTowelie Feb 2014 #5
Sam Zell can go to HELL! democratisphere Feb 2014 #9
"Guillotine Rest" Kurovski Feb 2014 #10
Two other words: Walton heirs. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #11
I'd probably say "Fuck off." hunter Feb 2014 #12
Okay, here's mine: yewberry Feb 2014 #13
why is it that these people that are supposed to be working so hard NoGOPZone Feb 2014 #14
Here are my two words: hatrack Feb 2014 #15
Two other words that work: Paris Hilton. QC Feb 2014 #16
Two words ThoughtCriminal Feb 2014 #17

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
11. Two other words: Walton heirs.
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 10:06 PM
Feb 2014

They work sooooo hard.

But I have to agree that Undercover Boss does show just how hard the ordinary workers work, and how little they are appreciated. In fact, I can't watch that show. I get so disgusted with the idiot bosses who have no clue what is going on in their businesses, and the only way that they will listen to the workers about problems is when they are faced with them. Before that, they probably think that the workers are just useless idiots. The delusions that they have before "working" make me so pissed off.

hunter

(38,346 posts)
12. I'd probably say "Fuck off."
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 10:08 PM
Feb 2014

Fortunately I don't commonly encounter anyone who would say such a thing.



NoGOPZone

(2,971 posts)
14. why is it that these people that are supposed to be working so hard
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 10:15 PM
Feb 2014

Always have time to come up with the most asinine statements?

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