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"Anyone here work for a poor person?" (Original Post) Playinghardball Apr 2015 OP
LOL, K&R. n/t FSogol Apr 2015 #1
Actually, Rand, plenty of small businesses are run by people living on a shoestring budget. . . Journeyman Apr 2015 #2
Well he is raising his hand Politicalboi Apr 2015 #3
gawd, he is one goofy looking f*** Skittles Apr 2015 #4
I'm a public employee so yes, I work for many poor people. Jokerman Apr 2015 #5
Me! I'm self-employed. n/t TygrBright Apr 2015 #6
I work for a poor person and he's the best safeinOhio Apr 2015 #7
It's a hollow argument, and easily refuted. procon Apr 2015 #8
I have, but what I have never experienced is a RICH man giving me anything. bvar22 Apr 2015 #9
Some commie said this about capital and labor hifiguy Apr 2015 #20
Excellent. bvar22 Apr 2015 #21
Well, it would be true if he actually did the job he was elected to do. GoCubsGo Apr 2015 #10
Well Rand, with 700,000 Kentuckians living in poverty, YOU SHOULD BE! nt Snotcicles Apr 2015 #11
this putz should be a wine steward at Arby's olddots Apr 2015 #12
I'll never eat at Arby's again. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #18
That is just so great! Thanks. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #13
K & R, hugely Thespian2 Apr 2015 #14
Actually, I worked for about 8 years for homeless people, for a nonprofit that served homeless JDPriestly Apr 2015 #15
What a dipshit. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #16
I think that's basically the idea behind disenfranchising the poor, by destroying ACORN and bringing TrollBuster9090 Apr 2015 #17
I still say this damned idjit needs to hifiguy Apr 2015 #19
I love the thought. But he works for the one percenters. Like all rethugs. kairos12 Apr 2015 #22
Excellent. n/t jtuck004 Apr 2015 #23

Journeyman

(15,042 posts)
2. Actually, Rand, plenty of small businesses are run by people living on a shoestring budget. . .
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 04:10 PM
Apr 2015

there are, after all, businesses that fail and have to close. Few of them (other than Enron & the like) are run by wealthy people.

procon

(15,805 posts)
8. It's a hollow argument, and easily refuted.
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 04:24 PM
Apr 2015

Poor folks, and as a senior living on a fixed income, I'm one of 'em, hire lots of workers. Just yesterday I had to hire a plumber, at a princely sum, I might add, and I paid for him and his helper to work most of the day. The dog groomer and my vet work for me everytime I bring in my furbabies.

In fact, everytime I go shopping and support my local stores, my money keeps them, and their own employees, working. I hired a neighbor's boy to mow the lawn every week, and he's happy to have a little money for working for me. When I hired the tree trimming service, they never asked if I was rich or poor, but they thanked me for the business just the same.


bvar22

(39,909 posts)
9. I have, but what I have never experienced is a RICH man giving me anything.
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 04:58 PM
Apr 2015

A RICH man has never "given" me a job.
I have worked FOR some rich men, but we always had a deal.
I MADE MONEY FOR THEM.
If I lost money or wasn't worth what they paid me, I expected to be fired.

Rich people did not get rich by being stupid.
They do NOT give away jobs,
or hire people they do NOT need.
They got rich through the labor of others.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
20. Some commie said this about capital and labor
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 06:19 PM
Apr 2015

"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."

Some commie named Abe Lincoln.

GoCubsGo

(32,098 posts)
10. Well, it would be true if he actually did the job he was elected to do.
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:41 PM
Apr 2015

But, he doesn't. He works for the billionaires who bought that Senate seat for him, not the the poor folks in his state.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
15. Actually, I worked for about 8 years for homeless people, for a nonprofit that served homeless
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 06:02 PM
Apr 2015

people. So, yes. I used to work for not just a poor person, but for poor people.

So did my Dad at times in his life. He was a pastor and a social worker. He worked for poor people.

TrollBuster9090

(5,955 posts)
17. I think that's basically the idea behind disenfranchising the poor, by destroying ACORN and bringing
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 06:15 PM
Apr 2015

in voter ID laws. To make sure that politicians DON'T work for, or answer to the poor. At least these guys are consistent, I'll give 'em that.

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