Bill O'Reilly: The poor have it too good

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http://www.billoreilly.com/b/Income-Inequality-in-America/-774357204250470725.html

h/t @Josh_Moon

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

You need to post the whole content of what he said and not just a snippet.

[RunInRed 16,357]

You need to post the whole content of what he said and not just a snippet.

Follow the link, grasshopper ... it's there.

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Yeah! The poor: they get all the breaks! :-\

[RunInRed 16,357]

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

RIR......I listened to the whole thing and the associated comments and I fully agree with the point he is making. Hillary is a giant hypocrite in this area.

[RunInRed 16,357]

What O'Reilly (and apparently you) seem to not understand is that maybe people don't want government that rigs the deck for the rich ...

And of course, the irony is, there has been a "redistribution of wealth" in this country over the last 30 years ... upward.

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

Hasn't it almost always been this way regard less of who is in power? What has Obama done to make it better? Middle class wages are less today than they were just a few years ago.

[cooltigger21 0]

You want to see real poverty? Go to some country outside the United States. You'll see what poverty is.

[RunInRed 16,357]

Hasn't it almost always been this way regard less of who is in power? What has Obama done to make it better? Middle class wages are less today than they were just a few years ago.

Well, I'm not here to defend Obama, but remember, distribution is not just a function of tax policy (which, for the record, despite O'Reilly's rants about increases, taxes have remained at the Bush levels...or LOWER... for those below the top brackets over the past 6 years).

For example, trade policy (i.e., selective protectionism) has been quite explicitly designed to put manufacturing workers in direct competition with low-paid workers in the developing world. By contrast, doctors and other highly-paid professionals (who comprise much of the one percent) have been largely protected from international competition. Similarly, our policy of patent protection redistributes hundreds of billions of dollars a year from ordinary workers to drug companies and other beneficiaries of these government-granted monopolies.

The government's labor policies have also been much more hostile to workers over the last three decades, making it far more difficult to form unions. The Federal Reserve Board has also quite explicitly adopted monetary policies (e.g., by supporting an over-valued dollar that has eliminated millions of manufacturing jobs and put downward pressure on the wages of non-college educated workers; also policies that raises interest rates to keep people from getting jobs any time the labor market gets tight enough to support wage growth) that keep unemployment higher than in the years prior to 1980.

So it's whole set of policies that have redistributed a massive amount of income upward over the last 30 years.

A politician who wanted to reduce inequality could focus on having less government action in these areas.

[icanthearyou 4,462]

What O'Reilly (and apparently you) seem to not understand is that maybe people don't want government that rigs the deck for the rich ...

And of course, the irony is, there has been a "redistribution of wealth" in this country over the last 30 years ... upward.

That there aint "redistributin" that there is called sucksess. libtards like to reward failin. Conservitives reward winnin. All you gotta do is look at were we was before the sociolistic policies of the keynan, muslim, commie, narcassistic, libtard and were we is now to see the differinse. All you gotta do is look at the states with conservative leaders and the ones that got a bunch a libtards runnin em. All you gotta do is remember how grate Ronald Raygun was and how bad Jimmy Carter done.

People need to quit listenin to barry and start listenin to people like Orilley and Rush. We need to quit tryin to be like them Euoropian socialists and be more like the Chineese. They dont use no excuses like the enviroment or safety or unions or equalness to keep them from workin and makin money. They get the damn government out of the way of private interprice. Them Chineese is winnin cause they aint got no libtards.

[icanthearyou 4,462]

You want to see real poverty? Go to some country outside the United States. You'll see what poverty is.

Only them sociolist ones. Thems the ones that is poor. Cause they is run by libtards.

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

RIR...I totally agree with less gov't. Less gov't, less corruption.

[Mims44 1,864]

You want to see real poverty? Go to some country outside the United States. You'll see what poverty is.

Wut? lol....

[WarTim 3,456]

Has a poor man or women ever created a job? (heads will explode)....... : - )

[AUUSN 823]

Has a poor man or women ever created a job? (heads will explode)....... : - )

Yes.

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[icanthearyou 4,462]

Has a poor man or women ever created a job? (heads will explode)....... : - )

Well, in the sense of, all things are relative, yes, I have.

Did your head explode?

[AUUSN 823]

Has a poor man or women ever created a job? (heads will explode)....... : - )

Well, in the sense of, all things are relative, yes, I have.

Did your head explode?

The poor uninformed soul doesn't realize jobs like this one was created by a poor man or woman.... https://ssa.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/401255800

[cooltigger21 0]

classic liberal bs.

[Mims44 1,864]

classic liberal bs.

That is actually how it has went, the original thought put emphasis on the business owners personal responsibility to their business (IE: their employees).

Which is a good idea, but there's no way to force it. Someone can take most profits and put it into their business to expand and better the business (employees) or they can pocket the majority of profits and let the business continue to run as is... and most people are selecting #2

[AUDub 11,131]

classic liberal bs.

That is actually how it has went, the original thought put emphasis on the business owners personal responsibility to their business (IE: their employees).

Which is a good idea, but there's no way to force it. Someone can take most profits and put it into their business to expand and better the business (employees) or they can pocket the majority of profits and let the business continue to run as is... and most people are selecting #2

Bingo. Of course Tigger would feel it's BS

[Mims44 1,864]

classic liberal bs.

That is actually how it has went, the original thought put emphasis on the business owners personal responsibility to their business (IE: their employees).

Which is a good idea, but there's no way to force it. Someone can take most profits and put it into their business to expand and better the business (employees) or they can pocket the majority of profits and let the business continue to run as is... and most people are selecting #2

Bingo. Of course Tigger would feel it's BS

Yup, and Tigger represents a majority at this time....

People get the government they deserve.

[WarTim 3,456]

Has a poor man or women ever created a job? (heads will explode)....... : - )

Well, in the sense of, all things are relative, yes, I have.

Did your head explode?

The poor uninformed soul doesn't realize jobs like this one was created by a poor man or woman.... https://ssa.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/401255800

Poor simpleton. Oh well. At least you have sewing.......

[AFTiger 282]

Classic redistribution: You build it, I buy it. I just transferred wealth.