Forum Post: Rising Share of Americans See Conflict Between Rich and Poor
Posted 12 years ago on June 24, 2012, 9:14 a.m. EST by Underdog
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Yet more data from opinion polls. Evidence that people are just getting more and more furious with the status quo.
This is heading for some kind of eventual showdown. Why do the filthy rich do nothing? Do they not remember the French Revolution?
The survey doesn't identify how many of those people consider themselves part of the poor or somehow invested in this economic conflict. The same survey points out a similar number of people see conflict between immigrants and native born. This looks more like a measure of middle class perceptions then a building of emotion to storm the Bastille.
From the article:
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About the Survey
This report is based on findings from a Pew Research Center telephone survey conducted with a nationally representative sample of 2,048 adults ages 18 and older living in the continental United States, including an oversample of 808 adults ages 18 to 34. A total of 769 interviews were completed with respondents contacted by landline telephone and 1,279 with those contacted on their cellular phone. The data are weighted to produce a final sample that is representative of the general population of adults in the continental United States. Survey interviews were conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International, in English and Spanish.
• Interviews conducted December 6-19, 2011 • 2,048 interviews • Margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.9 percentage points for results based on the total sample and 4.4 percentage points for adults ages 18 to 34 at the 95% confidence level.
Thank you. Based on the wording of the question though I think you're being optimistic if you think the people answering the survey are themselves furious with anyone. It asks if they think there is conflict, like asking if you think their is racism, the responders may think there is but not feel any animosity personally.
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They know this population is WAY too apathetic for a French Revolution.
At this point, I almost hope nothing changes, that Romney wins. For no other reason than the belief that the resulting consequence is what it will take to set things straight. We all know where this leads and if that isn't enough of a deterrent, let it come.
We all may not know "where this leads". Please enlighten us.
Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today, yeah
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going
Mother, mother
Everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Come on talk to me
So you can see,
What's going on,
What's going on
Tell me what's going on
I'll tell you ya, what's going on
You're younger than me so if you think letting the country go to shit is a joke, then please keep laughing. You have a lot longer left on this planet to deal with the consequences.
There are two things I know to be true: (1) I don't know how old you are. (2) You don't know how old I am. So if you're lying about something so obvious, why should we believe you about anything else? And besides, your reply provided none of the information I requested to clarify your claim.
Since you're here to do reactionary research, I will not retort with anything useful. http://blog.richardkentgates.com enjoy. PS, your thesis is going to make you look worse than any amount of trolling you've done on this forum and your name will be attached to that. Better pick a different subject.
Gibberish in hopes of redirection. You have no clue how old I am, poser, and without that data saying I am "younger than you" was at best speculation on your part. Admit that or STFU and go away.
Better to create a new constitution (or revolution), as follows:
We the peoples, in order to secure Freedom and Justice for All, do enact this Constitution for Strategic International Systems LLC (or SIS LLC) as summarized in the following Business Operations Forecast:
The customer value mission of SIS LLC is (1) to organize all customer-investors into 3,000 investment squad sites of 16 friends (or virtual specialties), and related internet investment legislatures of 50,000 friends (or virtual towns), requiring (2) a $20 weekly capital contribution for 1 year (or $1,000) to (3) create your investment club bank of 50,000 friends (or physical town) -- that is, having $50 million in initial assets -- which (4) due to the operation of today’s fractional banking system becomes (5) $500 million in new annual business loans (or $10,000 in new annual individual loans) from yourself as a new bank officer to yourself as a new business officer who (6) takes 75% employee business control as business officer-investors and 25% customer business control as bank officer-investors of (7) your specific 12 businesses (or investments) in your new bank investment account wherein (8) your investor voting power equals (9) your 1 of 12 levels of experience in (10) your 1 of 12 sectors in 1 of 50 industries in 1 of 200 occupations in 1 of 3,000 specialities which (11) votes-upon your purchasing (or investment) orders as (12) proposed by your employee-elected chain of command.
This means you will have 75% employee business control over your workplace as business officers and, as bank officers, 25% customer business control over all 12 investments (or businesses) in your new bank investment account. In turn, with this 100% town-level business control of your 3,000 workplaces, you can decrease your 12 customer consumption expenses by 75% for services, vehicles, education, retail, food, construction, technology, manufacturing, wholesale, health, justice, and banking expenses; that is, over your first 12 years of SIS LLC membership using a 75% more effective and efficient town design, and related 3,000 workplace designs (herein). Furthermore, while creating your new town & workplace design as described by this constitution, you will replace today’s communist big businesses, and related big governments, with your new small investment club banks, and related small businesses (or investments), as proposed, financed, and patronized by your 3,000 investment squad sites of 16 friends (or virtual specialties) in your internet investment legislature of 50,000 friends (or virtual town).
Why? First, because today’s executive business income (mostly from bank or financial asset income) is 33% of all income which is a huge amount of upper 1% income to split among yourselves as new bank officers having 25% customer business control, right? Second, because today’s executive business wealth is 42% of all wealth which is a huge amount of upper 1% wealth to split among yourselves as new business officers having 75% employee business control; that is, only after becoming new bank officers (above) first, right?
For example, this means if you earn $12/hour today, then you will earn $36/hour tomorrow after adding (1) your old wage income, plus (2) your 33% (more and new) interest income as a new bank officer, plus (3) your 42% (more and new) dividend & gain income as a new business officer. Together, these 4 sources of wealth & income from your specific 12 businesses (or investments) will double your net worth every 6-12 years (until retirement); that is, from the compound interest decline of today's upper 1% executives whom you will replace as the new bank & business investor-officers. So, with this power, let’s end today’s communist big businesses, and related big governments, okay? How? By helping to operate your own Business Operations Forecast (above) at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/StrategicInternationalSystems/ ; so help us help you, today!
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