Opinion of the hard lefty laborites who are upper middle class or better

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Let's be honest, we don't like the idea of the rich having an opinion about anything. If they're liberals, they seem to be people rejecting what made them rich. If their conservatives, they're just playing to their interests. At the end of the day, "they haven't worked a day in their lives, so they shouldn't be voicing their opinions on things they obviously don't understand." etc.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Let's be honest, we don't like the idea of the rich having an opinion about anything. If they're liberals, they seem to be people rejecting what made them rich. If their conservatives, they're just playing to their interests. At the end of the day, "they haven't worked a day in their lives, so they shouldn't be voicing their opinions on things they obviously don't understand." etc.
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Well, the rich are the ones whose opinions matter the most in American politics anyways, so you might forgive us if we don't exactly shed tears over the tragedy of the rich having more money than they know what to do with.

Tragedy? Gah, I"ll be honest, I'm not going to attempt to understand your reply. It seems to be amount to "something something Cathcon feels sorry for the rich", in which case, that's not what I said. What I did say is a pretty big mainstay of the modern conversation going on. While a person on one end of the spectrum will try to make their policies play to the middle and working classes, the type of person they hate most is a rich person with the opposite opinions. Is that not true?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Let's be honest, we don't like the idea of the rich.

Fixed.

That, as well, works.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

"Money" is not an invention so much as a construct or symbol. It is representative of what our income allows us to afford, a number value if you will. It is the worth of your labor--at least as determined by one's employers or the law. The claim the money is an invention is needless mis-direction.

And one might view a tax on the rich to pay for a social safety net as sort of a way to keep the rest of their money. If the poor are kept content enough not to foment insurrection when things go South, then the rich can rest comfortably on their states without fear of bands of roving peasants breaking down their gates and demanding food. As well, a tax on the middle class might be a transaction as Mr. Sanchez described briefly as their own "social insurance" or somesuch.

I'm really just rambling in response to these various statements. Didn't make it all the way down the page, so I'm sure there's more for me to refer to.