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[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
My point is that you are preaching to someone poorer that you know better what their life is like. I'm sorry dude, you make these ridiculous statements like, hey, you would want to pay people as little as possible to get the job done, based on no evidence whatsoever.

You run your own business for christs sake and we are talking about people who work for a wage and or recieve welfare. We aren't talking about you!

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Kidicious


Who exactly is discussing that, except for yourself?

Originally posted by Kidicious
I don't believe that you work for less than I do.

[Kidlicious]

Current year doesn't mean ****. I've made 40k one year and I lived in a homeless shelter not too many years later.

[Ben Kenobi]

You run your own business for christs sake and we are talking about people who work for a wage and or recieve welfare. We aren't talking about you!

So I don't work for a living because I am the only employee, and I prefer to sink or swim based on my own efforts?



I guess that makes me the evil bourgeosie because I own the means of production.

[Lorizael]

Kid, I've got what Ben made last year and what he's made so far this year. Put up or shutup.

[Ben Kenobi]

If we are going by lifetime income, which I suggest, I've got Ben beat hands down. I'm sure of that. Of course, I'm 39 now, and he's much younger I think. Probably a student, which is why he wants to compare current year incomes.

I've not been a student since I gradded last May.

[Arrian]

You run your own business for christs sake and we are talking about people who work for a wage and or recieve welfare.

This is ****ing priceless. Ben, who tutors students, apparently does not "work for a wage." He is, no doubt, a capitalist pig who exploits the labor of others (nevermind he has no employees).



It's really hard to out-crazy Ben, but you manage it Kid. Well done. Well done indeed.

-Arrian

[Aeson]

If either Kid or Ben would like to make less this year to win, just PM me and I'll gladly provide you with information about some very un-lucrative business ventures that I'm willing to undertake on their behalf (and with their capital).

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Lorizael
Kid, I've got what Ben made last year and what he's made so far this year. Put up or shutup.

This is silly, but since you insist that current income is all telling about whether a person is rich or poor. My current income is negative $300 per month on account of my accumulated interest on my school loans.

Of course it's much more relavent that I've been in situations where I've needed to rely on welfare to support my child and Ben hasn't, but I guess you are going to insist on some irrelevent figure.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Arrian


This is ****ing priceless. Ben, who tutors students, apparently does not "work for a wage." He is, no doubt, a capitalist pig who exploits the labor of others (nevermind he has no employees).



It's really hard to out-crazy Ben, but you manage it Kid. Well done. Well done indeed.

-Arrian

I didn't say he's a capitalist pig. He's taken a vow of poverty for Jesus or something like that. Still he has no concept of what it is like to have fight for your families survival.

[Ben Kenobi]

Of course it's much more relavent that I've been in situations where I've needed to rely on welfare to support my child and Ben hasn't, but I guess you are going to insist on some irrelevent figure.

Well, I have to admit. I've never had to go on welfare to support my kid. That would be pretty hard for me to do.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


So I don't work for a living because I am the only employee, and I prefer to sink or swim based on my own efforts?



I guess that makes me the evil bourgeosie because I own the means of production.

You don't have to worry about money. Just face it. We can all tell by the things you say. I on the other hand have to fight for survival.

I don't even know if you're telling the truth about your situation. Hell, you could have 100k in the bank and not mention it. What you say tells a lot more.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Well, I have to admit. I've never had to go on welfare to support my kid. That would be pretty hard for me to do.

It's not an insignificant detail. It's not easy when there is no other parent to help, and your family doesn't help either. Compound that with other events such as getting your car stolen.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Kidicious
This is silly, but since you insist that current income is all telling about whether a person is rich or poor. My current income is negative $300 per month on account of my accumulated interest on my school loans.

Income. Not income plus debts. You lose.

(Btw, if you're uncomfortable giving me your yearly income, just say so; that's perfectly acceptable. Otherwise, you lose.)

[Ben Kenobi]

It's not an insignificant detail. It's not easy when there is no other parent to help, and your family doesn't help either. Compound that with other events such as getting your car stolen.

Well, it's hard for me to have to go on welfare to support a kid when I don't have a kid period.

It's not like it's a fair comparison.