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It's the same old "I got mine so screw you" mentality that causes people to say that people should be happy to work minimum wage jobs, which IMHO amounts to theft by the rich who way underpay their employees compared to what they earn. If they had to work for minimum wage they wouldn't like it either. Certainly the rich can afford to pay people more than they do. And I'm not a leftist or even a democrat. I'm a registered conservative and don't believe in socialism. But the US political spectrum is so polarized with neither side wanting to compromise and meet in the middle. It's a never ending tug of war and it only results in a weak nation overall.

For instance, most people's wages haven't gone up in years. But this doesn't stop grocery stores from hiking up prices on products. And when you ask them why beef went up a whole dollar or two they respond that gas prices went up. But then when gas prices drop back down they don't reduce the price on the beef. They keep it at the inflated rate and just rake in tons of profit.

Cigna dental has increased their dental premium $10. Was paying $66 a month for me and my kids and now it's $76 after being a loyal customer for 3 years without a missed payment. And I'm just one person they raised the premium on. They have millions of customers and $10 is a HUGE profit gain for them when you consider the millions they hit with this increased rate. I can only imagine the CEO needed a new yacht or mega mansion. Why not raise it a nickel? I'm sure that would still be a gain for them. $10 is a HUGE jump for the average customer.

And $5 or more for a pack of cigarettes? Ridiculous robbery! Crazy fleecing of consumers. Pretty much a mega tax on the poor since it's shown that poorer people tend to smoke cigarettes. Get'em hooked on an addictive drug then tax the **** outta em and then blame them and say, "You don't have to smoke!" in a condescending way. See, they don't want to help you. They want to bankrupt and hurt you. It's pure and simple greed. It's got to stop! Real lives are affected and it's like everyone is just a heartless money-grubbing jerk these days giving each other the middle finger saying "I got mine screw you!" The world is losing it's humanity.

And it's true that many are born with parents who got all the right connections and their kids end up well off in life and those who grew up poor tend to end up poor for life. It isn't right. And I don't like the idea of a society in which failure comes with stiff economical penalties to coerce people into doing work. That level of coercion is like holding a gun to someone's head and saying "Work or starve!" How is that not absolute slavery? Why should anyone have to do anything just to get food? Especially in a society that has made hunting illegal unless you pay the tax. The powers that be have made it so you HAVE TO work for them just to survive. Otherwise you're breaking some law. Hell, you can't even be homeless anymore without breaking the law. Jailed for squatting or trespassing since some rich person owns all the land. And why don't you ever see homeless in the rich parts of town? Because the rich have more control over the cops and have the cops run them back into the poor part of town so the rich don't even have to see the homeless people in society. They live in a bubble world where they have slaves work for them and pay them peanuts while they wine and dine on the finest of everything like the gluttonous sacks of sin they are!

While it's easy to accuse many of being lazy sloths, there's way more gluttons in this society. Ain't nobody innocent. But some humanity and hospitality would do everyone a lot of good. Just such a nasty world these days. It's really sad.

The money system is just pure evil and makes people very evil and selfish. And those who don't want to play the game are accused of being lazy by those who play the game to "have it all."

Whatever happened to this level of compassion? How about we all stop playing the game and tear it up! The rich and powerful are only so because we choose to allow them to be. That can change. Tear it up!