The Great Divide: How the Rich Got Richer (Wealth Inequality Documentary) | Real Stories
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2021
- The Great Divide: How the Rich Got Richer (Wealth Inequality Documentary) | Real Stories
The Divide tells the story of seven individuals striving for a better life in the modern-day US and UK - where the top 0.1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%. By plotting these tales together, we uncover how virtually every aspect of our lives is controlled by one factor: the size of the gap between rich and poor.
Among the people we meet are high-flying New York psychologist Alden; Leah, who works six days a week in a fast-food joint in Virginia; Jen, navigating life in a picture-perfect gated community in California; and Rochelle in Tyneside UK, whose long hours working as a carer mean she barely sees her children and husband.
From The Divide (2015)
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"The public always forgets!" - that's the most powerful quote from the entire documentary...
That’s the key. Businesses go on, life goes on, and the public forgets. We should never forget that we consumers are the products of our society. We are constantly encouraged to consume thru various marketing pathways and fed the belief in doing so, we are contributing to the economy. A partial truth because our consumerism is contributing to the masterminds of the economic system governed by banking institutions and their collaboration with federal reserve and government corporate policy makers. It’s abominable that homeowners in the 2008 market crash were blamed for being sold predatory mortgage loans while banks were accepting bail out money to continue their operations. Banks should have been fined instead. But as it was said “the public forgets.”
Perfect way to end it as it is something I never forget ;)
Public forgets because they get distracted 24/7 with mindless tv shows, endless facebook and tik tok reels, and other "entertainment" that does nothing to educate. People need to unplug from mindless bs and start thinking critically for themselves on how to better themselves, how to prevent themselves from being fked over with lousy jobs, lousy lifestyles, and by companies that take advantage of them and get away with it.
But, we don't forget
i spend between 50 to 80 min commuting everyday between train and bus to work for a dead end job, i do not learn nothing new no trade no skills, environment is toxic, my bosses do not speak only to blame threaten harass you, i feel like i'm expendable, there are few jobs out there because of covid and because of my weak work experience there are no way to get one decent. my dreams are the sole thing that keeps me insane, even if in my inner mind i know there are just dellusions. i just had to share, sorry
Stay strong and most of us are like you and I blame our citizens for voting for mafia politicians who are will to tax us more and take all our rights as a citizens and they give the top 1%.
I hate uk for putting up with this crap they get rid of people every 5 years and just get apprentices or pay next to nothing..this has been going on since 1980... why else is half rhe country or more poor ..it came long before covid... this government is for itself qnd the big shots...do you really think they care about the handicapped infirm or those worn out or on the streets..
Most of us are in the same boat ...
Keep it together.
Hugs
Remember, when the game of Monopoly is over, everything goes back in the box...
I can erase this comment after if you want, but im curious if whether you ment that we should all play monopoly more, (like just for fun), or a metaphor for life. That no matter how the game plays out for each player, we're all going to end up in the same place.
Although that would actually give credence to the notion of living as fast and intense as possible
@@tigadirt monopoly is the game
Of life. And none of it matters and none of its real.
@@tigadirt it's a quote from the movie zeitgeist i believe
We should forget about the government and it's official because the USA holiday on Monday was the cause of the dip, hopefully the market would recover within the week. Instead of timing the market, many smart investors use dollar cost averaging.
Timing the market is defined as buying bitcoin on every 6% dip. When the price goes down, you'll buy more Crypto, then when the price goes up, you'll buy less crypto.
Most people remain poor only because friends and relatives discouraged and advised them against investing and trading forex while the wise ones kept investing and growing higher financially.
@@kimberlycobbs9303 Getting a good expert is the problem because it's not safe trading without any trading experience.
I'm on my 12th winning with her, thanks to Mrs Bella Adams she's really the best, I've made a lot. $46,000.00 investment for 1BTC in December with her signal returned with a profit of $184,000.00 plus add ons.
@Steuern MitKopf what do you expect from a woman that dinnes with trading analysis.
She's a genius I have ever known.
We don’t all start life at a level playing field
The ignorant like to forget that
You r beautiful lady amy😘🙏🏻
And...so...who cares
Agreed, that reminds me of two of my favorite quotes:
“Equality doesn’t mean that everyone gets the same thing, it means that everyone has the same opportunities.”
&
“You shouldn’t look in your neighbor’s bowl to see if they got more than you, only look to make sure they have enough.”
😊
@@tysonhaile2927 response from the middle class
That is very true I live in a poor household and can see big differences from the mindset off how people think and are when they are middle class with house paid off both parents educated workers so on they say things like mu parents are buying me a car I don’t pay rent my dad will buy me a house when I want to move out I’m eating breakfast I’m eating lunch and dinner all made couresty of mom my parents are paying for my university my parents are paying for my marriage . The upper middle class don’t really need to work for anything from my experience there parents don’t charge them rent and from my experience they get time to be kids for longer and I feel it makes them grow more efficient and have the ability to grow fast and start at a higher level because all those things have to be paid for where someone’s parents who are poor don’t have anything to offer for there kids and expect them to pay for living expenses once they turn 18 or kick them out where as my friends are 25 and haven’t paid a single insurance rent or phone bill where I have already put hundreds of thousands on bills etc where my friend just saves his money and now he’s working on buying real estate so you can’t say anything about upper and lower class having same opportunities
Give thanks for healthy lungs & heart, legs to walk, eyes to see, ears to hear, food on the table {our daily bread}, clean water, a roof over your head, warm clean bed, a hot shower & abundant health. Even rich mansions have one kitchen and you only use one toilet at a time. Everything else is just extra. When is mankind gonna understand, it's not about material crap.
I ll let you know when i get real shelter.. after all Im just nearly 61 still shoulf be optimistic right.. if i return to London Ill be sitting in street literally ..what do you think everyone has shelter food etc .it s a pipe dream for me..
Yes be thankful and learn to live within your means better still try to put aside 20% of your wages (if possible) finally have fate in your Creator !
@@ihs51 in uk less than 50 per cent ever see 1000 cash to save their whole life ..tge cost of living has always bern way too high wnd of story
@@lbunnygordon1133 how about you work and stop buying iPhones
Not everybody has a roof over their head. Clean water. Hot shower. Food on a table.
The rich control the politicians, who are rich themselves compared to the average American. They make the rules.
Politicians are rich because they have a hand in the process of creating the rules. Check out what Nancy Pelosi has amassed, and she denies any culpability. She even said there is nothing wrong or illegal with it a few years ago. today she has changed her tune and now market trading by congress should be controlled. They want rules to tie other people down, but they refuse to live by those rules themselves. That is not capitalism. It is crony capitalism and they have created it and live by it. Of course, when I say they, I don't mean that ALL of them are corrupt and immoral.
I've seen a few films about inequality, but this one stayed with me for some reason. Especially the man from the jail. I think it was Dostoevsky who said you can tell a lot about a society by how the society treats the incarcerated.
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Uh not exactly
The gap between rich and poor is huge now. I like the Swedish model. - good quality housing for everyone. A minimum living wage mixed with self responsibility.
@Reggie
Reggie women didn’t have all those babies alone. And it’s not just men and women with babies that have fallen on bad times. Regan was the worst president in history. He started the decline of a stable middle class. Maybe not alone but he played a huge part in it. He helped create the billionaire class! The rich have gotten incredibly richer with his tax cuts and deregulation.That is a fact.
What role does self responsibility play in the Swedish model?
@@mikehawk9099 Me is sayng he wants your money. I'm sure you realize that.
Not really....
Bottom 50% Swedish hold 5,8% of wealth share
But china
Bottom 50% China hold 6,3% of wealth share
I feel so bad for people that get incarcerated for a long period of time for something that doesn't necessarily fit the offense. My heart goes out to them.
The prison system is a revenue generating industry. So, if the poor DONT generate Money, theyre more valuable to society behind bars
@@streetguru6240 don't forget free labor. Incarcerated people are free labor.
There is no future in working for other people. You must have your own business. If you don't take control of your life, other people will, then its gone forever.
and covid come and your restaurant closes down
The future is those multiple streams of passive income that allow you to capitalize the most out of your time.
If everyone had their own business, there would be no one left to hire.
100% agree, thats what I did 11yrs ago, first 5 yrs were tight but well worth it. When I started making money all of it went straight into investments. Now at 41 worth 2.5M plus whatever my business is worth
You can either have your own business and work to achieve your dreams or you can work for someone else so they can achieve their dreams. Simple as that. I went from working in law enforcement to being an electrician with my own business. Sold all of it and retired at 45 living off my investments in my home that’s paid off. I spend my time doing whatever I want.
All companies have jumped on this same band wagon , get one person to do 3-4 jobs
that's overloading people.
Everyone should quit.
@@mikenaugz88 with the fake world and takes and the scrutiny you need to be in the paper world to be seen as a good person you can’t buy land and live off that because there property fees that you owe each year to maintain that everyone’s a slave and they don’t know it or don’t up raise for a different system
Thats what happened in Uk . Unless you have a degree you dont get a look in anyway and apprentice scheme got rid of people like me...
@@lbunnygordon1133 that’s not what happened to me
Was that guy just proud of creating a kid at 67 to show his virility??? Shows narcissism at its finest.
Not a single consideration to his child's future without a dad.....
people choose to wait for many reasons, it could be finances, health, bad partners etc
@@kapambwekapambwe4131 Please, don't be willfully dumb.
At this point, narcissism has no meaning due to the frivolous and flippant use of the word for anything mildly douchey these days.
would like to hang out with the woman that works at the chicken place
she has a great laugh and shes a cowboy fan
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I'm 28 and I work in excess of 50 hours a week outside by the time I get home from work I've got about 3 hours of free time meaning not working or sleeping. That's 3 hours to clean my house, go to the store, cooking, having fun everything to stick into 3 hours. So far I've worked over 1,850 hours this year alone.
Good grief you’re working all the time hun. I work 10hr days myself but usually 45 hr a week. The plant I work at does not want us to get overtime.
@@michellehitt1976 well we've been working mandatory days 10-12 hours since March and all through the rest of Covid forced overtime.
Take a good care of yourself
I'm 53 and still doing that.
You are young, start investing!!!
@@michellehitt1976 why?
Rich or poor, you still need a toilet. What a good beginning of this doc.
This is sooo heart breaking and frustrating at the same time .
extremely underrated channel holy christ.
Our world changed when the CEOs and senior executives started getting astronomical bonus and share options as rewards. The more they minimise the pay for the lower rank workers, the bigger rewards to them. It would be against human nature to ask them to think for the greater good at that point
The truth.
👍
Right
welcome to capitalism
@Adolf Hitler Televisions were definitely a luxury item in the 30's. It was only invented in 1927. And let us not forget, there was this thing called "The Depression". Televisions were in over half of American homes by 1955. The post-war era was definitely a glorious time for the middle and lower class. But the fact remains, the ceo's and the rest of upper management, DO NOT deserve these kinds of salaries. It is asking for this "Reboot/Reset" we are experiencing right now. The working class is over working all they can, just to get by, while not getting any of the reward. All of the reward goes to upper management, who work short days, don't produce anything but profits, higher dividends for stock holders and big salaries and bonuses. All the while, the ones who keep the company going, and producing the product that makes the profits, get no or minimal raises, pay higher insurance premiums for worse coverage, get less days off, less vacation, and less respect. But, unions are coming back strong. That will be good for the American working class. We had strong unions until Reagan's administration and that is when we saw the income gap begin to grow, exponentially.
Viva la France and the French Revolution - we need another revolution.
Regean the President who helped start the decimation of the middle class & the mess economically & politically that we have going on now.
Yes and Republicans goes berserk when a person complains about him. That trickle down crap only worked for a certain number of people. The middle class voted him in for 2 terms yet today that same group have never been the same economically. When he preached getting governments off our backs he was referring to CEOS and billionaires not the middle and lower classes.
Sickening. There is such an inbalance on our planet
You need to understand that most of the rich right now are 1st generation rich, it's not just handed down.
Just hope it doesn't get so imbalanced it wobbles out of orbit.
It’s not sickening
beautiful documentary. excellent truth telling. 1 of the best real stories ever told.
@@a.f.331 the rich get richer by increasing poverty ( the great divide in the title) . poverty leads to (diffrent types of ) crimes hence the gentlemen in jail.
All the good workers do is get some one else richer , while they get messed over and stay poor
Boo Hoo!
That’s the attitude that keeps people poor
The guy in prison, I can't even imagine what you are going through. Hope things get better for you.
it wont get better unfortunately, they created a monster. we all know how that movie ends, he'll either get hurt or killed in prison or he'll come out of jail and commit another crime to survive.
Reading about people grabbing multi-figures monthly as income in investments even in this crazy days in the market,any pointers on how to make substantial progress in earnings?would be appreciated.....
You have to have an idea on what you wanna invest in carefully before going in
You make it seem unreal to make up to that as a passive income annually,when it’s clearly possible. I have made over 1Hunnid thousand dollars from January till now with no joke game plan. She’s a masterpiece and her name is Christiana
Kindly reach her thru Tele gram page with the name
Christianarobert is the name
Indicators are very lagged so one cannot rely on them instead they should look into learning price action trading with her is a good
@14:35 "Look at me, I'm creating...." Boet, you look like Zummi Gummi in the middle of casting a spell.
In India poorest of poor can survive with 2$ a day because food is given in unimaginable lower prices. Poor have Special cards which gives them 1 kg of rice, 1 kg of sugar, 1 kg of wheat, 1 kg of pulses for 4 to 5 rs per kg. Plus School kids are given 1kg of rice, 1 kg of wheat, 1 kg of pulses per month for free. Plus school kids gets free full meal food for free in school daily untill age of 16 in govt schools. So a family of 4 people can buy monthly basic food requirements for 4$to 5$ a month. Poor can get upto 2000$ of medical expenses for free and medicines for super low prices unimaginable to western world. Living in India is way comfortable for poor compared to that of so called developed countries
ever thought these welfare schemes is what keeps the poor people poor? Instead for asking all such free stuff ask the govt to make it easier to start businesses and allow easy access to capital to start new businesses and this will automatically create new jobs and new opportunities to people, decades of socialism is what has held India back !
@@hrithikmta491 in what way giving this welfare schemes are keeping poor as poor? Poor are able to survive and save money as the welfare schemes are making their life livable and excess money they save in banks, govt is also giving free money for poor to build own houses, because of which the poor are uplifting their standard of living. Simultaneously govtvis working successfully in ease of doing business, education, health care, manufacturing industries, infrastructure development etx which is catalyst for economic development of poor
@@hrithikmta491 Ahh, the typical free market trope! How are you guys any better than than the communists. Each stuck in their own end, failing to or refusing to understand the nuances of things. The government can't simply stop helping the poor. Support is required to move up the ladder. Free market won't solve everything for everyone, all at once!
The ones with accumulated privilege will move ahead and yes, every now and again, someone from the backward groups will also shine. Capitalism with checks is the need, not the free market on roids!!
We have govt cheese 🧀
@@hrithikmta491 correct
All the politicians get rich cause they have inside help
Most politicians in the US are lawyers as well- good at finding loopholes with low collective morals. Greed over need...
@@IceManLikeGervin yep
Rich in material poor in moral and our stay here is less than 100 years with the next an eternal ; think about it.
We created a new royalty and nobility. The only answer is reforms to prevent violent revolutions. We are in a repetitive circle. Determine minimum incomes for people and maximum incomes.
Wow. That neighbor saying that only poor people do yard work.
That lady should have done that star lord middle finger trick to that neighbor 👍
There is no future in our current economic system.
Amazing documentary!
Thanks
What a great documentary!!! Even the ending.... thoughtful and on point!!!
Why the f* do you have a 3 year old at 70!?
Excellent documentary! Well done!
13:52 Well, I didn't knew Gordon Moore and Warren Buffett are the same person.
It's more than an economic divide. A popular actor just committed involuntary manslaughter and got off free. If you are rich you are held to different moral obligations and also are subjected to completely different legal processes.
@@Cat_Lady look up any other case law on accidental shooting
Make military service mandatory. Teach ethics classes. Make everyone experience poverty. Too many rich people don't have empathy for the poor.
I agree on point 1 and 2. Poverty shouldn't be experienced by no one, it's dehumanizing and creates monsters of otherwise decent human beings. How about we teach sharing and equality instead.
I agree I joined the army in 1985 to get out of the projects in Maine.
Discipline and respect are seriously lacking in the younger generation.
Take God and parents being able to correct and teach children.
Lord help us. I agree coming from poverty I try to help anyone I can and am a big In big brother’s big sisters.
Television has failed and brainwashed us that everything should be easy and you deserve it.
Never mind you can’t afford it.
Visa to the rescue.
Getting rid of layaway and using credit ruined many Americans dream.
I’ve always loved within my means. Don’t have cash? You can’t afford it.
If you make military service mandatory in the countries where it isn't, don't require combat time, make it a job training opportunity - teaching, coding, security, various fields of need and interest
Yes!!
Well, assuming you might be an American if you force everyone to join the military than it’s no longer a free country now is it? And I hate to say it but lack of empathy for the poor from the rich is not a crime. It may be in bad taste but you can’t force people to empathize. And even if you could (which it already is in some ways like the amount of taxes they’re forced to pay) you won’t change their hearts. Why not the middle class? Why shouldn’t they be forced to be more empathetic. Why is it just the rich? And who is considered rich? Everyone has their own idea about wealth. What good is having 100 million dollars in the bank if you’re ten times that amount in debt. What I’m getting at is there’s no straight across the board answers for any major problem. And just doing something to do something is not an answer either.
Meritocracy in America. A big joke.
"Only poor people rake their leaves" well yeah? Maybe I don't like a bunch of strangers traipsing around my house and seeing what I have in and around it...
It's an addiction. When you get hooked on drugs you can ruin relationships with the people around you. Billionaires are literally doing this with the whole planet.
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Billionaires are part of the problem and they are the sole reason they live off taxpayers dollars.
great doc thanks for sharing
Born poor. But good looking. I wouldn't trade to be rich and ugly lol
Rich =plastic surgery+betterclothes+better skincare=goodlooking
So, rich +good looking.
wal mart has a bad habit of closing their stores that form a labor union. on the other side of this gated communities should be illegal.
Keeps people like you out!
The poor buy stuff ,the middle class buy liabilities, the rich buy assets
yay
Twist : you can only buy assets if you're rich
@@itsraahul Either you make money through labour when you provide a service or a product, or you inherit it. Most people will spend it on starbucks, and other stuff which he/she doesn't require but they want to buy it, where very few will wisely spend it on assets which could grow their money. A little secret to get rich "Live below your means" and start managing your money. 7/10 billionaires are self-made. You can do it too. I wish you the best.
@@warrene.buffett7831 thanks buffet, it does take time and what's money worth when you've no time left ? That's why young people live for today.
@@itsraahul had u bought btc at 10 bucks u made it ,a pyramid is not build in one day but one brick at a time
Excellent presentation on corporate thralldom in the 21st century.
Oh there is such a divide…. please!
Poor people in this country have big screen TVs and iPhones. You want to know what poor is go spend a year in a third world country. You have the opportunity to become ANYTHING you want in this country. The problem is no one wants to work for it. They just complain about the rich. It truly is amazing how people in this country have NO IDEA how good we have it here.
the majority of working class don’t have enough money to even save! Hate when people keep saying that…. Think about the cost of living in a room/apartment… the fact that people are making it off a single income… not everyone has a partner or family to live with… think about it someone who has a chronic illness,, all these things can take away a huge chunk of your salary in order to “save”.
@@tiffany3652 And guess what? You can compete and work hard to get out of poverty. Stop making excuses. You don’t know what poor is. Go to Iraq or Pakistan or some other third world nation and go see what REAL poverty is and how they can NEVER get out of poverty no matter how hard they try. In the US EVERYONE has that opportunity you just have to work hard to achieve it. NO ONE deserves anything. No matter who you are or where you come from. This “victim” blame game is a joke & it’s pathetic.
People worry way too much about what other people have or don't have. That's what keeps you down.
Real deep.
Something to try: repeat every day, "Life is easy, you don't have to work hard to be rich"...
What!!! Moron!!!
Working hard Will get you to the middle class using others hard work will make you into the 1%
I am a nurse with 26- 30 patients @ a time to give each one medication and treatments too‼️ short staffed regularly as corporate makes $450 A DAY PER BED‼️ THEY CAPITILIZED ON HEALTH CARE AND IT IS DISGUSTING‼️ MY PASSION BECAME MY DEMISE
Be the owner off the business not a cog in the corporation. Start off with a landscaping business where you can hire nephews to cut lawns and rake leaves family you can hire below minimum wage 10$ flat legally tell them that’s it till they can drive and drop off other workers around and do drives to the dump than you 13$ and once they can take care the business and manage a couple other people call them the supervisor and give them 20$
@@abbybuds1697 what kind of advice is that for a nurse?
The Public NEVER Forgets and is planning to wipe out ALL pure evil millionaires and billionaires!
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@@sambotros1918 garbage link!
Greed is overpowering
Yes! Thanks! It is savage out here but can be changed if we want it. Don't give up!
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Great documentary ✌️
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I love the therapist who makes the comments about appearances making so much differernce . I know this works since I was a professional fashion stylist and makeup artist . Looks make all the difference in the world . When you look good people respond possatively to you in business and in society .
Positively not possatively
Spelling words correctly makes people believe that you are smart lol
@@prepperjonpnw6482 We know what she was trying to said.
I wouldn't want him for a therapist frankly, he comes off a bit of an a**
True, but only if you can you can afford nice clothes and a $200 hairdo
And this is why some are rich , they got Rick off someone else’s back
Whos Rick!
@@actionjackson7460 he's obviously the guy that ripped off Spooky of his lunch money.
@@uwone7778 😀
That’s what capitalism is you use the cheap labor off labor and intelligent labor to create more value off there skills for you and you sell it for a profit either use it or you end up working for someone that does just the way the world works
Do you know ur chance's of being a billionaire are 0%.
Mine is 🤓
Helen me too 💩
Welcome to capitalism. (Everyone for themselves)
Great documentary 👍
TAX THEM! NOW.✊👊
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As of November 11, 2021. There is 508 billionaires living in America at this very moment. That is a lot of billionaires.
If each one paid their fair share of taxes, it would change society.
I'm sure there's 508,000 homeless
The good workers get more work pushed on them too with no more money at all
I'm a married mother of 3 and when I was growing up my parents didn't have the extra expenses that we have now with our kids. They never had to buy mobile phones computers tablets laptops gaming devices streaming services etc etc. They never had these and unfortunately you have to have all that esp for your children
so you have to have gaming devices and cell phones, etc. for your kids?? What happens if you don't? Those are your choices so don't complain about it. Make them get a job and pay for that crap if they want it.
Simple solution to not being poor.
Do not have children.
That will be a miserable life though.
Ignorant statement
It wouldn't be a miserable life if you're an introvert. Introverts enjoy/prefer being alone.
Wouldn't that just end humanity eventually?
@@NightRidah777 no, it would mean that only rich or middle class people have kids.
The free market is theoretically benefitial to all its participants, but the reality of it is; some participants have more influence than others and it is quite naive to think they would not tweak it to their own advantage.
To tell the truth, people in India eat much healthier food than in Glasgow
The current monetary setup is they inject money directly into the credit and asset channels benefiting debt issuers and asset owners first. Those closest to the money aka good quality credit risk for debt issuance usually strong cash flowing companies and the wealthy who have a lot of asset equity get the money first throw it mostly into assets and then borrow more and get more free money. Some of this also trickles down then into the real economy of investment in workers, plants, equipment and consumption but most of it feeds on itself in the virtual paper value of assets economy. The great fortunes of the world or wealth are just a digital fiat gain with less and less to do with reality.
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Let’s tell the truth people
Never forget. Never forgive. Things won't change otherwise.
"If you are poor, then that is on you, but if you are rich, then your damn lucky"
Haydn.E.Sheldon 2007
A man working all his life, to brag about his couple of small houses he has that most likely pay for each-other/bills, to still be working all his life, never taking a vacation and becoming more miserable
I pay a whole wide range of taxes, state, federal, local, plus I pay every time I buy something. About 50% of my money goes for taxes and insurance which is mandatory. They say if you make under $48,000 as a couple in America then you are under the poverty level. I make $19,000 a year and my wife makes $12,000.
It is not how much you earn but how much you saved and invest. And, the best thing should be that you have a partner in life, always work to make your marriage a success. Paying taxes is part and parcel of being in the modern society we lived-in, just think of it as a contribution to your country’s infrastructure projects.
@@sheilatuano9633 the majority of working class don’t have enough money to even save! Hate when people keep saying that…. Think about the cost of living in a room/apartment… the fact that people are making it off a single income… not everyone has a partner or family to live with… think about it someone who has a chronic illness,, all these things can take away a huge chunk of your salary in order to “save”.
so what is your point?
Man. It feels like just save and get a ranch and grow food for own self and self sustain, sell some dairy product and make some money for problematic situations and relax. Old ways😔
so real, so true
Everyone should have a house on land to live in or on for the duration of their life
The rich getting richer, the poor get the picture. Midnight Oil.🦘🏦
Pray you were born in Rich Family. at least it will help
I was born in 71, and to be honest this has been going on long before even I was born, it is the order of things because our government makes it that way, no one can help what way they will be born into, but there are a select few out there that are smart and know how to make things work in their favor so to speak
Wow, the public always forget!
Too many people have sold out for a slice of the pie. Bring on the revolution!
Justification for higher education?
When he said “greedy homeowners “ but then said bail out the banks with no mention of greed. Incredible
Get informed that way the educated can't trick us. The only way to beat them is at their own game. Learn the game and play it better and more honestly than they do. Expanding our minds is the key. That is the uneven plying field. They have access to different information
word brother, I'm totally with you on this
Feeling heavy though!!
Just saw a video on Elon Musk becoming the richest person ever so this should be interesting
He gained enough money one day last week ( I believe stock gain ) that could end hunger around the whole world
Now that’s GROSS
@@AMYV3 Your gross!
@@actionjackson7460 Leaarn how to spell.
@@Darjeelingla lol, pot calling the kettle black. Check your own spelling.
@@nondo2.045 it was intentional ~~ meant to be a joke.
I guess you missed it 🤪
Scotland looks like the most depressing place on Earth.
Agreed.
And what effect will this have on the world's natural resources? This overuse of resources cannot be a good thing in the long run.
I been preaching this for almost a decade. Nobody listens 🥺🥺🥺🥺😡 THIS IS WHY I RUN FOR PRESIDENT!! You want it to stop 🛑 this independent is your only hope!!!
Anyone who still votes and still believes any politician is working for us should not be allowed to vote. You aren't a thinker.
They put Buffett's picture as Gordon Moore.
It is a fallacy that money buys you freedom - it only makes your prison a little more comfortable. Only the wisest rich people recognize that they are also prisoners of the system.
'I am out there creating'
Never compare urself to other...rich people may have money but most of them are miserable. PLEASE DONT ADVICE PEOPLE AS WELL to be their own boss blah blah...not all are entrepreneurs...get out work and focus in yourself do not compare urself to any other so u won't get depressed just think u will make it...relax and save
please don't advice people on what they should or shouldn't do! if someone wants to compare themselves to other people or to inanimate objects is their right to do so.
@@Fitheach81 please don’t advise people to not advise people.
@@TSUA-camr Not even you can stop me
Delayed gratification is the reason most in the west are poor....
This is heartbreaking. Our governments have failed us so badly. This should have never been allowed to happen
Yep Frank Dodd was fantastic....for us investors that came through and cleaned up the mess for pennies on the dollar. Do it again please.
The wealth inequality will destroy society like u can see it already had but this isn’t the worst it can do.
eye opening my guy