On 4/8/2012 3:27 PM, George Plimpton wrote:
On 4/8/2012 2:28 PM, Hawke wrote:
On 4/8/2012 1:49 PM, George Plimpton wrote:
On 4/8/2012 1:31 PM, Hawke wrote:
On 4/5/2012 7:33 PM, George Plimpton wrote:
On 4/5/2012 5:37 PM, Hawke wrote:
On 4/5/2012 2:24 PM, George Plimpton wrote:
On 4/5/2012 12:17 PM, Hawke wrote:
On 4/4/2012 6:39 PM, George Plimpton wrote:
On 4/4/2012 5:36 PM, Hawke wrote:
On 4/4/2012 1:30 PM, George Plimpton wrote:
I am convinced that Ptooey was born, relative to most, with a
silver
spoon in his mouth. I don't necessarily mean he was the
offspring of
0.001 percenters, just that his parents were affluent. He has
written
that he lives off investments yet is only in his early 60s, but
his
description of his working life does not paint a picture of
someone
who
made a lot of money, invested it well and now has earned the
right to
live well in an earlier retirement than most people can imagine.
No -
Ptooey definitely gives the impression of someone who is living
well
off
investments others made. You simply don't live off
investments if
your
working career was spent dabbling as a tennis instructor,
paralegal
and
other modestly paid pursuits.

Because Ptooey didn't earn his financial security, he takes it
for
granted, as do so many children of privilege. As with the
Kennedys, he
has a "I've got mine, now **** the rest of you" outlook.


That's known as the aristocratic or country club republican
view of
the
world. It must be irritating to know someone like me might be a
member
of that elite group, eh?

You didn't earn it. You were born to privilege. You're a
dilettante, a
dabbler, a fainéant. You weren't even able to achieve the
biological
imperative. You're a dead end.



It's only so obvious you wish you could belong.

Gotcha!


Ha!,

Heh heh heh...

Funny is how bad you want to be a member of the elite class but can't
be.

You didn't earn your privileged status.


Don't you know half of all rich people in this country inherited their
wealth and therefore their position?

You didn't earn yours, yet you hypocritically attack others who didn't.


Not quite right. I only attack the ones that are pigs. I don't begrudge
it if people get some money handed down to them from their parents when
they die. Hundreds of millions? Yeah, I've got a problem with that.
Fifty million, that's too much too. Unlike you who loves it that someone
like Steve Forbes gets billions he didn't earn. But like I said, it's
you who has the extreme positions, not me.

Hawke