It seems the major issue this election NS wise is over income redistribution. Since im only really good at arguing through refutation, I decided to compile some points proponents of income redistribution seem to think are valid.
People who come from impoverished areas have a next to impossible chance of getting out of their financial situation. More specifically, lots of poor people who work hard, don’t get out of their destitute environment.
I know most people are tired of hearing this story, but it fully nullifies the above argument. My dad grew up in the cultural revolution in China. This means he was yanked out of school around our middle school years and sent to work on farms to industrialize China. Some of his friends were shot and he made about $1 USD a day at the time. He played his cards right as did a lot of his friends, and came to America with literally less than $100 USD. He bussed tables in brooklyn and delivered chinese food. My dad faced constant dangers being some goofy asian dude in the middle of brooklyn. He was robbed many times, had his hard earned television and couch stolen, and his friend’s car (their sole mode of transportation) was chop shooped. He eventually put himself into queens college and worked hard enough to go to NYU graduate school. After that, he even made time in between working multiple jobs and studying to get his masters to get his citizenship. He eventually achieved citizenship, and a Masters Degree in computer science (back when it was THE [and naturally the most competitve] field to engange in). After about 10 years after I was born, he makes significant 6 figures annualy.
My mom had the same exact story pretty much. She came to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and worked in Miami. She attended community college before moving to NY where she met my dad. After many jobs and lay offs, she now makes 6 figures for IBM too.
I believe that is far worse than the worst situation any american can be born into. Neither of my parents were able to see their parents much. My grandparents on my fathers side were imprisoned for no reason for the cultural revolution, and my grandparents on my mothers side were sent to a semiconductor and nuclear materials processing plant. They later developed cancer and parkinsons and died. Sad story huh? In the end they still surpass maybe 98% of all americans and they came from the bottom bottom of the barrel. So dont give me your opportunities bullshit.
People who are sucessful today mainly come from inherited money.
Ok its common knowledge that people who make above a combined annual household income of $102,000 only make up 3-4% of the US. Yea, only that little. Think about how hard it is to make $102,000 a year; how many of the $100k-350k combined household income people do you actually think came from inherited money?! People need to get rid of this crazy idea that everyone in the world who is rich got help from their families. People who come from rich families but are lazy do not stay rich. In today’s world where commodities such as electronics, college tuition, automobiles, food, gas, utilities, rent, mortgage, inheritence is not nearly enough. Those who have second generation wealth will squander it if they are lazy and don’t work. There are very, very few old money rich type folk in the us: they probably only constitute .01% of the United States. On a side note, of all six figure earners in the US, there is a greater percentage of immigrants and first generation Americans than there is a percentage of them represented in the US. (US Cencus Bureau). This is not a coincidence. Those with a good work ethic earn six-figure jobs.
I’m not going to lie. I live in a VERY posh and rich town. Now according to your theories, people from towns like mine all end up being successful and should be on the giving end of redistributed wealth right? WRONG. There are plenty of kids here who come from great backgrounds but don’t work hard and will never achieve the same level of life as those who live here. Should I be giving 40% of my paycheck to them? I don’t think so.
Redistributed income helps mainly those who struggle.
Think about how competitive the six-figure job market has become. So many kids these days are competing for college spots and with affirmative action, those who might not be as deserving get there as well. The job market is an extremely competitve one and those who fall through the cracks end up in the sub 78,000 a year income (those who qualify for reduced taxation under Democratic policy). NOT EVERYONE WHO RECEIVES DISTRIBUTED INCOME COMES FROM POOR PLACES. What people don’t realize is the cut off point for reduced taxation is $78,000! A very large portion of those people have gone to college and still work a respectable job.
Redistributing wealth is a long term solutionAbsolutely false. If we keep giving the poor our paychecks, what extra motivation is there to get out of ghettos and the such? A good number of people escape destitute environments so why can’t everyone do it? Its not like people living in ghettos can’t differentiate between right and wrong. They know whats wrong and choose to do it anyway, and because of that, they don’t deserve 40% of my hard earned paycheck. Moreover, all redistribution and systems like welfare does is appease laziness. Most people as they pass their 20’s start to give up. If they’re getting welfare and redistributed income, why make more money? Is the extra work worth it enough for these people to be making a bit more money? The work:money ratio is dialed way further down for people with less money now. For every $1 a person who receives redistributed income or tax breaks gets, its is done through a disproportionately less amount of work than every $1 a richer person gets.
The lunch bucket crew inherently deserves money from the rich.
Where the fuck did anyone get this idea in the first place? How can you over tax people making a combined household income of 102k a year when they have invested so much? Think about it, in the first few years, a person making 102k isn’t really making 102k a year. Assuming this person went to college, he invested an extra 4-12 years in education as well as about $50k a year for said education. In the first maybe 8 years, a person making $102k+ a year is still trying to break even on his investment of higher education. If anything, the lunch bucket crew should give us money for being lazy and not at least attempting to attend some sort of schooling.
Moreover, I have volunteered many, many hours at my local Salvation Army. I can tell you for certain this experience has taught me one thing: the vast majority of homeless people are extremely lazy. I can understand if a person is injured or disabled and becomes homeless but there are so many capable, young people flocking into the Salvation Army everyday so I can serve them soup and chicken. Its absolute bull. In the back theres a group of 20 year olds decked out in Sean Jean, Timbs, New Eras, and texting on their friggin Tmobile Sidekicks. Aboslutely ridiculous. Can you believe you are being asked to give 40% of your paycheck to these people? I know these people don’t represent the majority but the fact that there are a lot of these people receiving 40% of my paycheck just doesn’t sit well with me.
