American middle class is 27th in the world.

[Reapin]

Big Lie: America Doesn't Have #1 Richest Middle-Class in the World...We're Ranked 27th!
America is the richest country on Earth. We have the most millionaires, the most billionaires—and a increasingly poor "middle class."
June 18, 2013 |



America is the richest country on Earth. We have the most millionaires, the most billionaires and our wealthiest citizens have garnered more of the planet's riches than any other group in the world. We even have hedge fund managers who make in one hour as much as the average family makes in 21 years!

This opulence is supposed to trickle down to the rest of us, improving the lives of everyday Americans. At least that's what free-market cheerleaders repeatedly promise us.

Unfortunately, it's a lie, one of the biggest ever perpetrated on the American people.

Our middle class is falling further and further behind in comparison to the rest of the world. We keep hearing that America is number one. Well, when it comes to middle-class wealth, we're number 27.

The most telling comparative measurement is median wealth (per adult). It describes the amount of wealth accumulated by the person precisely in the middle of the wealth distribution—50 percent of the adult population has more wealth, while 50 percent has less. You can't get more middle than that.

Wealth is measured by the total sum of all our assets (homes, bank accounts, stocks, bonds etc.) minus our liabilities (outstanding loans and other debts). It the best indicator we have for individual and family prosperity. While the never-ending accumulation of wealth may be wrecking the planet, wealth also provides basic security, especially in a country like ours with such skimpy social programs. Wealth allows us to survive periods of economic turmoil. Wealth allows our children to go to college without incurring crippling debts, or to get help for the down payment on their first homes. As Billie Holiday sings, "God bless the child that's got his own."

Well, it's a sad song. As the chart below shows, there are 26 other countries with a median wealth higher than ours (and the relative reduction of U.S. median wealth has done nothing to make our economy more sustainable).

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/URW83lMvrneYqwWf_fDidPxc2ib6LflMAiSvwew4jY90vqa2DC XYQHnoP4_wrCVfwxEd8GjoZRUcHlFMnMtPuBMJxTcCi4-LFvELvIK12fbvXVNOABYG2uqlrbhE0dscLA

[Barkingturtle]

Yeah, but, American penis is so big. That graph isn't adjusted for American penis.

[Reapin]

Yeah, but, American penis is so big. That graph isn't adjusted for American penis.

Actually with all of the Irish people here our penis is quite small.

[Barkingturtle]

I will fucking fight you.

[Reapin]

You will lose horribly

[r00t]

America greatest country on Earth, you said so yourself

We have the most millionaires, the most billionaires

[Kagatob]

America greatest country on Earth, you said so yourself

Your kind is exactly why nobody is going to be coming to this countries aid once a real crisis hits and why the world will only be better for it once it's population is expunged from the planet.

[r00t]

that's why we had 40 nations ready to roll son after 9/11?

[Kagatob]

That was 12 years ago you ignorant little dipshit. Do you have any idea how much more the world has come to despise the U.S. since then?

The above question is rhetorical, you're obviously blind to anything that isn't red, white, and blue or covered in a cross.

[Hailto]

That was 12 years ago you ignorant little dipshit. Do you have any idea how much more the world has come to despise the U.S. since then?

The above question is rhetorical, you're obviously blind to anything that isn't red, white, and blue or covered in a cross.

You're kidding yourself if you think people didn't love to talk shit about the US and laugh at our failures pre-911. The US has been despised for decades, interestingly enough most of the people who like to talk with their buddies over drinks about how shitty the US is still love to come here on vacation, and watch our movies and TV.

[Daldolma]

even more incentive to reach upper class and make something of yourself

america the shining city upon a hill

[r00t]

the only reason the world could possibly despise us is because of the pinhead in the white house. otherwise, ppl love us and our business

japan on the other hand, what a shithole. good thing you got the guiding hand of NATO to protect you

[Reapin]

even more incentive to reach upper class and make something of yourself

america the shining city upon a hill

I take it you have never left the country.

[Hailto]

Kagatob loves japan because its okay to sexualize children in cartoons there.

[Kagatob]

You're kidding yourself if you think people didn't love to talk shit about the US and laugh at our failures pre-911. The US has been despised for decades, interestingly enough most of the people who like to talk with their buddies over drinks about how shitty the US is still love to come here on vacation, and watch our movies and TV.

Confirmed from the U.S.

Kagatob loves japan because its okay to sexualize children in cartoons there.
See the difference between you and me is that my ad-hominem jabs are based on facts and therefore are this thing known as accurate.

[Hailto]

Confirmed from the U.S.

:)

[Kagatob]

Also Canada/Scandinavia > Japan any day of the week so fuck your thoughts of my opinions.

[r00t]

Canada confirmed still a British Colony whos monarch is Queen Elizabeth.

its like theyve never seen braveheart

[Reapin]

I like Canada. Never seen a ghetto there. Every city in the US has a ghetto.

[r00t]

and the scandanavian countries are in the EU so also british colonies

[Daldolma]

its like theyve never seen braveheart

be careful with this around hbb, he will try to blaspheme legendary patriot william wallace who died for freedom like our troops

[Hailto]

I like Canada. Never seen a ghetto there. Every city in the US has a ghetto.

And you call me stupid, lol.

[Hailto]

http://neighbourhoodchange.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Walks-Bourne-2006-Ghettos-in-Canadas-Cities.pdf

[Reapin]

be careful with this around hbb, he will try to blaspheme legendary patriot william wallace who died for freedom like our troops

LOL

Our troops died for nothing other than lining the pockets of death merchants and blood profiteers. Pointless deaths.

[Hailto]

It's a war for oil!

[r00t]

worth it. defended my freedom to pollute the earth with red dye diesel fuel

[Reapin]

worth it. defended my freedom to pollute the earth with red dye diesel fuel

If we are unfortunate enough to have you breed, your progeny will be paying for it with their freedom and quality of life.

[Heebee]

Lolmerica

[Daldolma]

LOL

Our troops died for nothing other than lining the pockets of death merchants and blood profiteers. Pointless deaths.

you get very mad at the idea of other ppl getting paid

would hate to hear your opinion on my gun show sales, good money tho

[Reapin]

I am not mad. I am just not a tool of a corrupt immoral system.

Then there is you.

[Daldolma]

Also Canada/Scandinavia > Japan any day of the week so fuck your thoughts of my opinions.

canada/scandinavia are cold as fuck, culturally homogenous, and militarily impotent

but i guess if you white and like snow and it's peace time, not bad for 2nd place

[Reapin]

Canada may be Militarily impotent, but everyone loves them, except for America who is full of dick wagging morons.

[r00t]

got spoiler alert brann becomes a criple, jaime loses his hand and littlefinger kills joffrey


i dont watch this harry potter shit but have good sources

[Kagatob]

Canada confirmed still a British Colony whos monarch is Queen Elizabeth.

and the scandanavian countries are in the EU so also british colonies

While I don't dislike the idea of Great Britain (particularly now that Thatcher's dead) I simply have a distaste for Western Europe in general because of how over developed it is.

I'm not one of those lumberjack live in the woods types but I do like seeing trees once in a while. Scotland doesn't suffer quite as bad from this I've heard but I've never been there so I can't say for certain. Also Ireland (the whole island) is a trash heap no matter what way you swing it.

[r00t]

Ireland 2nd place after America

[Daldolma]

the emerald isle full of patriots and good beer, hard 2 argue

[Hasbinbad]

that's why we had 40 nations ready to roll son after 9/11?
lol the coalition of the willing .. australia the UK south korean and the republic of palau

[Daldolma]

bunch of fukn betas worryin what france and egypt think

[Kagatob]

bunch of fukn betas worryin what france and egypt think

You sound like you're projecting considering you're the first person to invoke the Fucking French. Fuck the French.

[r00t]

lol the coalition of the willing .. australia the UK south korean and the republic of palau

United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Italy
Poland
Romania
Georgia
Spain
Australia
Turkey
Canada
Denmark
France
Netherlands
Bulgaria
Belgium
Sweden
Czech Republic
Hungary
Republic of Korea
Slovakia
Croatia
Lithuania
Albania
Macedonia
Estonia
New Zealand
Portugal
Finland
Norway
Azerbaijan
Slovenia
Tonga
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Mongolia
Armenia
Montenegro
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
Latvia
Ukraine
El Salvador
Greece
Luxembourg
Ireland
Austria
Iceland
Malaysia

[r00t]

48 nations* rdy to roll son

[r00t]

United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Italy
Poland
Romania
Georgia
Spain
Australia
Turkey
Canada
Denmark
France
Netherlands
Bulgaria
Belgium
Sweden
Czech Republic
Hungary
Republic of Korea
Slovakia
Croatia
Lithuania
Albania
Macedonia
Estonia
New Zealand
Portugal
Finland
Norway
Azerbaijan
Slovenia
Tonga
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Mongolia
Armenia
Montenegro
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
Latvia
Ukraine
El Salvador
Greece
Luxembourg
Ireland
Austria
Iceland
Malaysia

[Kagatob]

^ Reiterating that the above information is of the world over a decade ago.

[r00t]

Doesnt matter, NATO has 28 countries and many satellite states that have to back us up

[r00t]

we got all the nukes. I know you japs remember, thats why youre our lil bitch

you dont even get a seat in nato

[Daldolma]

usa 20 years ahead of the world in military tech

we ready y'all

[Hasbinbad]

OBL proved military tech is obsolete.

[Hasbinbad]

for alarti

http://i.imgur.com/u58SZvV.jpg?1

[r00t]

actually, since it was an inside job, it's proof of seleteness

[Daldolma]

OBL proved military tech is obsolete.

not at all

[r00t]

http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/uploads/obama-zombieOsama.jpg

[Kagatob]

Please tell us about how we never landed on the moon either.

[r00t]

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/29873/moon-o.gif

[Kagatob]

OBL proved military tech is obsolete.
Statement is fact.
not at all

Back up your opinion please. :)

[Daldolma]

do not think you know what obsolete means

military tech was used to kill OBL

[Kagatob]

do not think you know what obsolete means

military tech was used to kill OBL
You know what? You're right, I jumped the gun.
Vietnam and OBL proved military tech can often be inconsequential.

Fixed for what I see is clarity.

[r00t]

he said americas military tech 20 years ahead of eveeryone else and u bring up vietnam

[Kagatob]

He said America's military tech 20 years ahead of everyone else and u bring up Vietnam.

Absolutely I did. The U.S. was even further ahead of the 'enemy' in that conflict and still got their asses handed to them.

[r00t]

no, we could have removed them from the planet if they were a real threat

[Kagatob]

Coulda shoulda woulda. Too bad for you that isn't what history looks at.

[r00t]

I suggest you look into War Is A Racket, by Major General Smedley Butler, 1935. Then you'll see the US's reasons for war, and how Vietnam was quite the success (for our banking industry anyway)

[r00t]

And before you go off about the Tet Offensive, that is more the err of humans than America's military might. The vietnamese declared a cease fire and then dishonoured it.

[Kagatob]

I hope you realize that nobody here takes a single thing that you type seriously and the only reason anyone refutes the crap that you have been spewing is in preparation for the off-chance some unfortunately manipulable soul browsing these forums sees your viewpoints running unopposed.

[r00t]

When the fighting ceased and the smoke cleared, the Communists and Viet Cong had lost 37,000 troops killed and many more wounded or captured. Though the Americans, by contrast, lost 2,500, the Tet Offensive was a victory for North Vietnam in that it seriously weakened public support for the war back in America.


There you go, we still won militarily, just public opinion changed.

[Daldolma]

hallo vietnam was a proxy war. ussr was nearly our equal in military tech back then

even still north vietnamese died at nearly a 20-1 rate compared to americans. they just made the war more trouble than it was worth

[Reapin]

the emerald isle full of patriots and good beer, hard 2 argue

PATRIOT, n. A dangerous tool of the powers that be. A herd member who compensates for lack of self-respect by identifying with an abstraction. An enemy of individual freedom. A fancier of the rich, arousing odor of boot leather.

PATRIOTISM, n. 1) The inability to distinguish between the government and one's 'country'; 2) A highly praiseworthy virtue characterized by the desire to dominate and kill; 3) A feeling of exultation experienced when contemplating heaps of charred 'enemy' corpses; 4) The first, last, and perennial refuge of scoundrels.

[AexDestroy]

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/186/c/8/coalition_of_the_willing_by_jamesrandom-d3l4cwa.jpg

[Rhambuk]

that's why we had 40 nations ready to roll son after 9/11?

Japan's sending Playstations... Stankonia said they are willing to drop bombs over Baghdad... Rickidy Raw is coming... Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation.

[Lojik]

and the scandanavian countries are in the EU so also british colonies

Norway is not in the EU.

[Doors]

Kagatob loves japan because its okay to sexualize children in cartoons there.

haha 2 tru child henati is wrong kagatob

[r00t]

Norway is not in the EU. YET

[Ahldagor]

vietnam happened because the french wanted their colony back (rubber plantations) and we suck fuck off. we supplied ho chi minh's army to defeat the french army, put in a puppet government that gave us the finger so we killed the guy and his wife while they were sleeping, then ho chi minh gave us the finger and went commie to establish another government that wasn't a puppet government and shortly thereafter the gulf of tonkin incident "happened" which led to the passing of the gulf of tonkin resolution that expanded executive branch military powers to enable the start of full military operation without the approval of the congressional branch all because we wanted some damn rubber plantations. and opium.