contantbearing replied to your post “fresh-outoffucks: pastel-hutt: Something my middlest brother...”
Maybe the dumbest post I've ever read and it both demonstrates and encourages ignorance. Wealthy people put their money to work which means having it invested either in equity in businesses or by loaning it to others. Posts like this discourage people from doing the things the need to do to become wealthy, like work hard and get paid for what you know rather than what you do, by telling others it's impossible.
(Note: if you're sensitive to NSFW material, don't click on that person's blog.)
The point of the post is that the wealthy people are hoarding money by doing what you call 'putting their money to work'. This post is saying that the wealthy should be putting more of their money back into the economy by paying people more for their hard work.
By loaning to others, they always get their money back; that is the definition of loaning. By putting it into businesses, they still have that money, only in the form of assets instead of hard cash. Both ways, this hypothetical person still gets their money back.
I would be interested in hearing how you interpreted this as discouraging people from working, @contantbearing. I read it as pressuring bosses to reward employees' hard work with a wage they can live off of, which is presumably something you support, considering how big you are on working for your pay. By doing this, the bosses are putting more money back into the hands of the non-wealthy population, so that they can do things like -- you know -- eat. And have a home. And become wealthier through hard work and determination, as you said.
If someone is working two or even three jobs, which is often necessary to barely make ends meet (because of how little their bosses are willing to pay them), do you still think they are not working hard enough? Should they take four jobs? Are there even enough hours in the day for that?
