The Cost of Speaking about Poverty...

**Devastatin Dave** · 05-23-2007, 19:35

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274513,00.html
Well, so is it worth $55,000 for some rich guy to talk about poverty? Anyone see a bit of hypocrisy in this. This reminds me of the multitude of celebrities including Al Gore when they burn thousands of gallons of fossil fuels and burn up ozone to tell we, the drooling masses, that we're all going to die because we pollute too much. Your opinions please...

**Odin** · 05-23-2007, 20:05

I honestly laughed at first, I mean who would have thought a deomcrat would be taking money to speak on poverty

**Don Corleone** · 05-23-2007, 20:26

It's reasons like this why I can't take the mainstream Democrats seriously. Speak to your average Edwards supporter. Ask them why they back him. Their answer? Because he has integrity, and he walks the walk....

Hello? Are we in the same plane of existance? My pick right now is Mitt Romney and I'll be the first one to list his flaws: he's a bit too opportunistic in terms of changing his positions on morally principled stances; he's a bit more in favor of corporate subsidies than I'd like to see; and he originally seemed to have a hard time explaining the role that his faith plays in his public life (he has since gone on to explain himself better, but I have no problem explaining to people what I do and don't believe and why I choose to follow Rome, follow Washington D.C or follow my own instincts and tell the first two to pack it).

That sort of naivete', a populist getting a $200 haircut and receiving $55k to speak about the plight of the 'other America'.... Give me a freaking break. Tell the truth... you want to vote for Edwards because he promises to 'stick it to the rich', which by the way, he won't. He'll take money from one portion of the middle class to give to another, that's how all politicians enact spending programs, regardless of what they claim in front of the microphones. The rich and the poor don't pay taxes.

**HoreTore** · 05-23-2007, 20:59

Democrats belong on the right, and the right have never cared about the poor... That's the leftist area...

**Don Corleone** · 05-23-2007, 21:04

From your mouth, to the American voter's ears...

There you have it, folks, directly from one of our resident Socialists. If you're poor, or care about the poor, don't vote for either guy. In fact, just stay home all together.

**HoreTore** · 05-23-2007, 21:07

Haha!

Well, if you look closely, I'm sure you find some red parties in the US... At least some social democrats... But thinking that the democrats will do anything for anyone else than the rich, that's fooling yourself...

**Crazed Rabbit** · 05-24-2007, 05:33

Originally Posted by Don Corleone

a populist getting a $200 haircut

*cough * $400 *cough*.

the right have never cared about the poor... That's the leftist area...

I care about the poor. Unlike leftists, I actually want to make it possible for them to get wealthier, instead of just making them dependent on gov't handouts.

A rising tide, and all that.

CR

**Xiahou** · 05-24-2007, 06:09

The rich and the poor don't pay taxes.

The rich pay the most taxes. The wealthiest 5% pay for more than 50% of all income taxes collected.

**CountArach** · 05-24-2007, 08:12

I care about the poor. Unlike leftists, I actually want to make it possible for them to get wealthier, instead of just making them dependent on gov't handouts.

My God, I tire of this argument.

The idea of being conservative is to conserve the status quo. How is it conserving the status quo if there is mobility between the classes? Doing anything else is to be progressive. Not generally something assosciated with the right.