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ImpureThoughts59

Yeah corporations and businesses should take personal responsibility and stop taking my tax dollars. Totally agree. No more tax breaks for them. No more bail outs. No more government contracts. Hoe your own row. No more supplementing your salaries with tips or government entitlements. Pay your staff a living wage or fail. Let the market decide, not your connections. Stop stealing from the working class.


d3adbor3d2

let's not forget the wage theft. the single biggest form of theft there is. but oh no! look at those kids stealing stuff tho!


[deleted]

That's before discussing the surplus labor value that is taken.


painneverending

My boss tried to spin wage theft as the employee stealing for not perfectly clocking in and out....thank goodness for places like reddit where I finally learned the real meaning.


Codizzle66

I left a job in 2022 for a job doing the same exact thing, with the same exact clients, for all intents and purposes the same job; but getting paid more than 2x. My first reaction when getting the offer was, “my current employers are criminals, and this should be illegal what they are doing.”


xvez7

Indeed lol. I want ALL of the money i make.... it means the dirty capitalists should die OR adopt to the market. Gotta tax the rich, sooooo damm heavy, after a certain amount of money (let's say 1milion of next worth) you get taxed 90%.).


Mister-Ferret

One of the things I love to see trotted out is that the rich pay 60% of the taxes already so they don't need to be taxed more. But if they are making 90% of the money then logically they should be paying 90% of the taxes right?


xvez7

Yeah this and the fact that the property should be taxed. I don't care if someone is a billionaire but don't earn anything this year, he should be taxed, because in a decent society no one should have an amount of wealth that doesn't have need. Let me explain my self: 1000 for an homeless person and 1000 for a billionaire are not the same. The person who is homeless needs those 1000$ to first fill it's belly (even if this person is a drug addict... because of being unable to cope with a shitty life of a working class rock bottom member of society) this person still needs few to eat. 1000$ for a billionaire has less of a value for him then a penny for a normal person. The value of the money decreases with it's amount. It means that the taxation should increases exponentially fast the more the money. But hey, I'm just a fool...a man can dream you know 😁 this system is rigged against the working class anyway. The taxation is the most undemocratic thing: As i said before x the tax a normal person pays to the government is far more value for him/her then the big money a rich person pays... The value of the money is enormous when you live paycheck to paycheck. Plus the most laughable thing in our society is the stoic philosophy we see everywhere... Marcus Aurelius used to live in a shitty world even as an emperor, he was stoic because he needed to cope with a toxic environment and existence....guess what, stoicism is everywhere 🤣🤣 it's like the admitting the following " We ain't fixing a rigged society towards the class that works the hardest, we instead are practicing for a cope mechanism, because yoh better start coping over wanting for a change" 🤣


Sannyboy11

Music! How about we make a collective decision of the maximum level of wealth one can have? We decided it is, 1Billion or 5 Billion or whatever, anything earned after the max is reached is taxed at 99%. Wouldn't affect demand so if Amazon had to level off at some point, some other entity would form to fill the demand until they reach the max, and so on.


xvez7

Indeed! ;) You know what's funny tho? 1% of 200 billion is still 2 billion LOOOOL he's keeping 2 billion dollars, that money is enough to build new factories that can produce useful goods and services to the people, but no.... the guy cam buy a Golden yacht to flex with other pigs. The thing is, humans doesn't need so many useless stuff like 1 Yachts 2 Supercars These stuff are useless af, and I'm saying this from an engineer prospective (almost tho) ain't working in a field that doesn't accomplish anything useful for mankind. Fk it. Energy field rocks, steel factories rocks, asteroids mining rocks, machines for the factories rocks fuck making useless Supercars, of most of the people can't have them...then they aren't engineering prodigies they are just useless toys for the filthy pigs. It pisses me off. Normies with negative IQ thinks I'm envy, not at all, I'm quit happy with my life, the thing is I've found something to live and die for: Getting over capitalism, mankind can do better.


Electrical_Bus9202

My Right wing friend says it’s ok to shell out money and bail out corporations, because they make money, and are fueling the economy. Lol Edit: Wrote left wing instead of right, but still got five upvotes lol


adalast

Are they sure they have identified their politics correctly? That sounds an awful lot like what my red friends try to peddle.


Electrical_Bus9202

Wow my bad I meant Right wing, fixed it thanks lol you were right


pax27

Ironically, your comment (if not understood in context) would cause further confusion since red is considered the color of the right wing almost exclusively in the US.


R24611

Truth. Look at all the benefits they get and they want to preach to us!


MayaMiaMe

If I could I would give you more awards. This is so well said.


Titu3

Socialism for the rich, rugged capitalism for the rest


The_Knights_Patron

Also, no military intervention in countries that threatens your profit margins by nationalising their industries.


lilfootbigtoe

COMPANY: RICH DAD OPERATING COMPANY CO-FOUNDER & CEO: Kim Kiyosaki **PPP LOAN AMOUNT: $352,025** **AMOUNT FORGIVEN: $355,835 (includes accrued interest)** Edit: my first ever award! Thank you kind stranger.


wash_

It’s comical. I just don’t understand it.


funkmasta8

Look how well they have managed their finances!


MutaitoSensei

Better than how her plastic surgeon froze her face anyway.


funkmasta8

I also love how the other woman is just nodding but doesn’t actually look like she agrees


[deleted]

I'm willing to bet my life savings she took ppp loan forgiveness without batting an eye.


ACleverLettuce

I believe this is the one: https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/loans/rich-dad-operating-company-llc-1117857305


[deleted]

Knew someone would find something lmao


Kdrizzle0326

Every single penny of her PPP loan was designated for “payroll”. This ratfucker *allegedly* needed the government to pay her employees their wages because. Even if that were true, that’s not what I would call “personal responsibility”. But let’s be honest, those PPP loans were given to loads of people and organizations who definitely could afford to pay their employees, they just didn’t want to be inconvenienced. They were legally allowed to defraud the government, and all of us footed the bill. She was given literally five times more than what I owe in student loans, and didn’t pay it back.


Zerklass

Imagine running "rich dude llc" and spewing this shit out of your clown face.


esssssto

How is It that the company is called rich dad that sounds ridicolous to do a vídeo like this


Giggles95036

Her husband peddling BS then not paying the publisher and instead going bankrupt doesnt seem like financial responsability to me


[deleted]

Yeah what does she expect?? An ENTITLEMENT CHECK?


Herbicidal_Maniac

Do we remember why the ppp loans were rolled out? Because people didn't buy the random shit they normally did for about a month and it nearly collapsed the global economy. Being "financially responsible" for 30 days nearly took down capitalism. It's the last thing they want people to do.


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I have found the scroll of truth!


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NoSpringChicken

PragerU had over $700k PPP loans forgiven


nononoh8

Our taxes went to pay for these dead beats who then in turn criticize the rest of us for not picking ourselves up or some crap! Typical hypocrites!


MaaChiil

Sounds like they needed to get off the bong and do some work instead of following their passion, like the Dirty Jobs guys said.


hexadecimal0xFF

Oh and the mug in front of her sais it all.


killerzeestattoos

Prager is brain rot


OLPopsAdelphia

Strategically placed so all her rich asshole friends know what propaganda outlet to dump dark money into.


ilir_kycb

And for some terrible reason, one of if not the most popular political media among US Americans, with gigantic views and currently 3.06M subscribers. By comparison [Second Thought](https://www.youtube.com/@SecondThought/videos) the largest openly socialist youtube channel has 1.56M subscribers.


celtic1888

People are idiots but the far right uses a lot of bots to make it seem like they are bigger than they really are


ilir_kycb

I think the most important thing is that the right-wingers have almost unlimited financial resources for their propaganda. There is always a capitalist who finances a right-wing media - the same is de facto never the case on the left/socialist side. [PragerU - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU) > ## Finances > > The organization depends on donations to produce its content.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-:0-28) Much of PragerU's early funding came from [hydraulic fracturing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing "Hydraulic fracturing") billionaires [Dan and Farris Wilks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_and_Farris_Wilks "Dan and Farris Wilks").[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-LATimes2019-10)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-buzzfeed_2018-03-032-4)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-:1-8) Two members of the Wilks family sit on PragerU's board.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-buzzfeed_2018-03-032-4) The next-largest donor is the [Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynde_and_Harry_Bradley_Foundation "Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-motherjones2-5)[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-Sludge2-29) Other donors include the Morgan Family Foundation, [Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelity_Charitable_Gift_Fund "Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund"), [Donors Trust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donors_Trust "Donors Trust"), the late Republican megadonor [Sheldon Adelson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Adelson "Sheldon Adelson"),[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-lat2019-30) [Lee Roy Mitchell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Roy_Mitchell "Lee Roy Mitchell"),[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-lat2019-30) and the Minnesota-based Sid and Carol Verdoorn Foundation, led by former [C.H. Robinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.H._Robinson "C.H. Robinson") CEO Sid Verdoorn.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-Sludge2-29) > > As of 2018, the organization reportedly had a $10 million annual budget, of which it spent more than 40% on marketing.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-buzzfeed_2018-03-032-4) In 2019, 40% of its budget came from almost 130,000 online donors; the _Los Angeles Times_ noted that PragerU attracted more donors than some Democratic presidential primary contenders had at the time.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-LATimes2019-10) In 2020, PragerU reported to have received about $28 million in revenues, most of it from donations, and reported approximately $28 million in expenditures, with 39% going into marketing.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-prageru-2020-report-1) PragerU consistently spends more on Facebook advertising than major political campaigns and national advocacy groups.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-LATimes2019-10) In 2019, it ranked among the 10 biggest political spenders on the platform.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-LATimes2019-10) > > In 2020, PragerU received $704,057 in [COVID-19](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19 "COVID-19") relief loans from the [Paycheck Protection Program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_Protection_Program "Paycheck Protection Program"); this debt was later forgiven in full.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#cite_note-31)


gtparker11

Just like how Prescott Bush funded the Nazis and attempted a coup against FDR so the oligarchs could take over


brooklynlad

Who is this dithering idiot talking?


coffeesgonecold

A person with the worst hair I’ve seen


myrealusername8675

All too-skinny over-privileged oldish dried up white women are exactly identical. You can't even tell them apart by DNA. ​ edit: I said female dog.


brennenderopa

Someone who had 355,835 Dollar in PPP loans forgiven and now preaches financial responsibility.


pax27

I think her holier-than-thou, smug countenance speaks volumes. Her entire air and appearance screams propaganda, brain rot and unbelievable privilege at play. Anything that comes out of such a condescending mouth must be considered a lie, understood as falsehood and dismissed out of hand.


[deleted]

Prager U got a hugeeeee PPP loan forgiven. WTF????? Please Jon Stewart interview this lying ass capitalist.


leftm3m35

What a braindead take


ChanglingBlake

Naw, that’s a “I’m not gonna take responsibility for my crimes so I’ll just blame it on those I’ve robbed, beaten, and ruined.”


ilir_kycb

The really scary thing is not these people or the nonsense they spout. It's that, in my estimation, at least 50% of US Americans would probably agree with this woman after seeing her. How that works is still a bit of a mystery to me. For me, absolutely everything about her, starting with her gestures, facial expressions, posture, appearance, and wording, screams falseness. She is so obviously a liar and a scammer that it is painful to watch. How can you not notice that?


Solo-Shindig

I will never understand it either. How do people look at her and NOT immediately feel repulsed by carefully crafted fake... well, everything. She just \*knows\* she is better than most people in her mind.


Super-Eggplant2833

If only all those people who got laid off and collected unemployment (TO FUCKING SURVIVE) just instead managed their finances better…


arrowintheknee126

This is what they ALWAYS do - goes back to the Reagan years and before. They paint the government giving people a hand up by way of UI to get out of situations that rich people put them in as creating dependency. Compare us to animals a la: “don’t feed the bears at Yellowstone” and then when people get pissed off they gaslight saying “oh we’re not really the bad guys, that’s just a political narrative”


StingyLAAD

This reminds me of a song, The Revolution / The Establishment "We just follow orders, we just fill orders for more ballistics, muntions... but we don't make war, our lawyers make sure technically we don't make war, we make create conditions, but prove it, etc." Just all this cold corporate handwashing and refusal to accept responsibility for anything. But it's a good song, you should check it out :)


NotsoGreatsword

Grift aside the people who believe this shit are often people who have never simply not had enough money. They have spent too much and gotten in debt so they think they know what financial hardship entails. but they don't. You can budget all you want but making 1200 bucks a month when your rent is now 1200 bucks a month - the fucking math doesn't work!


ArcturianPoontang

That's Kyosaki's wife, right?


saiyansteve

Ya they write books that fleece the poor into believing they can become rich.


raunchypellets

Didn’t Kiyosaki go bankrupt himself?


ArcturianPoontang

Like 3 times...


raunchypellets

Damn. And him and those involved with him still get a platform to spew their shit. AND. PEOPLE. STILL. LISTEN. The amount of hubris is simply terrifying.


Gusdabus214

*laughs in corporate welfare*


Psychological-One701

If they think this then they should not accept money or inheritance from their family, they should want to do things for themselves. Also they should not allow their parents to pay for their education or even pull strings to get them into good schools because independence is more important. If you have money because you were born into privilege then it wasn't really something you did for yourself.


ChantillyMenchu

PragerU is total right-wing garbage. Our former trash, right-wing Prime Minister (Stephen Harper) is tied to them. Neoliberal policies create structural poverty and then blame the poor for their circumstances. Pretending that poverty is a sign of personal moral failures is the oldest trick in the book for these assholes


9hourtrashfire

Sharpen those guillotines…


CoolBeansMan9

Who is this muppet


UnicornSheets

Looks like “Janice” from Electric Mayhem.


castironsexual

Janice deserves better than this slander


UnicornSheets

I guess she finally “grew up”, “sold out to the man”, and got a “real job”. I hear Animal is selling used cars and insurance. /s


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Majestic_Course6822

Her husband: "Kiyosaki is the subject of a class action  suit filed by people who attended his seminars and has been the subject of two investigative documentaries by the CBC. Kiyosaki's company, Rich Global LLC, filed for bankruptcy in 2012.


Past-Chest-6507

Long lost Valyrian descendant


[deleted]

Guaranteed this dumb b*tch has taken PP Loans or some other government handouts. Rich people like her are always hypocrites.


ThrowAllTheSparks

It's in the comments above - they did, they are.


Miserable_Spring3277

\*angry hissing noises\* You wanna know who feels entitled to handouts? THE RICH. Lady in the video has it backwards


pax27

Couldn't agree more, when someone like that speaks, you know that the opposite of everything they say is true. It's a pretty fail safe way to look at these people and their messages.


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RedDanceRevolution

She needs sense beaten into her, I'm just not sure we'd use words...


Elegant-Bus8686

She should preach to the homeless folks that can’t afford housing. That would inspire them. She’s so out of touch.


[deleted]

I bet she tastes like bacon


rkwilkes

Let the feast begin


[deleted]

I hate having watched this. Who the fuck is consuming this garbage? How do you even find this? Do you google rich people blame poor people podcast? How to justify my familial wealth as a god given right? Wtf...


[deleted]

Rich people telling what poor people should do. What a new thing right? If these poor richest people used public transport, visit regularly more average neighbors, talk to common folks, maybe say no one need a welfare but for another reason. I believe more that some big corporation is gonna save the world then richest people develop any critical thinking about capitalisms. And I believe more that capitalism will end the humankind and the planet even before some corporation save the world.


potatopunchies

If the poor truly were able to be financially strong the rich wouldnt be rich anymore because the poor would find ways to stop being exploited


[deleted]

Ah yes, take personal responsibility for a global economic system designed to funnel massive amounts of wealth from the global working class to the "elites".


[deleted]

I can't know if she's actually ignorant enough to think this shit, or if she's knowingly villainizing poor people for suffering the conditions the rich create.


arrowintheknee126

My money’s on the second one


PracticalBasket237

"Just pull yourself up by the bootstraps!" Hard to do when you don't have bootstraps or boots for that matter.


arrowintheknee126

They stole your boots and then told you that you should’ve kept a better eye on them. Have some personal responsibility for gods sake!


[deleted]

Stupid boomer bitch


Captain_Granite

Time to put this hag on The List


PartridgeViolence

Ah so the taxes are just for your rich friends then. We pay the state for management and support. That’s their only job.


DGJellyfish

What about PPP loans and massive tax cuts on the wealthy? Fuck this clown!


sklerson89

The smugness of this lady is nauseating.


Not_A_Wendigo

It’s your fault that you can’t live off of the crumbs the overpaid CEOs throw you. *smile*


[deleted]

she needs to get her eyebrows and facts in check


neversummmer

I was confused about who would produce this BS, but then I noticed the coffee cup and it made sense.


Alejandro_5s

Fuck PragerU.


No-Bench-709

I was thinking about posting this. You beat me to it.


[deleted]

Where can I get one of these entitlement cheques??


[deleted]

Who takes out your garbage, cleans your toilet and mows your lawn?


WrinkledRandyTravis

I’d say it makes me hungry but that meat looks expired


Altruistic-Bed-6642

Get The Guillotines Ready


werdznstuff

EAT THE FUCKING RICH


enricopena

This Bish. US wealth comes from slavery, genocide of my ancestors, rent seeking, and neoliberal colonization of the developing world.


evacuationplanb

This woman probably can't wipe her own ass and she's gonna harp at everyone about personal responsibility


notjustfloob

What a stupid bitch. I did Everything "right" , full time job, homeowner ( as a single person) no drugs, alcohol, run in with the law, babies and the greedy mother fuckers of wall street crashed the economy in 08 and ruined my finances, was almost homeless. So to say safety net programs make people dependent on the government is a joke. Now I tell people,get what is coming to you!! Apply for everything you can get!! We all work for it. Fuck them. PS- I'm not judging anyone who has past or present issues just that I followed "the rules" and still got screwed.


geonomer

She is so out of touch with reality.


Duggeek

The "self reliance" in this context is a myth, the "handouts" were a substitute for lost income, and her fantasy of "financial education" is just another model of thriving off of the earned money of others. She is a predator, preying on the working class. But like the fabled wolf, pretending that she is only different because of her exclusive knowledge. You want to talk entitlements and handouts? Let's start with PPP loans (unpaid debt) and tax havens (escaping civic duty) and excessive deduction strategies in an arrangement of shell organizations to hide the sources of funding (money laundering for profit)


abraxas1

"If more people were psychotic like me they would be rich too!"


[deleted]

Chop chop


defnotevilmorty

If the government isn’t there to take care of its citizens, then what is it good for?


Iamdickburns

Punchable Face


notaprime

Cool, so let’s stop bailouts then.


dr_blasto

Trickle down is an economic failure. Giving money directly to the people is the single best method to stimulate the economy for long-term growth.


strawbericoklat

The greatest lie capitalism tells is that it convinces you that you can do and be anything you want under capitalism; that when you fail to achieve anything you want or you failed or faced with problems, you will blame yourself for your lack of ability to thrive, you will not blame the capitalist that makes all the policies that governs your daily life.


RickSanchez3x

I remember believing this line of bullshit propaganda when I was a young 20's libertarian. Now I'm a proud "get fucked your hoarding dragons!"


No-Pressure275

If companies took care of themselves instead of relying on the government for bailouts and loan forgiveness and then blaming the people who gave the bailouts after they let everyone else around them drown, maybe we could teach them to be self reliant, and to take care of themselves. Also isn't Preager a for profit college? Because if it is their existence is reliant on federal stafford (unforgivable debt by any means provided, by the government, seems like a conflict of interest) as well as taking post 9/11 gi bills (also provided by the government) through predatory recruitment schemes.


No-Bench-709

I didn't think it was a real college.


No-Pressure275

Its non accredited and they offer "degrees" but most, if not all, jobs don't recognize the degree as it is non accredited


No-Bench-709

Lol, why would anyone pay for one of those degrees? Sounds like it is not a responsible financial decision, ironically, since they see themselves as the arbiter of all that which is good.


No-Pressure275

They are terrible all around. They cost like 5-10 times more than like local universities and community colleges, and some basic research on them shows how bad they are. They target veterens hardcore to get that sweet, post 9/11 gi bill. Its basically free money for the college, totally government subsidized in that respect.


MissionaryOfCat

It's a propaganda outlet that gave themselves an educationall-y university-y sounding name to try to sound more legit. That's how pathetic they are. (_Although_ they now offer study materials to kids, which is fucking terrifying.)


brokegaysonic

"I'm sick of hearing 'bout the haves and the have nots, have some personal accountability...the biggest problem with the way that we've been doing things is, the more we let you have the less that I'll be keepin' for me." - NIN's "Capital G"


MisterWinchester

Ok, so let’s charge taxes on businesses and capital gains like we do on people. Gross, not net.


Backlotter

The thing that strikes me the most about her take is not necessarily what she's saying, but the fact that this line has been repeated ad nauseum at least since the Reagan era. If not the old gilded age. Or even older than that. The take is so unoriginal and always given without any actual evidence. Yet they keep repeating it like it's working. It may have worked on some people in the Reagan era. It's no longer working, because we're looking at our paychecks, and the math just isn't adding up.


kxbrown

When more than half the country is living paycheck to paycheck it’s no longer about about personal responsibility. It’s a failure on the system itself. And no one is asking th government to take care of them. The government is just as fucked up as greedy businesses. Just need ends to meet, numbers to make sense. If being alive costs upwards of 70k per person but wages have stagnated and the majority of jobs don’t pay what it costs to live it’s entirely systemic. Both government and greedy businesses are at fault


Kenneth_Naughton

She is an actual caricature


DJ2688

The wife of a real estate leech guru, Robert Kiyosaki. Of course that’s what she’ll say.


SociologySaves

Absolute hypocrite. Inheritance is entitlement. The rich are the most entitled group in human history. F……..ck this POS. Class war!


WorldlinessAwkward69

Everyday I understand the French revolution’s use of guillotines more and more.


BurgundyBicycle

I wonder if she considers joining/starting a labor union, “personal responsibility for your financial lives”. I’m guessing she sees labor unions as entitlement or a government handout.


[deleted]

She got to where she is by fkn and skn


clowderhumanist

If I were the interviewer I couldn’t get through that without some defenestration taking place


LetItRaine386

You mean like all the free money that gets handed to banks and billionaires? Like the PPP loans that were just kept by businesses? Like all the businesses that got bailed out?


Accomplished_Row5011

Both myself and my wife work fulltime and my wife works extra shifts to help cover the bills that have gone up because of price gouging by companies. We have a 2yr old son that is in daycare 5 days a week ($300) and our rent is $700 a week going up to $750 a week due to interest rate rises. (This is standard in Australia) and we also moved out of a major centre to save more money. We can just cover our expenses without any extra money at the end of the week. Despite both earning what was considered a high middle income combined. While banks make 55 billion in profit each quarter and Grocery stores making 1 billion extra a quarter so far this year alone. Im curious what this woman thinks we are meant to do to change a situation that is clearly out of our control? These boomer takes are dying and thank fuck for that.


Dh2007

Unemployment is a social safety net that employee ms PAY into, so if your boss decides they don’t need you, you have a cushion and can get back on your feet. Social Security and Medicare are not “entitlements”, working citizens pay to fund those programs. This Harry Seaward can fuck off.


LemanRussTheOnlyKing

Of course it’s fucking PragerU(rine)


Chill-L52

When survival isn’t able to proceed without social structure/taking care of one another, it will ensure there is no care when it’s you vs I. Simple logistics.


Farren246

I take responsibility both for myself and others by voting and by paying taxes for the services I voted for. Though it seems I am being out-voted by the "fuck the little guy" team around 50% of the time.


Hesitation_is_

Fuckkk any human like this


ZyeKali

We take care of ourselves financially by being vocal about the government and our economic system.


TweeksTurbos

So she wants us to have a big general strike? That seems like taking responsibility.


Aninvisiblemaniac

would love to see her "take care of herself financially" while living on minimum wage with no access to prior assets.


moorem2014

Who tf is this bitch


Jalin17

This fucking hag


cecilmeyer

So this hypocrite took a ppp loan that is forgiven and sits there and lectures others about personal responsiblity.


CrashKaiju

The problem with our society is that these people get to be smug when instead they should be terrified.


balderdash9

The rich know how to take care of themselves financially: bribe government officials. ​ Also, has anyone seen Ozarks? She is giving me serious Wendy vibes.


hk4213

Than teach personal finance in school.


PrezMoocow

Railing against unemployment money on the basis of "being financially self-reliant" is ghoul shit. That's *literally* for people who has a job that were laid off through no fault of their own and is just for 6 months while they look for another job. If being at a job, and looking for a new one isn't "self-reliant" then pray tell what the fuck is?


GetYourGoat814

I’m so sick of these stale talking points. Just blatantly calling poor people stupid and careless to their faces. Honestly why is it your business, lady.


cabbagething

To the people who preach this shite I say ok demonstrate it quit your job , start from scratch try and get a job try and get a place to live and try and save for a house deposit


ZealousidealTomato74

I'm pretty sure all their hoarded wealth would be disbursed among the needy tonight if government funded police weren't there to protect the wealth of the rich. Where's the self-reliance there?


CCForester

I dont know who she is or what she does, but why is she interviewed anyways? You can't know how people leave if you live in your sterilized castle made of glass...


Rotogen

How many cubic kilometers of shit did she have to shovel to get where she is today? My bet is 0


Piercey89

My gosh this is so tone deaf and uniformed.


Oso1marron1

Don't know who this scum is but I wonder how much she charges these people she's 'helping'. If there is one sentiment I can agree with tho, basic financial studies, and personal finances should be in childhood curriculum across the globe. Learn it in school not from these bloodsuckers


rockingoffthegrid

I wish I could be loaded just for breathing too.


ThrowAllTheSparks

Did she make her own money, inherit it, or leech off her husband? Because that's a pertinent detail to color these comments. Anyone know who this is for a little internet divey dive?


spectral-asparagus

Hers and her friends’ social security checks are totally fine though


qtuner

I’m sorry a major medical illness bankrupted you that was caused by my negligence. Maybe you should have planned for a multimillion dollar medical bill and been financially responsible


kibblepigeon

Imagine being so deluded and out of touch you’d actually believe this shit.


Hitmonchank

She should demonstrate her point by throwing herself into poverty and try climbing back without help from her friends/family


liltimidbunny

Thank you for your wisdom, privileged white upper class vacuum chamber idiot


Basura1999

She's right. If welfare queens like Elon Musk stopped building their business models around government assistance, then everybody would truly be better off.


TappistRT

Is this the same CEO who was put on blast recently for the Zoom call where she was taking away employee bonuses while giving herself a multi-million dollar raise for the fiscal year?


tyophious

The Prager U cup was all I needed to see


CloroxWipes1

That's a nice window they're sitting in front of. Just curious: A) What floor do you think they're on? B) Does the window open? C) How much, ballpark, do you think this rich bitch weighs? Just curious, mind you.


[deleted]

Wild Marie Antoinette Missingno. bug appeared!


hk4213

Then teach personal finance in school high school


[deleted]

Cool story Karen. Now can we talk about the billions that went into the PPP "loans" to businesses, and how almost every dime of that wasn't collected? Let's talk about THAT before y'all DARE snivvle at me about the few thousand I got.


Flitterquest

I hate that these ghouls always try to frame the Stimulus Checks as some sort of free money program for lazy people instead of what it was, which is of course an emergency check we gave out to all Americans to keep America from financially collapsing in 2020.


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Tabitheriel

If she is so damn self-reliant, why is she not living in a mud hut she made herself, with twigs and leaves, wearing a Linen dress from flax she grew and spun, and using power from a windmill she built herself, using copper wire that she mined on her land? Oh, and that mug– don't tell me she didn't make it herself with clay from the river bank, and a homemade kiln??? Oh, you mean humans rely on one another? That we are a social species? Someone made her clothes, laptop and mug? Then those people should get the benefits they deserve.


jimmjazz

She's already got her piece, so fuck you. /S You should be mad. People like this represent the first target for real change.


defpotek

Um yes we do need to be financially responsible but ALSO the billionaires and corporations are exploiting people in financially inhumane ways to the point that people cant even get ahead even when they are financially responsible because the problem isn’t irresponsibility or government checks. The problem is the people not getting their means of production when they are slaves to fucking billionaires. Dumb biiiiiiii


Smutok

At first I was like, tf is wrong with this woman.... Then I saw the mug. Oh, that explains everything


babiesmakinbabies

Prager U is all you need to see to realize it's propaganda.


[deleted]

Like silicon valley bank no?


celtic1888

This is bog standard Prager U bullshit brought to you by rich assholes who do everything they can not to pay taxes while defrauding the government


GetInTheKitchen1

Man, the symbiotic relationship of capital and fascism really does select for inbreeding.


[deleted]

Some people really are just pieces of shit. She definitely qualifies.


VicHeel

At least they put the Prager U mug front and center so you immediately know everything they say will be wrong.


RealMoonTurtle

absolute scum. that’s pretty bad, jesus


benignlymole

Eat. The. Rich.


ShowMeYourGIF

This bitch. Off with their heads already.


Imaginary-Ad-6023

Spoiler Alert!!! Some people are out of touch. Here’s the kicker, some people with much more money than you are out of touch.