08-29-2021, 06:48 AM
(08-28-2021, 07:01 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(08-28-2021, 10:10 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Privilege as a reward for high achievement is to be expected. With very high achievement come special perks, like high income and access to spectacular opportunities for emotional and intellectual enrichment. Consider the military: officers are expected to toe the line in many ways, so there's a lot of stuff they can't get away with. But above a certain rank one lives very well.Yep. She is the Speaker of the House. So, who does she represent? Does she represent the interest of America or does she represent of Napa Valley, Hollywood and Big Tech? Guess what, raising her and their taxes some isn't going to offset rising interest costs associated with the 30 trillion dollar debt. Dude, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the blue system associated with FDR, LBJ and Obama is unsustainable. OK. I told that the Biden Administration was going to destroy whatever credibility the government had left, Well, where are we at? I'm not interested in your feelings or you dreams, I'd like to know if you know where we are at right now. The we being the vast majority of US taxpayers today. I'd say that the Democrats and some of the Republicans are treading on very thin ice right now. Wouldn't you? You claim that you have a higher IQ, prove it.
So if one is at the top of the game and one must travel, then one gets to stay at 4-star hotels instead of Motel 6 or Super 8. In the latter two one is probably traveling across country between Atlanta and Denver or Dallas and Grand Rapids and is tired enough that the only desirable perk is a continental breakfast that will save time.
She's the Speaker of the House, dammit! Just think of what goes along with the position. She has access to classified information that you can't imagine... which explains why the person who stole her laptop could get life imprisonment just for that.
Abuse the privilege and you lose the basis of the privilege. So you are a top-notch singer for a couple decades and your voice goes bad. Bye, bye, good life! Farewell, four-star hotels!
White privilege, as I have found, is mostly convenience. I'm less likely to be stopped. I will never be questioned about "driving while black" near where I live. (OK, the black physician in our town... well, the cops know about him and leave him alone). If I were black I would do much differently, like doing all shopping except for groceries and perhaps some items of clothing (shoes, especially) on line.
(OK, if you are white and have a car with Vermont license plates and you are driving in certain parts of Hartford, Connecticut, then you are probably there for drugs. Tough luck, white doper in a black neighborhood!) Drug use is an obvious abuse of white privilege. White people use more drugs, use worse drugs, and get away with it longer.
Your guy lowered taxes on the wealthy to stoke inequality, and then started two unnecessary wars and bungled them at a cost of trillions. I'd say your guy was the one who caused the debt, which guys like me don't like too much either. But our guy created a national surplus, while your guys raised the debt to unimaginable heights.