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Well, the Austin American-Statesman, (leftist? You bet!) recently published an article on wages in the Austin area. If you care to read the article the link is at the end of this section.
“The article divides Austin wage earners into two groups. Here’s a direct quote: The American-Statesman looked at two groups of private industry wage earners: those who earned $10 an hour or less and those making more than $25 an hour, or $1,000 a week.”
In the very next paragraph refers to those making $10 an hour or less as “the working poor,” and those making $25 an hour or more as “the working rich.”
So, there you have it. If you are salaried and earn $1000 a week or more you are part of the “working rich.” A question … do you feel rich?
So … there’s our definition of “working rich.” But what about just plain “rich?” What does your income have to be, in the eyes of the editors at the Austin American-Stateman, before you’re just plain rich … not “working rich?” And when you get to that particular level is the newspaper suggesting that you no longer work? This, as you may know, is a favorite tactic of Democrats. They like to talk about “working families.” To a Democrat a family earning more than, say, $85,000 a year isn’t a “working family” any more. This is just a way to convey that high-income earners as not don’t actually work for their wealth. They just mysteriously come by it somehow. As Gephardt would say they just “won life’s lottery.” No work involved.
OK …everybody out there who is rich and didn’t get that way through hard work left-click three times on your mouse.
See … you don’t hear any clicks, do you?
“The article divides Austin wage earners into two groups. Here’s a direct quote: The American-Statesman looked at two groups of private industry wage earners: those who earned $10 an hour or less and those making more than $25 an hour, or $1,000 a week.”
In the very next paragraph refers to those making $10 an hour or less as “the working poor,” and those making $25 an hour or more as “the working rich.”
So, there you have it. If you are salaried and earn $1000 a week or more you are part of the “working rich.” A question … do you feel rich?
So … there’s our definition of “working rich.” But what about just plain “rich?” What does your income have to be, in the eyes of the editors at the Austin American-Stateman, before you’re just plain rich … not “working rich?” And when you get to that particular level is the newspaper suggesting that you no longer work? This, as you may know, is a favorite tactic of Democrats. They like to talk about “working families.” To a Democrat a family earning more than, say, $85,000 a year isn’t a “working family” any more. This is just a way to convey that high-income earners as not don’t actually work for their wealth. They just mysteriously come by it somehow. As Gephardt would say they just “won life’s lottery.” No work involved.
OK …everybody out there who is rich and didn’t get that way through hard work left-click three times on your mouse.
See … you don’t hear any clicks, do you?
