Except that the rich know who to bribe with campaign contributions.
Look at Ronald Reagan. As an actor, he was not a giant star. Plenty of folks got a higher salary. Reagan lucked into a job as spokesman for General Electric, at the time one of the biggest companies in the world. Reagan hung out with the big shots and introduced them to his Hollywood buddies; in return he got stock tips and investment opportunities that made him rich.
You’re middle class if you’re still working for your money. You’re rich when your money works for you.
A $5 million a year actor/athlete still has to work; they are also paying for their trainers, agents, dietitians, clothes etc. They are upper middle class.
A trust fund baby with an income of $1 million a year is the rich one. imho.
Your cousin is Art Vandaly?
Short version. My boss pays me enough so I don’t quit, and I work hard enough so he doesn’t fire me.
The logical answer is that too many Computer Science majors loved Silver Age comic books.
The Martian Manhunter was stronger than superman, but couldn’t handle fire. Green Lantern was similarly godlike, but was unable to control anything colored yellow.
For fun, read “The Difference Engine.” Alternate history/science fiction that askes what would have happened if Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace had succeeded in creating a workable computer?
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-difference-engine-william-gibson/1517442?ean=9780440423621&next=t
When Trump was involved in creating his book “The Art Of The Deal” he gave the farm away to the actual author. That guy got cover credit [unheard of] and half the profits [equally unlikely in the publishing world]
The author has spend decades telling people what an idiot Trump is.
Saw something similar in a government office. Three story building with no elevator. Handicapped stalls on the third floor.
One more thing…
Make an extra set of keys before you move in.
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Liquor stores have the best boxes and the clerks hate having to break them down. Go to the local liquor store and ask them for boxes. You’ll get all you need.
Another good trick. Instead of packing delicates like plates with paper, use clean clothes. T-shirts will keep things from breaking and you cut down on the number of boxes.
This has been going on for a long time.
Back in the Reagan Era the US was miles ahead of the Soviet Union’s military by any metric. So the Right came up with a new metric, “throw weight.” The Soviets had inferior missile technology, so they had to build bigger weapons to carry the same size warhead. The War Party would go to Congress and the public and show how much bigger the Soviet missiles were and claim that it proved how weak the West was and why we had to spend more.
It was like saying a musket from 1776 was better than a M-16 because it fired a larger bullet.
Before the murders, OJ was as popular as The Rock is today. Football star who was in a lot of well received movies.
Also, if you have any sort of job that puts you into contact with law enforcement, look up Dennis Fung. Fung drew OJ’s blood after the crime and was eviscerated on the stand by the defence team. They needed to prove a conspiracy and Fung became past of their story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_evidence_in_the_O._J._Simpson_murder_case
I gave you an upvote because I came to ask the same thing.
We’ve wandered into a bad neighborhood…
This should be used in all areas.
I used to work in public health and I’d see people who had certifications [not college degrees] talking down to patients, and top doctors who were happy to explain things.
The cure is simple. Talk to people. Take two minutes out of your day and talk to someone about whether the asparagus is good deal, or if the buses should have music or could The Rock have beaten Humphrey Bogart.
Apparently, it is a thing on at least one show. NCIS once showed two people using the same keyboard at the same time.
[obligatory George Carlin reference]
https://youtu.be/6MVABINRzN4