[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')eople from the wealthy upper classes are more likely than poorer folks to break laws while driving, take candy from children and lie for financial gain.

They were also more likely to cut off pedestrians trying to cross the street than drivers of cheaper cars.

In another test using a game of dice, given the opportunity to win a $50 prize, people who self-reported high socio-economic status were more likely to lie and say that they had rolled higher numbers than they actually had.

In other studies, people with higher status were less likely to tell the truth in a hypothetical job negotiation in which they were the employer trying to hire someone for a job they knew was soon to be eliminated.

And when given a jar of candy that they were told was for children in a nearby lab -- though they could take some if they wanted -- the richest people took more candy than anyone else.

Even Piff, who has studied the impact of wealth on people's morality and charitable giving in the past -- finding that rich people tend to give less to charity than poor people -- was surprised to see them taking sweets from kids.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03 ... ich-people

[SeaGypsy]

An uncle of mine was CEO of Fedex for a very long time. When his brother needed a bone marrow transplant to save his life, his answer was :Come to Jesus and be saved, then we can talk about it." My mother owns 5 houses in a rich suburb, when I missed a flight out of the Philippines and my insurance lapsed, she basically told me to island hop home. She has visited her new grandchildren 3 times in 8 months since we moved to the same city. The nice thing about this is that these rich a##holes are never happy. Divine justice. Still sickening self righteousness.

[Umber]

Rich republicans like the Kennedy clan, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi? Those kinds of rich republicans?

[Quinny]

Doesn't surprise me at all. First against the wall

Gordon Gecko - Greed is good!! My arse!!

[gollum]

With few exceptions the wealthy really are assholes who feel the rules won't apply to them (they often don't).

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')oorer participants may be less likely to cheat because they must rely more on their community to get by, and thus are more likely adhere to community standards, Piff said. By comparison, “upper-class individuals are more self-focused, they privilege themselves over others, and they engage in self- interested patterns of behavior,” he said.

[Umber]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Umber', 'R')ich republicans like the Kennedy clan, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi? Those kinds of rich republicans?

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gollum', 'W')ith few exceptions the wealthy really are assholes who feel the rules won't apply to them (they often don't).

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'A')n uncle of mine was CEO of Fedex for a very long time. When his brother needed a bone marrow transplant to save his life, his answer was :Come to Jesus and be saved, then we can talk about it." My mother owns 5 houses in a rich suburb, when I missed a flight out of the Philippines and my insurance lapsed, she basically told me to island hop home. She has visited her new grandchildren 3 times in 8 months since we moved to the same city. The nice thing about this is that these rich a##holes are never happy. Divine justice. Still sickening self righteousness.

[SeaGypsy]

Do you usually pay travel insurance beyond the length of your trip? Floods happen as does sh#t. Besides you are a good example of a grumpy self absorbed right winger, so crit me all you like, it's not going to make you happier.

[rangerone314]

Its sociopathy, a trait that the most "successful" and rich people often have. Narcissism and a lack of care for others. You'll even have a few rich Democrats pretending to care, but they are being charitable because it boosts their ego and plays to their narcissism to act like a big shot.

Free-range slavery ultimately is more corrosive then chain-plantation slavery, since the free-range slave is led to believe that they are free. More efficient system the North designed, easier on the boss. I bet we'd find lots of plantation owners a 170 years ago with the same attitudes of the current "successful" people who "earned" and "deserved" their wealth.

[SeaGypsy]

Who would not have a few slaves if we were honest with ourselves?
A slave for every slave? Try 16? 42? A million? What happens when our energy slaves die?

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'D')o you usually pay travel insurance beyond the length of your trip? Floods happen as does sh#t. Besides you are a good example of a grumpy self absorbed right winger, so crit me all you like, it's not going to make you happier.

[topcat]

Rich people more likely to cheat - Republicans?

HERE: Fixed it for ya.
Rich people more likely to cheat the Republicans!

[SeaGypsy]

Who started assuming? $this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'D')o you usually pay travel insurance beyond the length of your trip? Floods happen as does sh#t. Besides you are a good example of a grumpy self absorbed right winger, so crit me all you like, it's not going to make you happier.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', ' ')You are correct in that we don't really ever know each other's good deeds and it is often easier to criticize than to accept that we don't know.

[SeaGypsy]

Thanks OS. I'm sick of airports and visa applications and waiting and all that. My wife and kids are now papered to stay in Oz, so that stage of life for us is done. Next comes balancing responsibilities with making some dreams come true. With 2 children under 3 and my wife recovering from major post natal depression, responsibility is taking precedence over wishes for the time being.

[Outcast_Searcher]

Ouch. Depression and family responsibility. I, unfortunately, have a lot of experience in both of those categories. In the past 5 years I left my career, mostly to help out my parents. Then I had both my parents and my girlfriend of 30 years die, and took care of each of them before they died, and their estates after they died. All very emotionally painful, and much of it stacked on top of each other, multiplying the impact.

Thus your correct impression that, often, I seem unhappy. Sorry, call me weak, but depression seems to run in much of my family.

Though I am "healing", it definitely takes time -- and some days (and months) are much better than others.

Hopefully since you indicate yourr wife is recovering, that is a good sign. Time passing and the kids growing should help in that. I sincerely hope things go better for you (and boy do I feel like an ***ASS*** for assuming you were acting irresponsibly). Take care.