I battled the laundry room today. It was me, three maids, and eight driers that refused to dry anything. We took turns. We shared tips on getting the driers to work. We commiserated. I dreamed of a washer dryer in my own apartment.
Hours later I was folding laundry in my bedroom, watching a My Super Sweet 16 marathon called the Blingiest Bling. Going back a step, throughout the election, I kept reading op-ed pieces about how rich people shouldn't have to pay high taxes because they earn their money through hard work, and asking them to pay their proportional share of the benefits they reap from society is an outrage. So as I watched 15 year old girls whining about how they "earned" a $350,000 party and a car. Then their parents reinforce their misguided beliefs by saying that their daughters "deserved" such riches.
As my anger mounted, I realized that anyone who watched this show and wasn't enraged by the ridiculous inequities in society must be brain dead. Then it hit me: MTV must be crafting the boilerplate for a socialist revolution. How awesome is that?
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I love the follow-up shows where they send those little bitches to spend a week with a family who either lives in the frozen tundra or some equally awful place.
ReplyDelete-Steph
If we really ONNNNLLLYYY want people to get what they've 'worked' for than gosh golly, I guess we'd better get rid of inheritance. No more passing of the millions on from Mommy and Daddy (ahem, grandpa) Hilton. (of course now every Trusts and Estates attorney in my life is now going to kick my butt!)
ReplyDeleteI wish I could believe that, but...but...I think we're in big trouble.
ReplyDeleteI need to watch one of those follow up shows, as they sound like the burst of schadenfreude I so desperately need. I love watching assholes suffer! Especially if a lesson is learned, although in this case I am a bit skeptical that these little fucks can learn anything beyond themselves.
ReplyDeleteOh and inheritance? Yeah, I always find that the biggest opponents of "income redistribution" (also known as fair taxes) are the ones who did the least to earn what they have, yet somehow claim that they "earned" it. I think it is because they grow up hearing that they "deserve" things, so they honestly believe that by being born, they've worked "earn" their wealth. It's insanity. And as we know from that stupid "Simple Life" show, if Paris actually had to work to earn a dime, she'd be homeless.
ReplyDeleteI hear you...that show is the WORST! It's so completely depressing yet strangely mesmerizing to watch at the same time. I mean, who ARE these people?
ReplyDeleteBut the role of government isn't to punish people for spoiling their kids. Regardless of how they got their money...it IS theirs...to spend as they wish. And 9 out of 10 wealthy people in this country did not get their money by inheriting it...that's just liberal propaganda.
I'd argue that instead of pitting the haves against the have nots, let's celebrate the fact that in this country, you can be born with absolutely nothing, yet the possibility of real success (financial or otherwise) IS a possibility.
And honestly, I almost feel sorry for those a-holes on my super sweet sixteen. Their parents are setting them up for complete and utter failure in life. And karma really is a bitch:)
Cute blog, btw.