View Poll Results: "In the United States, the gap between high incomes and low incomes is too large"

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Thread: Gap Between Rich and Poor

  1. 10-23-2006, 10:06 PM #1
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    Gap Between Rich and Poor

    Let's hope this thread doesn't turn political and end up in Ejections.

    This is actually related to an article I read in the Economist that was partly about sports, so there's a related poll:

    http://forum.sportsmogul.com/showthread.php?t=124274
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  2. 10-23-2006, 10:12 PM #2
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    Re: Gap Between Rich and Poor

    The disparity sports wise can be seen in ticket pricing(no poor income FAMILY(ie mom+ dad+ kids) can afford to go & see on a general basis a Pro-sport team the cost is too prohibitive)) ... will avoid the politics
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  3. 10-23-2006, 10:30 PM #3
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    Re: Gap Between Rich and Poor

    Quote Originally Posted by Clay Dreslough View Post
    Let's hope this thread doesn't turn political and end up in Ejections.

    This is actually related to an article I read in the Economist that was partly about sports, so there's a related poll:

    http://forum.sportsmogul.com/showthread.php?t=124274
    why would it, it's you board. Anyway yeah I agree. The top 10 % of American make more than the other 90% combined. It's out of whack.
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  4. 10-23-2006, 10:49 PM #4
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    Re: Gap Between Rich and Poor

    "large" - agree
    "too large" - disagree

    vote - "somewhat disagree"
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  5. 10-23-2006, 11:04 PM #5
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    Re: Gap Between Rich and Poor

    Quote Originally Posted by disposablehero View Post
    "large" - agree
    "too large" - disagree

    vote - "somewhat disagree"
    agreed, except I think that that put me in the "somewhat agree" category.
    different way of looking at it, I guess.
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  6. 10-23-2006, 11:09 PM #6
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    Re: Gap Between Rich and Poor

    Quote Originally Posted by ohms_law View Post
    agreed, except I think that that put me in the "somewhat agree" category.
    different way of looking at it, I guess.
    *shrug*
    yea, i thought about that for a second too, but then my too-bad-for-you-sucker, upper-middle class, right-wing, capitalist-pig, business mind took over
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  7. 10-24-2006, 03:03 AM #7
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    Re: Gap Between Rich and Poor

    yea, it is a rather fine distinction. i'd say that we're in the same place, just with slightly different outlooks. glass half empty/half full sort of thing.
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  8. 10-24-2006, 03:12 AM #8
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    woah, couldn't have been more backwards on that one. Voted completely disagree, but I guess I didn't see the "dis" ....
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  9. 10-24-2006, 11:35 AM #9
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    Re: Gap Between Rich and Poor

    The difference between a good team in Baseball and a bad team, is very little....

    What I mean, in reallife you never ever see teams that dominate like in Baseball Mogul....you just need a brain in order to compete. Look at KC, I expect that KC will compete in 4 years top, they now have a GM that knows a few things
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  10. 10-24-2006, 12:51 PM #10
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    Re: Gap Between Rich and Poor

    It's an overly broad statement, with no benchmarks or real basis for comparison. I'm not going to touch it.
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