Luxury Shame

Communism gets it's start by demonizing the rich, this allows those who fear competition, to get started in figuring how to take money from those who earned it, until what???, they are broke also??/ ALL FAILED IDEAOLOGY BLAMES SOMEONE ELSE FOR THEIR FAILURES. Keep America Great.

Luxury Shame is the reason the McCain's spent so much on the Palin wardrobe.

The Sons of Liberty have been buried in a history written by the rich, but they are rising again. When the stamp act was written in 1765 they were already grumbling about the Hudson Bay and East India Companies restricting trade unions and driving small business out of business. The tax on tea was the final straw. As they (The laborers, the small shop owners, the farmers" gathered and to their fight to the rich, so it will happen again. That is why all the wonderful media, "owned by the rich" keep writing that no one will do anything. They are scared to death that we will. They try an fool everyone into thinking they are the only ones thinking the greedy Republican rich need to be reminded of the consequences of their actions in crushing the hopes of our children's futures. They must be made to feel the consequences as we do. We fear for our jobs, our homes, food on the table. Lack of affordable health care is a death sentence to millions in America. When the pampered and privileged, the powerful know fear, they might begin to act human. But they won't do so willingly. \

A home a piece of land, safety and security. Why does someone need TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS in the bank? They don't spend it. The only trickle down we get is yellow and warm. What could one person possibly due to reasonably earn FIFTY MILLION in one year? Nothing, it is obscene.

The truth is, that we reward sociopathic behavior by promoting ruthless and corrupt people to positions of power. Most successful CEOs are crooks, cheats, and cruel people who care nothing for those who they make slave for their grandeur. Not all, but most members of the boards of directors are directly or indirectly are responsible for the suffering and despair of tens of millions of people in America, and Billions around the world. Some are good, but most just play at being kind. They wouldn't lift a hand or risk getting dirty to help anyone.

The Suns of Liberty are rising again, are you one?

The Sons of Liberty have been buried in a history written by the rich, but they are rising again. When the stamp act was written in 1765 they were already grumbling about the Hudson Bay and East India Companies restricting trade unions and driving small business out of business. The tax on tea was the final straw. As they (The laborers, the small shop owners, the farmers" gathered and to their fight to the rich, so it will happen again. That is why all the wonderful media, "owned by the rich" keep writing that no one will do anything. They are scared to death that we will. They try an fool everyone into thinking they are the only ones thinking the greedy Republican rich need to be reminded of the consequences of their actions in crushing the hopes of our children's futures. They must be made to feel the consequences as we do. We fear for our jobs, our homes, food on the table. Lack of affordable health care is a death sentence to millions in America. When the pampered and privileged, the powerful know fear, they might begin to act human. But they won't do so willingly. \

A home a piece of land, safety and security. Why does someone need TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS in the bank? They don't spend it. The only trickle down we get is yellow and warm. What could one person possibly due to reasonably earn FIFTY MILLION in one year? Nothing, it is obscene.

The truth is, that we reward sociopathic behavior by promoting ruthless and corrupt people to positions of power. Most successful CEOs are crooks, cheats, and cruel people who care nothing for those who they make slave for their grandeur. Not all, but most members of the boards of directors are directly or indirectly are responsible for the suffering and despair of tens of millions of people in America, and Billions around the world. Some are good, but most just play at being kind. They wouldn't lift a hand or risk getting dirty to help anyone.

The Suns of Liberty are rising again, are you one?

Well damn! I guess all those years I put inot building my business and making a foirtune doing it mean I have to not buy something for myslef or my family? I don't think so. I grew up dirt poot, the oldest of 12 kids, a Ada that went on welfare when he was 40 and man was it hard. I went to work at 13 helping support the fam. I started my business in 1978 in one of the worst econ climates ever and have strived, survived and made it without borrowing money from freinds, parents or fat asses at the banks. Now I have money to spend and ii'm supposed to give it to someone who wants a freebie hand out. Well try and get it from me. You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands. Now...I'm going out and buying my wifey aan expensive 33rd wedding anniversay gift...A brand new gas guzzling Suburban!!!! I ove this country USA rules!!!! MikeyC

OBVIOUSLY THE OBAMAS HAVEN'T READ THIS ARTICLE AS THEY JUST WAISTED $140 MILLION ON AN INNAUGERATION PARTY. MICHELLE OBAMA HAD THE AUDACIYT TO FLASH A 10 CARAT DIAMONE RING AND DRIPPING WITH DIAMONDS DURING THE INNAUGERATION. WHAT YOU SAW IS THE ELITIST ATTITUDE THE OBAMAS HAVE. GET USED TO IT MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASS, THIS IS HOW THEY LIVE AND YOU'VE ONLY SEEN A SMALL TASTE. ELITISTS FOREVER STICK TOGETHER.

The sale of luxury goods and services, as defined by the majority of America???s affluent, is not subject to much change in 2009, just as it has not shown much change over the past 30 years. In fact, there is little evidence that the affluent, who typically pursue middle class values and lifestyles, are showing any shame about their purchases or major long term trend changes in their spending patterns and attitudes. They have never been ostentatious or conspicuous consumers. They have been careful shoppers (and savers) who look for quality and value in their purchases, the brands they buy, and the stores where they shop.

New ground breaking research among the wealthiest 10% of US households by The American Affluence Research Center provides great insight as to how the affluent define ???luxury???, a very ambiguous word, by price points and brands for 37 products.

While luxury retail and marketing consultants have fed the media with anecdotal research about the sales of $700 women???s shoes, $1,000 hand bags, and $300 jeans as though such sales are common place, the affluent women in the AARC survey report they are more likely to spend less than $120 for nice shoes, less than $100 for a purse for every day, and less than $75 for a pair of women???s jeans.

The survey highlights and 8 major implications of the research. can fe found at www.affluenceresearch.org

The sales of the ???true luxury??? products are produced primarily among international ???new rich??? consumers and by a small segment (about 10%) of the very wealthy in the US (the professional athletes, entertainers, top corporate executives, Wall Street bankers and attorneys, real estate developers, and employees of newly public companies).It is among this latter group of US affluents where there may be some reduced spending for reasons of discretion.Of course some of that could be a rationale for reductions necessitated by big hits to their compensation and net worth.

rk@affluenceresearch.org

Sometimes there is something called power that rich people have that the rest of us don't. They can tell you what you earn and if you don't like it scram. Power then allows them to get more ,money and money maintains their power. The power part is the part I don't like.

Lobbyists can make Representatives and Senators a little (or a lot) richer, can't they?

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I don't think the rich need to feel guilty about their fortunes...unless you're one of the execs holding out your hand for a government bailout. Our economy needs them to spend as much money as possible before we collapse entirely.

And they don't need to buy the American public anything as many families in "need" put themselves in that situation by spending money they didn???t have. Learn to read before you sign your life away on a 5/1 ARM or rack up the credit card bills. The rich give more to charities than the poor and middle class. Therefore, work to pay for your own hybrid and stop looking for a handout.

For as much as I'd like to blame companies for outsourcing jobs, whose fault is it really? Ours. Why? Because we demand cheap, inexpensive products that American manufacturing just can't give us. Keep shopping at Walmart instead of at your local mom and pop shop and we'll keep digging ourselves into this hole.

The rich should take some of their millions and buy American hybrids for families in need....not withhold cashflow from an economy in need of stimulus.

Why is no one addressing the millions of jobs shipped to Mexico and China among other countries as the source of this whole mess. For all you well educated business leaders and government employees it is flamingly obvious to the rest of us that no economy can work without jobs, and when they are given away wholesale to the rest of the world and all our national wealth along with them, the obvious is and has happened. The government leaders we have elected to look out for our interests have thrown away our economy with both hands. Along with the wise and all knowing coporate leaders. Where in hell has common sense gone?!!!

My God.........................my heart's bleeding.

I wish I had their problems.