Re:The 1% hide their money offshore, then use it to corrupt ...
by JeremyNT on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @09:25AM
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I believe you are mischaracterising what the OP said. Take a look at what was written:
> The 1% are your small town local doctor and lawyer
Which is, I believe, demonstrably untrue. "Small town" [x] will earn less than "big city" [x] in general, and there are few elite medical facilities or high powered law firms in small towns.
This may seem like pedantry, but it's important to watch for this kind of language: the talking point that "small town doctors" are in the 1% is a powerful tool in trying to convince people that "the 1%" are just plain 'ol folk. You wouldn't want to tax good 'ol Atticus Finch, would you? I mean, he's barely getting by as it is!
If OP had said "high performing doctors and lawyers" rather than "small town doctors and lawyers," that would be a much more accurate statement which would carry a very different connotation.
> The 1% are your small town local doctor and lawyer
Which is, I believe, demonstrably untrue. "Small town" [x] will earn less than "big city" [x] in general, and there are few elite medical facilities or high powered law firms in small towns.
This may seem like pedantry, but it's important to watch for this kind of language: the talking point that "small town doctors" are in the 1% is a powerful tool in trying to convince people that "the 1%" are just plain 'ol folk. You wouldn't want to tax good 'ol Atticus Finch, would you? I mean, he's barely getting by as it is!
If OP had said "high performing doctors and lawyers" rather than "small town doctors and lawyers," that would be a much more accurate statement which would carry a very different connotation.