Dick Gephardt was famous for calling the rich the "winners in life's lottery".
He was of course implying that all those that were rich were simply undeserving trust-fund leeches, and that of course is unfair to the other 95% of America. Never mind that most of these 'winners' worked hard to get where they were...that gets in the way of the memé...
Interestingly though, we now have a new class of folks who are more deserving of the label "winners in life's lottery." I refer of course to those 9 million mortgage defaulters who will be the beneficiaries of President Obama's Mortgage plan.
Lets see.....get a mortgage you can't afford, get nailed by a nasty financial downturn, and get bailed out and keep your home. Wow! I can't think of anyone else who might be worthy of being called "winners in life's lottery". Talk about something that is is unfair to the other 95% of America....
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Haha. I never thought of seeing the rich as extremely lucky, or as Gephardt calls them winners of life's lottery. A lot of the rich, especially now during the financial crisis, are experiencing fallbacks and getting hit by the financial downturn of the economy. I just hope the more deserving/needier people would benefit from/get prioritized for the president's housing plan.
-Imee
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