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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (817747)11/16/2014 2:16:48 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (3) of 1582945
 
>> I know many wealthy that are crooked sluggards.

I can't say I know "many" wealthy, but I've never met one who is a "crooked sluggard."

I do know of public figures alleged to be crooked and sluggards. But I don't know those people and I suspect you don't, either. I know someone who became a billionaire by buying banks and reselling them. That doesn't make him a crooked sluggard. I was raised in a town that is now owned by Koch Brothers, and I can say that their ownership has done more for that town than anything else that happened in the last 100 years.

There are people who inherited their wealth and do nothing of substance with it (e.g., the Kennedy family). But there are also people -- like the Walton family -- who use their wealth to better the lives of other people.

One thing I'm sure of: Being wealthy does not automatically make one a crooked sluggard. No one would suggest that about Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, or I don't think they should.

You really have to get over the idea that someone being wealthy adversely affects other people. It may; but it isn't automatic. Economics simply doesn't work that way. You're apparently drawn to the confused economics of CJ and other liberals who are beyond clueless.
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