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To: i-node who wrote (394078)	6/25/2008 11:56:48 AM
From: Bill	Respond to of 1579137

Entrepreneurs must deal with hundreds of rules and regulations from the government trying to "help" them. lol.

To: i-node who wrote (394078)	6/25/2008 1:06:20 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579137

He said, "That's the last time THAT will happen." And started his own business. Today, he easily has 50M in the bank. Not one ounce of government involvement (even as a customer). Could he have done that in, say, the old USSR? What's the difference? The government. It's the system that allows success stupid. And the system IS the government. Why do you hate the US so much?

To: i-node who wrote (394078)	6/25/2008 3:33:26 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1579137

It is government services that allows those high earnings. This is one of the most utterly stupid remarks I've ever seen. In my life I've known a good number of people one would consider "wealthy" -- perhaps with 20 or 50 Million in the bank. With one exception, maybe two, that wealth has come with ZERO help from the government. Since you've known these rich assholes.......I mean, people how many revolutions has the country experienced, how many civil wars, how many times has the economic system gone into total collapse, how many times has the president been assassinated, how many times was an administration forced to change due to a military coup.....etc.? Did it ever occur to you or your rich friends that there is a reasonably priced premium in place for living in such a remarkably stable country as this one is?