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To: Gary H who wrote (7499)	2/12/1998 2:47:00 PM
From: Aloysius Q. Finnegan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116994

>>>If my buddy fred owes me money, should I lend him more so he can pay me back? I know it's not as simplistic as that but - - - <<< You got it straight Gary ... except you forgot to mention that you are running a numbers racket and your pal fred is gangster. Oh yah! ... And the money you lent fred was 'protection' money extorted from hard working people on the streets of America ... and fred will now shakedown the peasants in to pay off his gambling debts.

To: Gary H who wrote (7499)	2/12/1998 5:02:00 PM
From: Zardoz	Respond to of 116994

"If my buddy fred owes me money, should I lend him more so he can pay me back? I know it's not as simplistic as that but - - -" If you are a gambler, and you break one of the poor people at the table.... the winner's often lend the looser more chips, so that the game won't break up. Thus you can keep the richer players at the table, and attempt to gain more chips for yourself... A form of investing. {downside: your investment, upside: all the rich players chips} PS: The looser seldom wins back what he lost, but if he does you collect what he owes you, and INTEREST!