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- Darwin thinks one''''s ability to change is the best trait. At the rawest level, man can survive without a lot of stuff.
Posted by whatithink10 at 11:00 PM : Nov 21, 2008
Yes, and I would say economies also apply the basics of survival of the fittest. Sink or swim...life isn''t fair and no government will ever make it so. - Reply to this comment
- I don''''t want to be in that position. Greed corrupts one''''s soul. I''''m happy with simplicity. Your Money Or Your Life is my favorite book.
Posted by whatithink10 at 10:58 PM : Nov 21, 2008
Well, you seem to being using your life to be concerned about other people''s money. I am sure you''ll get a tax credit when Obama passes the newest bailout - to those that buy GM car from Circuit City as long as they use the car to go to a Detroit Lions game - Reply to this comment
- "I''''''''d think he''''''''d prefer for people to see greed like any other sin...like sodomy.
Posted by whatithink10 at 10:57 PM : Nov 21, 2008
What would Darwin think about that?
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Posted by titletrack at 10:58 PM : Nov 21, 2008"
Darwin thinks one''s ability to change is the best trait. At the rawest level, man can survive without a lot of stuff. - Reply to this comment
- he''''d be on the corporate jet sucking up lobster and Cristal
Posted by jgg0002 at 10:57 PM :
Nothing wrong with that. - Reply to this comment
- "Posted by whatithink10 at 10:54 PM : Nov 21, 2008
It is good for all of us you won''''t be in that position.
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Posted by titletrack at 10:57 PM : Nov 21, 2008"
I don''t want to be in that position. Greed corrupts one''s soul. I''m happy with simplicity. Your Money Or Your Life is my favorite book. - Reply to this comment
- I''''d think he''''d prefer for people to see greed like any other sin...like sodomy.
Posted by whatithink10 at 10:57 PM : Nov 21, 2008
What would Darwin think about that? - Reply to this comment
- "Posted by whatithink10 at 10:53 PM : Nov 21, 2008
Wow, would your Jesus like your vile insulting ways?
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Posted by titletrack at 10:56 PM : Nov 21, 2008"
I''d think he''d prefer for people to see greed like any other sin...like sodomy. - Reply to this comment
- That''''s the problem!
Tax burden IS NOT a problem.
I''''d happily pay millions in taxes like the Lehman''''s CEO if I was given $484M over 8 years!!!
Also, the golden parachute!
Also, the frickin corporate jet that is tax deductable!!!
Posted by whatithink10 at 10:54 PM : Nov 21, 2008
It is good for all of us you won''t be in that position. - Reply to this comment
- NO, Misha, only ''''I'''' am responsible for any deal I enter into. NOBODY else is!
Posted by Rowdydfw at 10:49 PM : Nov 21, 2008
That''s fine for you if you get conned by a professional based on your argument there will be no government or laws or regulations to protect you -- there will be no reason to go to court because the greater specialized intelligence of the professionals you dealt with have already stacked the deck against you in a civil proceeding and deregulation says there will be little or no criminal statutes to assist you either. -- The guy that writes the contract stands a far greater chance of winning than you do. Because there will be no government requirements for the contract. Gee then building codes and all those other regulations to protect people should be removed from the legal statutes you already claimed you are capable of being responsible for every aspect of every deal you sign. Your world is the world where everyone except the rich lose. - Reply to this comment
- Do you know why? Because you can''''t get water from a stone. They are getting paid VERY LITTLE to keep prices down for selfish idiots like you!
Posted by whatithink10 at 10:53 PM : Nov 21, 2008
Wow, would your Jesus like your vile insulting ways? - Reply to this comment
- "Posted by whatithink10
A CEO''''S tax burden is MILLIONS!
Posted by Rowdydfw at 10:51 PM : Nov 21, 2008"
That''s the problem!
Tax burden IS NOT a problem.
I''d happily pay millions in taxes like the Lehman''s CEO if I was given $484M over 8 years!!!
Also, the golden parachute!
Also, the frickin corporate jet that is tax deductable!!! - Reply to this comment
- "Posted by whatithink10
Good gawwwwd! 40% of Americans don''''t pay a DIME of tax..
Posted by Rowdydfw at 10:51 PM : Nov 21, 2008"
Do you know why? Because you can''t get water from a stone. They are getting paid VERY LITTLE to keep prices down for selfish idiots like you! - Reply to this comment
- under the best of circumstances you do not know all and any professional outside your area of expertise has the ability -- hopefully not the lack of morals or ethics -- but the ability none the less to take advantage of you. The same applies to me -- regardless how careful we are there are details beyond our understanding that we would not even consider questioning in areas where we have to make deals in our lives. Until you understand this you have little chance of understanding most of the world''''s problems. No one is an expert in everything.
Posted by misha128 at 10:46 PM : Nov 21, 2008
So what are you saying - human nature is flawed but redeemable through government policies? Sounds awesome - Reply to this comment
- "Nope, sorry I won''''t buy that not from you. You don''''t like Obama and you would rather take and run than not.
Posted by DJ_IL at 10:49 PM : Nov 21, 2008"
Her employees can go to Mexico as long as she goes with them!
She''s showing what Country First means. - Reply to this comment
- "Posted by whatithink10
How strange? I never heard a word about Jesus describing himself as POOR! In fact he considered the riches he had to be ABOVE ANYTHING MONEY CAN BUY!
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Posted by Rowdydfw at 10:44 PM : Nov 21, 2008"
Oh please, if you saw Jesus without a job walking around with long hair and claming to be the son of God, you''d have laughed at him.
And, if he were rich, he never would have been executed.
Kinda like today. - Reply to this comment
Take responsibility! Don''''''''t DEPEND on somebody else to keep you INFORMED!
Posted by Rowdydfw at 10:36 PM : Nov 21, 2008
Rowdy -- under the best of circumstances you do not know all and any professional outside your area of expertise has the ability -- hopefully not the lack of morals or ethics -- but the ability none the less to take advantage of you. The same applies to me -- regardless how careful we are there are details beyond our understanding that we would not even consider questioning in areas where we have to make deals in our lives. Until you understand this you have little chance of understanding most of the world''s problems. No one is an expert in everything.- Reply to this comment
- "Posted by whatithink10 at 10:40 PM : Nov 21, 2008
You tell me. What is fair? Should everyone make/take the same amount?
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Posted by titletrack at 10:42 PM : Nov 21, 2008"
Why are you guys such extremists?
The best societies are those that combine capitalistic features with socialistic features. You don''t want to have the extreme of either. The extreme of capitalism leads to anarchy. The extreme of socialism leads to tyranny.
You''ve gotta try to work closer to the middle. You are way too extreme. - Reply to this comment
- You can ask the Chinese, they are working very hard to build up a middle class, so they don''''t need us anymore.
As I said many times...
In 1980, a CEO made 42 times a worker.
In 2004, a CEO made 431 times a worker.
Same time the CEO has had a tax decrease and the average worker is paying proportionately more in taxes.
Posted by whatithink10 at 10:40 PM : Nov 21, 2008
You tell me. What is fair? Should everyone make/take the same amount? - Reply to this comment
- "Posted by whatithink10 at 10:33 PM : Nov 21, 2008
So tell me what amount of wealth each individual US citizen deserves to have?
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Posted by titletrack at 10:37 PM : Nov 21, 2008"
You can ask the Chinese, they are working very hard to build up a middle class, so they don''t need us anymore.
As I said many times...
In 1980, a CEO made 42 times a worker.
In 2004, a CEO made 431 times a worker.
Same time the CEO has had a tax decrease and the average worker is paying proportionately more in taxes. - Reply to this comment
- It is not opportunity. It is usually signally a decline in a society. You might prefer the rich getting more and the poor getting less, because if you are in the middle that doesn''''t give you fear. But, in the end the middle also gets squeezed. When the gap between the richest and the poorest gets so great, it is usually because there isn''''t a middle anymore.
Did you ask Reagan how much trickle-down was enough?
Posted by whatithink10 at 10:36 PM : Nov 21, 2008
No, I just want to know what free money I can expect from Obama. Please inform me - Reply to this comment
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