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Stargazer99

(3,563 posts) Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:47 PM Jul 2025

Questions for Christian Republicans - how do you rationalize your membership when Raygon said "greed is good"

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when the Bible states the exact opposite?

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Questions for Christian Republicans - how do you rationalize your membership when Raygon said "greed is good" (Original Post) Stargazer99 Jul 2025 OP

Gordon Geko, in the movie Wall Street, said Greed is good. Chasstev365 Jul 2025 #1

Felon Ivan Boetsky want to jail. PufPuf23 Jul 2025 #5

How many Christian Republicans have you asked? Mariana Jul 2025 #2

how do they rationalize the guy in the sky? Skittles Jul 2025 #3

Fix your title... n/t SonOfNebanaube Jul 2025 #4

Uh, that wasn't Reagan that said that TnDem Jul 2025 #6

Reagan never said that. nt Raine Jul 2025 #7

What's "geed"? bif Jul 2025 #8

Chasstev365

(8,130 posts)

1. Gordon Geko, in the movie Wall Street, said Greed is good.

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:50 PM

Jul 2025

PufPuf23

(9,946 posts)

5. Felon Ivan Boetsky want to jail.

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:23 PM

Jul 2025

The character of Gordon Gekko in the movie Wall Street (1987) is based in part on Boesky, particularly his "greed is good" speech which resembled the commencement speech Boesky delivered in May 1986 at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley: "I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Boesky

Mariana

(15,630 posts)

2. How many Christian Republicans have you asked?

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:45 PM

Jul 2025

And what were their answers?

Skittles

(172,881 posts)

3. how do they rationalize the guy in the sky?

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:47 PM

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SonOfNebanaube

(146 posts)

4. Fix your title... n/t

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:18 PM

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TnDem

(1,390 posts)

6. Uh, that wasn't Reagan that said that

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:44 PM

Jul 2025

It was a movie character played by Michael Douglas...

I think his exact phrase was: "Greed, for lack of a better term is good...Greed is right, it clarifies, cuts through"...and more that I can't remember...

The character he played was not a "Christian" part.

Raine

(31,237 posts)

7. Reagan never said that. nt

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:50 PM

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bif

(27,230 posts)

8. What's "geed"?

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:05 PM

Jul 2025

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