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democrattotheend

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8. What about people like the president, who started out with nothing
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 01:49 AM
Nov 2012

and became rich and successful because of their own abilities and tenacity and courage?

What about people like my grandfather, who grew up in a poor section of Brooklyn but managed to work his way through college, get a job as a journalist, and managed to live frugally enough that they could save my grandmother's whole part-time salary and live on his income, and now has a comfortable nest egg for retirement? I don't think he ever "extracted" or "stripmined" anyone to get where he is.

What about people like George Soros, who have given generously from their wealth to progressive causes?

Are they all evil greedy bastards who deserve to be roasted with the sauces in their cabinets?

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