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eridani

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3. The notion that rich people risk anything at all is total bullshit

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 20, 2012, 10:11 AM

Jan 2012

So a deal turns sour and they lose a million or two? What happens to their lives? Nothing whatsoever. The money they have left will pay for food, housing and their kids' educations. Risking those things is real risk.

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