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quinnox

(20,600 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 08:59 PM Jan 2012

Some wealthy families are good [View all]

Personally, I don't really care that Romney is an ultra-rich guy. Its his politics that I don't like.

I don't think it necessarily means someone is bad or corrupt in a moral sense if they are wealthy or make millions of dollars.

The Kennedy family had a lot of money, yet they had outstanding people who worked hard for the poorest in our society. Ted Kennedy was amazing in his devotion to these causes.

John Kerry is very rich because of his wife and has fancy homes all over the place, but I think he would have made one of the best and most liberal presidents this country has ever seen if he had got elected.

Warren Buffet has said many times over he believes people like him need to be taxed a lot more to help the society.

Geroge Soros is a billionaire and is a very generous donater to Democratic causes. I guess when I see bashing going on based on pure wealth status it just seems off base in my opinion because it reminds me there are good people who are rich as well as bad ones.

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