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12. He was comfortable

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 01:58 PM

Dec 2013

But he had a bad accountant in the seventies that had him owing backed taxes for decades.

If anyone would like to question his credentials, that I've got to see.

He was definitely not worth hundreds of millions of dollars. But if he was, he would have earned it speaking up for the rest of us, and I'm ok with that. Its sad to see that we like to tear down those of us who find success. The infighting keeps us from working together against the common enemy. They want that. Its by design.

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+1 Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #7

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