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dkf

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22. Their salaries will be decent enough in time.
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 07:27 AM
Apr 2012

And I'm happy for them.

China did amazing things to feed their people. I can't begrudge them their hard won success.

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you mean make money in... krispos42 Apr 2012 #1
Yes, I do have an idea... kentuck Apr 2012 #3
10 billion profits in the first quarter...10 billion rustydog Apr 2012 #14
If I was hording $10 million worth of rifle ammunition... krispos42 Apr 2012 #16
Honoré de Balzac, and I've yet to find an exception. n/t Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #17
I believe that was the French novelist Honore de Balzac in "Le Pere Goriot". Those coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #29
That's just what the Mafia says. hifiguy Apr 2012 #2
True. JDPriestly Apr 2012 #9
So, Rmoney, the church elder, believes there is no morality to wealth or it's acquisition. Gold Metal Flake Apr 2012 #4
I am not sure how the prosperity gospel and Mormonism fit together quaker bill Apr 2012 #20
Well said. n/t cynatnite Apr 2012 #5
There's a wing-nut meme going around Surya Gayatri Apr 2012 #6
FDR and JFK inherited their wealth. JDPriestly Apr 2012 #10
You become a billionaire by being ruthless to competitors and your own workforce. Selatius Apr 2012 #7
I would add that there is something wrong with becoming wealthy JDPriestly Apr 2012 #8
Oh, sorry, thought this was an Al Capone thread... n/t jtuck004 Apr 2012 #11
My more conservative friends sometimes ask "how rich would you let someone be if you were king?" Recursion Apr 2012 #12
But there's all kinds of wrong with the way Mittens made his money. AtomicKitten Apr 2012 #13
but, how does one make money? fascisthunter Apr 2012 #15
How does this work in practice? dkf Apr 2012 #18
I think you may have missed the OPs point onethatcares Apr 2012 #19
Their salaries will be decent enough in time. dkf Apr 2012 #22
No they won't . . . and that's kind of the point. You also didn't answer the question. HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #24
will that be when onethatcares Apr 2012 #27
When I was running a business quaker bill Apr 2012 #21
I on the other hand heard of a business owner who took the employees retirement money dkf Apr 2012 #23
I left the business quaker bill Apr 2012 #30
There is nothing wrong with making money but a lot wrong libtodeath Apr 2012 #25
Drug dealers, pimps and bootleggers, all potential 1%ers. Remmah2 Apr 2012 #26
mitt is a wannabe don onethatcares Apr 2012 #28
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