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1StrongBlackMan

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33. Yep ...

Reply to Brigid (Reply #27)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 09:53 PM

Jan 2015

The difference between rich and wealthy is ... do you have to do anything other than wake up, and, maybe, sign your name, to get money versus actually having to be someplace at an appointed time (with some or a lot of flexibility) and do something (no matter how minimal) once you get there.

I catch a lot of flak here and other places when I say include everyone that receives a W-2 on their primary source of income ... no matter how much they get paid ... as a working class ally ... whether they believe it or not.

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