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eppur_se_muova

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37. "Earned" ??

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2015, 11:00 AM

May 2015

I'm sorry, but that's stretching the meaning of that word beyond repair.

If CEO's don't earn that kind of money, how can you say athletes do ?

I guess separating fools from their money is a civic responsibility, but I don't regard it as "earning" money so much as making the point that it can and should be done.

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