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    If I had worked harder, been smarter, built something of consequence, then with a bit of luck perhaps I could have been a bit closer to their bracket, but I’ll live with my choices without joining the crowd of envy merchants thinking somehow those three guys stole their wealth and made us poorer. It is not a zero sum game. They created their wealth and added to society...even the capitalist, Warren Buffet, who helped finance many productive businesses and carried fellow shareholders. Remember, you & I were invited to join each of these guys in their climb to the top by simply buying their stock and enjoying the ride up. If we didn’t invest, we only have ourselves to blame instead of whining about how rich the builders are.

    Every scheme to cut the producers down and divvy up their wealth proffered by the envy merchants is actually planned theft asking for our participation with our empowering votes.
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    Interestingly enough, two of those gentlemen are actively involved in giving most of their wealth away and the third already has given 50% away
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    Free choice - as opposed to government “command & control” - is a wonderful thing. If they want to give their wealth away, then that is their choice. Free choice is not what any of those on either stage is promoting.
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    I thought it telling that Bernie singled out the two greatest philanthropists living today as examples of "sinful riches".

    That said--neither are giving of their substance.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    And your point is?
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    And your point is?
    There is no hidden agenda--nor is there any judgment.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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