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In reply to the discussion: Poll: The Rich Deserve Their Wealth [View all]aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)My first job as a lawyer was working as an associate for a personal injury firm. The partners were as crooked as it gets, taking cash under the table for referrals to doctors on which they paid no taxes. They ended up opening another business to launder a great deal of cash. It was common practice at the time in the personal injury-work comp fields of injury practice. I quit that job in disgust.
Someone who makes money as a parasite like these guys or Romney don't earn it in my opinion. If they do more than shift money from the pockets of others to their own and actually create something and bring something new into the world whether as a scientist, engineer, filmmaker, or musician, for example, then I tip my hat to them and their wealth.