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Abin Sur Donating Member (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-30-11 07:48 PM
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23. While I don't need to be rich, I'd certainly like to be.
But I haven't put in the neccesary effort to be rich, so there you go.
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  -I don't want or need to be rich. stevedeshazer  Oct-30-11 05:40 PM   #0 
  - Greedy Old Pig Party. That's a good one.  yardwork   Oct-30-11 05:41 PM   #1 
  - I just want to leave DC and go back to my home state and not kiss anyone's behind.  Faygo Kid   Oct-30-11 05:44 PM   #2 
  - Yes, indeed.  stevedeshazer   Oct-30-11 05:46 PM   #3 
  - I forgot to add: I want to be with She Who Must Be Obeyed.  Faygo Kid   Oct-30-11 06:02 PM   #9 
     - Sounds like home.  stevedeshazer   Oct-31-11 01:28 AM   #34 
  - I didn't like that last line  hfojvt   Oct-31-11 04:17 PM   #46 
     - No offense intended!  Faygo Kid   Oct-31-11 06:03 PM   #49 
        - unfortunately  hfojvt   Nov-01-11 02:26 AM   #52 
  - I don't care to join the rich crowd.  ThatsMyBarack   Oct-30-11 05:47 PM   #4 
  - Amen! They haven't learned what the real treasures are. EOM  Frustratedlady   Oct-30-11 05:53 PM   #6 
  - It looks like we're on the same page.  onethatcares   Oct-30-11 05:49 PM   #5 
  - +1, you've got it.  stevedeshazer   Oct-30-11 05:56 PM   #7 
  - that's the difference between HOARDERS and those of us who are grounded and balanced  grasswire   Oct-30-11 05:56 PM   #8 
     - I think you've got something there.  Arkansas Granny   Oct-30-11 06:19 PM   #13 
  - Me, either. I just want a decent-paying job.  GoCubsGo   Oct-30-11 06:09 PM   #10 
  - No, it's not asking too much.  stevedeshazer   Oct-30-11 10:50 PM   #27 
  - These monsters are framing the issue  Worship Money   Oct-30-11 06:11 PM   #11 
  - They act that way because that's what capitalism rewards. Change the system  TBF   Oct-30-11 06:38 PM   #17 
  - I don't want to be rich either, but I want my fair share.  Initech   Oct-30-11 06:12 PM   #12 
  - that makes you unamerican  Enrique   Oct-30-11 06:22 PM   #14 
  - That's right.  moondust   Oct-30-11 06:34 PM   #16 
  - Yeppers.  stevedeshazer   Oct-30-11 10:53 PM   #28 
  - This is an important point  me b zola   Oct-31-11 12:06 PM   #40 
  - I want security  spinbaby   Oct-30-11 06:28 PM   #15 
  - I have never aspired to being rich.  End Of The Road   Oct-30-11 06:41 PM   #18 
  - We are the same age.  stevedeshazer   Oct-30-11 10:56 PM   #29 
  - Is someone trying to take something from you?  Egalitariat   Oct-30-11 06:42 PM   #19 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-30-11 11:07 PM   #30 
  - Good question  Islandlife   Oct-31-11 11:38 AM   #39 
     - I'll second that.  randome   Oct-31-11 12:09 PM   #41 
  - Ditto! n/t  Paper Roses   Oct-30-11 06:49 PM   #20 
  - The sad thing is the Greedy ole pig party gets dumb middle class and poor folks to vote them into  sarcasmo   Oct-30-11 07:28 PM   #21 
  - Excellent!  Mimosa   Oct-30-11 07:41 PM   #22 
  - And may I add...  End Of The Road   Oct-30-11 08:03 PM   #25 
  - Thanks.  stevedeshazer   Oct-30-11 11:15 PM   #32 
  - While I don't need to be rich, I'd certainly like to be.  Abin Sur   Oct-30-11 07:48 PM   #23 
  - no point in it  handmade34   Oct-30-11 07:54 PM   #24 
     - Of course there's a point.  Abin Sur   Oct-30-11 11:21 PM   #33 
        - you could try bei g just an honest straight-forward thief.  ret5hd   Oct-31-11 04:20 PM   #47 
           - As opposed to a dishonest thief?  Abin Sur   Oct-31-11 10:02 PM   #50 
              - No, as opposed to a dishonest banker/ceo/hedge fund mgr.  ret5hd   Nov-01-11 06:39 AM   #54 
                 - I guess we look at the world through different lenses.  Abin Sur   Nov-01-11 08:43 AM   #55 
                    - Of course you don't.  ret5hd   Nov-01-11 10:37 AM   #56 
                       - I have no idea what someone here was going to think.  Abin Sur   Nov-01-11 09:32 PM   #57 
  - I want to be more than a green number on a balance sheet  Marazinia   Oct-30-11 08:34 PM   #26 
  - America is not inherently capitalist - It is what we want it to be.  reformist2   Oct-30-11 11:08 PM   #31 
  - Amen. This country "started" as one big European land grab in which indigenous  TBF   Oct-31-11 06:54 AM   #36 
  - Thanks. Echo's my sentiments exactly, especially about the kids. n/t  Scuba   Oct-31-11 06:47 AM   #35 
  - I don't even know what a  femrap   Oct-31-11 10:44 AM   #37 
  - I'll take rich. Don't NEED it, but I'll take it. nt  Codeine   Oct-31-11 10:59 AM   #38 
  - Same here.  randome   Oct-31-11 12:15 PM   #42 
  - Same here.  WildEyedLiberal   Oct-31-11 01:37 PM   #44 
  - "why do the rich want to take my modest earnings away from me?"  Zorra   Oct-31-11 12:54 PM   #43 
  - Great response!  stevedeshazer   Oct-31-11 02:48 PM   #45 
  - Kicked and recommended.  Uncle Joe   Oct-31-11 04:24 PM   #48 
  - I've always thought the only good thing about being rich would be to have plenty to give away.  Prometheus Bound   Oct-31-11 10:05 PM   #51 
  - Blasphemer!  deutsey   Nov-01-11 05:43 AM   #53 
 

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