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global1

(25,242 posts) Tue Dec 13, 2011, 07:39 PM Dec 2011

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Greed Is Good - Take It From Gordon Gecko......

I caught the tail end of the movie Wall Street today. Here is a clip of Gordon Gecko (Michael Douglas) explaining to Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) how the American Capitalism works:

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He exposes the 1% and the rest of us in this clip. This movie was made in 1987. Too bad we didn't get the message then and "Occupy Wall Street". Maybe we could have prevented the crash.

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Greed Is Good - Take It From Gordon Gecko...... (Original Post) global1 Dec 2011 OP

"When 1% of this country owns 1/2 of the country's Net Worth" FreakinDJ Dec 2011 #1

FreakinDJ

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1. "When 1% of this country owns 1/2 of the country's Net Worth"

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 08:55 PM

Dec 2011

was by far the best line

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