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Iceberg Louie

(190 posts)
11. There is a huge difference between
Thu Apr 26, 2012, 12:36 PM
Apr 2012

someone who has earned money by generating an idea or concept, devoting effort to bringing it into fruition, and being rewarded for creating something for which there is a demand (like Kinko's founder Paul Orfalea), and someone who sponges wealth from a huge Ponzi scheme like Wall Street and pays off politicians to rig the system in their favor (like GS's Lloyd Blankfein). If Mittens is so proud of his success as a vulture capitalist, why did he need to hide so much of it in offshore accounts and tax shelters until about two years ago?

A vote for Rmoney is a vote for a return to the mentality of Leona Helmsley: "Taxes are for poor people."

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