[albie]

And although “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a great movie, it makes an honest and good businessman, Potter, into a villain. Sure he takes the $8,000 and attempts to shut down Bailey, but Bailey gives loans to people that don’t qualify and puts his other clients into jeopardy. Potter rents out “shacks” but they do have a choice of bettering their lives.

[ealgeone]

And although “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a great movie, it makes an honest and good businessman, Potter, into a villain. Sure he takes the $8,000 and attempts to shut down Bailey, but Bailey gives loans to people that don’t qualify and puts his other clients into jeopardy.

You killed your argument with your own post.

An honest businessman would have returned the $8000 immediately.

[stanne]

“And although “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a great movie, it makes an honest and good businessman, Potter, into a villain. Sure he takes the $8,000 and attempts to shut down Bailey, but Bailey gives loans to people that don’t qualify and puts his other clients into jeopardy. Potter rents out “shacks” but they do have a choice of bettering their lives.”

So, wait, Potter didn’t threaten stockholders by stealing bailey’s $8,000.00?

Wow.

I suggest you get smart on what happened during the stock market crash depicted in the film

You compare a successful multi generational family loan company to our contemporary democrat politicians taking middle class taxes and giving them away to welfare recipients who turn around and vote for Democrats when the should not be allowed to vote if they are not working as the conflict of interest threatens tge middle class backbone of this country?

Ok. George Bailey and his family and stockholders were in business to make a living and improve the community. There is always risk

The threat you see in the film was the Great Depression, when the every man for himself mentality was the threat which George fought off

Potter was in for himself, stealing the Bailey stockholder money during the depression.

Potter is Paul Si nger, driving entire towns into the ground, taking care of his greedy stockholders who pretend they’re not responsible for turning the community into pottersville or worse. Allowing the government to have to come in with middle clas tax revenue and support the irresponsible for generations while people like him and bought-out senators pay single digit loopholed tax rates

And Die Hard is a Christmas movie

[newfreep]

...but Bailey gives loans to people that don’t qualify

Just like the sub-prime financial scam...except the banks were forced and Bailey did it of his own free will.