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1 posted on 01/18/2015 12:41:09 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

$25 dollars for a dress in 1949? Equivalent to $250 today.


2 posted on 01/18/2015 1:14:08 AM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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Great read. Some people tell me that if you loan money to a friend, just think it as a gift and do not expect it back.

Frankly Ayn Rand is right, maybe these people are not friends anymore but actually rotten with a sense of superiority and entitlement.


3 posted on 01/18/2015 1:20:12 AM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: lowbridge
Several times I loaned money to friends and family. I have never once been fully repaid. In fact, I have been called a cheapskate and other names for not wanting to lend out more. And in most cases, once they get some, they always want, and expect, more. The adage "no good deed goes unpunished" holds true with loaning money to friends and family.

I suppose that has to do with the fact that I am perceived as wealthy (at least compared to them) but what they don't realize is that the main reason I am well off is that I live below my means and do not borrow from others (other than a mortgage and occasional car loan). If I cannot afford that gadget or vacation or whatever, I don't buy it and I don't borrow money in order to do so.

9 posted on 01/18/2015 7:04:13 AM PST by SamAdams76
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Rand ping.


10 posted on 01/18/2015 4:24:39 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: lowbridge

Love it.

The letter indicates that Rand lent money to this girl’s two sisters, and they misused the money and never repaid. Given that background information, this letter is the perfect response to the third niece.

I wonder what decision this third niece made after receiving this letter.


12 posted on 01/19/2015 4:57:58 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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