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To: Desdemona

Greed is a word that seems to be on the verge of being tossed around a lot by the left, to blackmail people with money into buying into any program they can come up with.

The idea is that anyone with money had to be either greedy to accumulate the money, or greedy to keep any of it. I say, hogwash! This mindset always precedes efforts to separate good men from their holdings.

To my way of thinking, anyone who advocates this ‘taking’, should be subject to something tantamount to being lined up against the village wall and shot. And just the attempt to denigrate based on wealth, should warrant a person or a group a stiff warning, that they are very close to crossing the line.

I do not think these writings do cross the line, but I would be very leery of writing on the subject of greed.

When you start talking about greed, there’s something you need to know up front. You can’t precisely define greed. You open a whole Pandora’s box when you encourage the public to think of people who are better of than themselves, are in need of judging. It gets real ugly real quick when this mindset is encouraged.

Our economic system encourages everyone to be creative, to develop their own wealth. That way people who aspire to become wealthy, are less likely to “HATE” people who have more than they do, because they intend to have more money than they presently do.

Loose talk about greed, is dangerous. I very rarely every address people as greedy. I have in some isolated instances, but it’s a real iffy thing to do.


24 posted on 07/10/2009 1:57:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (_Resident of the United States and Kenya's favorite son, Baraaaack Hussein Obamaaaa...)
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To: DoughtyOne
First off, my work involves a lot of fund raising and rubbing elbows with those that are prime targets for being fleeced - if these people weren't smart enough to know how to avoid it. Wealthy people do spread their money around, but in a controlled manner and very targeted. Do I agree with all their decisions? No. But cash can be used to help build and expand businesses, keep private schools affordable for lower income families, provide space for storage of food pantries, etc. Wealthy people who are willing to contribute to these causes are not the issue. They don't deserve confiscation of property and rightful bank accounts any more than anyone else does.

Greed, when it becomes an all-consuming pathos (as in the case of,say, George Soros) involves more than just money. It's when it becomes the means of destruction of society and part of a power grab is when it's a problem. That's why I say that this is a statement against greed. There's no thinking of how it will effect others as human beings.

25 posted on 07/10/2009 2:20:22 PM PDT by Desdemona (True Christianity requires open hearts and open minds - not blind hatred.)
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