Frank Apisa (10-26-2020)
Hello Frank Apisa,
It actually does not require much to be happy. It is a state of mind. It can't be bought.
One simply needs to be comfortable, secure, not feel threatened.
A poor man with nothing to lose is safer than a rich man with enviable wealth.
The former would have no need of a gun nor fear, but the latter might become obsessed with both, and thus experience greater stress.
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Frank Apisa (10-26-2020)
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
How ignorant. Both Obama and Hillary made big bucks off books. They both are sought after and highly paid speakers. They are not stealing.
Can Trump pay a guy enough to write books for him next year? You know Trump cannot write at all.
Trump's con has been exposed the last 4 years. He will spend millions on lawyers.
Frank Apisa (10-26-2020)
I think its amusing you think Hilliary didn't have someone write a book for her......
she made her money selling herself as the Secretary of State, like Biden did selling the VP office.......
Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
This is nether logic or correct. There are lots of ways to build wealth. One of the most commonly used is The time value of money. Another is Value of added labor.
Time value of money is you invest money for a period of time and it grows in amount due to return on investment. Value of added labor is you have some material and work on it to make it more valuable, then sell that material. You invest your time and labor into something to make it more valuable.
For most people this is the path to wealth. In many cases, it comes from generational investment and labor. They don't become wealthy overnight. Some lucky and talented individuals can do it in their lifetimes and even then, they work damn hard at it to make it happen.
The two scenarios, Left and Right, in that (loosely speaking) are thus:
On the non-Left, but we can say Right, a person has a family, owns property and material goods. They accumulate some wealth over their lifetime. Their children inherit that wealth and build on it. Over several generations, they accumulate enough wealth that they are now "wealthy." It takes foresight and planning to happen. You live for the long-term goal of your progeny being better off than you were. This means growing up, being adult, and taking responsibility for your life yourself.
On the Left, you live in "the now." You don't bother to accumulate wealth but rather strive to live a life of leisure and fun to the maximum extent that you can. You rent and lease, pay on credit, and leave little or nothing behind when you die. You want the government, or other entities, to coddle you cradle to grave. In essence, you want to remain a child for life. You want no long-term entanglements and progeny would only tie you down. You are in it for yourself and self-gratification. You take responsibility for nothing.
Park your cash in the stock market and make your fortune off the backs of others.
It's the American way.
PoliTalker (10-26-2020)
Hello T. A. Gardner,
That's all fine and well, and I agree. Those are normal viable ways to build wealth. No doubt about it. Those are good ways for individuals and generations of individuals to become wealthy and rich. But those are not ways for an individual to become, and I quote, 'fabulously rich.'
Well, thanks for sharing how you view the left and the right. Naturally I disagree. I do not share your view.
I am quite certain there are people on the right who do not have a job, live off government hand-outs, make nothing useful out of their lives, and save no wealth to pass on.
And I am just as certain that there are people on the left who work very hard every day, take few holidays or sick days, save up, get a mortgage, work their lives away, pay off a house, raise children, leave something to them, contribute to society, pay their taxes and also strive to have each generation do better than the last.
Stereotypes are usually a mistake.
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Why aren't all those wealthy liberals that claim to care so much about the "less fortunate" giving them their personal fortunes instead of supporting forcing someone else to do it? Just like a left winger to claim to care then try to show it by having someone else foot the bill.
Do you care about the homeless? Do you care about the people that go hungry? Do you care about people without healthcare coverage?
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