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02 Nov 2010, 8:26 pm

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Why do you assume these businessmen earn their money legally?


Every one is innocent until proven guilty. Yes, there are businessmen who commit fraud. But most business people operate within the law. If I see that some one is rich, I do not assume that he acquired his wealth wrongfully or illegally. To come to that conclusion I want to see a conviction in court.

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Fair enough, but I feel there is a good amount of probable cause when it comes to hedge fund managers.



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02 Nov 2010, 8:29 pm

number5 wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
number5 wrote:

Why do you assume these businessmen earn their money legally?


Every one is innocent until proven guilty. Yes, there are businessmen who commit fraud. But most business people operate within the law. If I see that some one is rich, I do not assume that he acquired his wealth wrongfully or illegally. To come to that conclusion I want to see a conviction in court.

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Fair enough, but I feel there is a good amount of probable cause when it comes to hedge fund managers.


Many businessmen don't have anything to do with hedge funds. Are you referring to lawyers or something? If you are referring to lawyers I'd agree many of them are extremely dishonest.



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02 Nov 2010, 8:40 pm

Regardless its innocent until proven guilty not innocent until proven guilty unless you have a feeling.



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02 Nov 2010, 9:00 pm

ruveyn wrote:
number5 wrote:

Why do you assume these businessmen earn their money legally?


Every one is innocent until proven guilty. Yes, there are businessmen who commit fraud. But most business people operate within the law. If I see that some one is rich, I do not assume that he acquired his wealth wrongfully or illegally. To come to that conclusion I want to see a conviction in court.

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A rich conservative is always crooked. He has made his riches off of slave labor, by swindling others, and by destroying the environment. His only monetary contributions are to the NRA and the Aryan Nations. There couldn’t not possibly be a wealthy conservative that is any good and there never has.

A rich liberal is cool, though, and it doesn’t matter how he got his money. Question the sources of that wealth, no matter how shady, and you are a hate monger. He doesn’t see the need to give a penny to any charity because that’s what taxes and government are for. The liberal millionaire (or billionaire) is always the moral superior, no matter what.

It’s all true, just ask any liberal……. :roll:



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03 Nov 2010, 6:17 am

Raptor wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
number5 wrote:

Why do you assume these businessmen earn their money legally?


Every one is innocent until proven guilty. Yes, there are businessmen who commit fraud. But most business people operate within the law. If I see that some one is rich, I do not assume that he acquired his wealth wrongfully or illegally. To come to that conclusion I want to see a conviction in court.

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A rich conservative is always crooked. He has made his riches off of slave labor, by swindling others, and by destroying the environment. His only monetary contributions are to the NRA and the Aryan Nations. There couldn’t not possibly be a wealthy conservative that is any good and there never has.

A rich liberal is cool, though, and it doesn’t matter how he got his money. Question the sources of that wealth, no matter how shady, and you are a hate monger. He doesn’t see the need to give a penny to any charity because that’s what taxes and government are for. The liberal millionaire (or billionaire) is always the moral superior, no matter what.

It’s all true, just ask any liberal……. :roll:



You are just joking, right?

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03 Nov 2010, 4:39 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Raptor wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
number5 wrote:

Why do you assume these businessmen earn their money legally?


Every one is innocent until proven guilty. Yes, there are businessmen who commit fraud. But most business people operate within the law. If I see that some one is rich, I do not assume that he acquired his wealth wrongfully or illegally. To come to that conclusion I want to see a conviction in court.

ruveyn


A rich conservative is always crooked. He has made his riches off of slave labor, by swindling others, and by destroying the environment. His only monetary contributions are to the NRA and the Aryan Nations. There couldn’t not possibly be a wealthy conservative that is any good and there never has.

A rich liberal is cool, though, and it doesn’t matter how he got his money. Question the sources of that wealth, no matter how shady, and you are a hate monger. He doesn’t see the need to give a penny to any charity because that’s what taxes and government are for. The liberal millionaire (or billionaire) is always the moral superior, no matter what.

It’s all true, just ask any liberal……. :roll:



You are just joking, right?

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I don't think he is and quite frankly I agree with him on his assessment to an extent. I have seen more hatred and bigotry from the left than I have on the right. The NPR firing of Juan Williams is a perfect example (whom is a liberal, but actually is able to listen to the opposing side and is honest).



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04 Nov 2010, 3:54 pm

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I don't think he is and quite frankly I agree with him on his assessment to an extent. I have seen more hatred and bigotry from the left than I have on the right. The NPR firing of Juan Williams is a perfect example (whom is a liberal, but actually is able to listen to the opposing side and is honest).


On that I agree. Among the hard-left ultra liberals I have seen some of the least tolerant and liberal people I have ever beheld. They insist on adherence to The Doctrines. The disgusting level of Political Correctness in our society is a product of hard-left liberal ideology. Political Correctness has the aim of destroying language as a means of dissent and disagreement. Sort of like New Speak in -1984-.

The only other people I know of, who are that touchy about language, are the adherents of Ayn Rand, ultra Objectivists. Anything that contradicts Rand is anathema and heresy.

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