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Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 11:26 PM Jan 2014

New definition of crazy?

Found on Facebook:

"If a man has an apartment stacked with newspapers to the ceiling, we call him crazy. If a woman lives in a mobile home full of cats, we call her nuts. But when people pathologically hoard so much cash that they impoverish the entire nation, we put them on the cover of Fortune magazine and pretend they are role models." -B. Lester

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New definition of crazy? (Original Post) Stonepounder Jan 2014 OP
Perfect. Marie Marie Jan 2014 #1
Funny how that works.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2014 #3
We got to do it man! Initech Jan 2014 #6
Cuby and Huell.... Aviation Pro Jan 2014 #7
"We're here to do a job, not channel Scrooge McDuck! Initech Jan 2014 #8
Savvy: blkmusclmachine Jan 2014 #2
They worked hard Jamaal510 Jan 2014 #4
Billionaire Hoarder's Show.. 3Stones Jan 2014 #5
Oh my gosh -- that's brilliant. pacalo Jan 2014 #9

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
1. Perfect.
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 11:35 PM
Jan 2014

I've always wanted to ask some of the gabillionaires (like the Koch brothers) this question: How much is enough for you or how much will finally be enough? Just what is the magic number of $$ that will finally satisfy you? But I know that after a certain amount, that lust for money switches over to the lust for power that the money brings. The more money, the more power and it just becomes insatiable. No amount will ever be enough.

Aviation Pro

(12,172 posts)
7. Cuby and Huell....
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 02:05 AM
Jan 2014

....Mexico, just saying.

The man killed 10 guys in prison in two minutes, just saying.

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
2. Savvy:
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 12:29 AM
Jan 2014

"..But when people pathologically hoard so much cash that they impoverish the entire nation, we put them on the cover of Fortune magazine and pretend they are role models.."

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
4. They worked hard
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 12:34 AM
Jan 2014

for all that cash, though. It's a bunch of work polluting the environment and an entire country's politics daily.

pacalo

(24,721 posts)
9. Oh my gosh -- that's brilliant.
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 11:00 PM
Jan 2014

I'll take those who hoard out of good intentions over those who hoard for the sake of monstrous reasons any day.

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