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Tramp, bum, hobo, derelict. Can rich folks be tramps, bums, hoboes, derelicts or only the poor? Why?

What if you're wealthy and you regularly stiff people for what you owe them? Aren't you a bum? Deadbeat?

Posted - July 5, 2017

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  • 46117
    Rich people can pretty much be anything they want.  They cannot reach any level of wsdom though, unless they walk the path of the poor and see things the way their sisters and brothers see.

    They cannot buy compassion.   It has to be learned.  It is a gift to be earned.  Because it builds character and makes one beautiful on the inside.


      July 5, 2017 7:56 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Do you think you're born with all the qualities that make you human Shar? Can anyone learn compassion? I dunno. I don't think so. We are what we are at birth. I don't know how much education and a desire to change affects us because we are all hardwired. Thank you for your reply and the gorgeous graphic! :)  There are some extraordinarily wealthy folks who are very compassionate. Bill&Melinda Gates created a kind of registry of billionaires who signed it agreeing to give most of their wealth to charities. Last I heard over a 100 people/couples signed it. Betcha Donald John is not among them. :(
      July 5, 2017 9:52 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    I dont like name calling.
      July 5, 2017 8:26 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Those are honorable words found in the dictionary cp. They describe certain people. You don't like name-calling? What about calling some folks smart or kind or beautiful or helpful or talented or funny or thoughtful or intelligent? They are all honorable descriptors. Do you avoid using those words? If so your conversation must be all gray with nothing there to color it or give it depth. Different strokes. Thank you for your reply and Happy Wednesday. Different strokes for different folks with different mindsets and different values and different intellects and different experiences and different goals. Different strokes drive the world and divide us. SIGH.
      July 5, 2017 9:47 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Calling people smart or talented is a compliment not name calling.
      July 5, 2017 9:52 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    "What if you're wealthy and you regularly stiff people for what you owe them? Aren't you a bum? Deadbeat?"---well, I'd call you a "trump.
      July 5, 2017 12:11 PM MDT
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  • 2219
    You'd be surprised how quickly a rich person can go downhill when they go off the rails. 
      July 5, 2017 12:37 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    i think anyone can be that way
      July 5, 2017 1:34 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    CS Lewis summed it up well---He said that "anyone," rich or poor, can be a scoundrel (an unprincipled, dishonorable person).

    (Dictionary.com)
      July 5, 2017 3:08 PM MDT
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