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GOOD leaders look forward to the good they can do for ALL. Some look forward to how many they can screw to benefit the few. Why?

Posted - April 30, 2018

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  • 13071
    I dont know, why dont you ask Obama.
      April 30, 2018 9:12 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    What on earth has happened to you cp? You have turned into a negative nelly. I miss the old you. Is she on vacation or gone for good? SIGH. Happy Tuesday to thy.
      May 1, 2018 2:50 AM MDT
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  • 10880
    And our "leaders" look forward to getting reelected - sometimes before they win the first time.
    Why?  Because they're greedy selfish bast**ds who care more about lining their pockets and "living high" than helping (working for?) the people.  Unless, of course those "people" are super rich.  Then, for large campaign contributions) it's 'one hand washes the other'. 
      April 30, 2018 4:48 PM MDT
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  • 113301
     The more they have the more MUST HAVE AND NEED. They work very hard to make one another richer and richer and richer and begrudge those who are in real need of anything at all. They write off those who are not obscenely wealthy as being only interested in welfare handouts. What do they call the tax cuts, tax loopholes, tax subsidies for the wealthy? They are welfare handouts given to those who don't need them. I get why almost all obscenely wealthy folks are selfish greedy bas**rds. What I don't get are those who are getting harmed grievously by the rich who still support/adore/defend the very people who are hurting them. That is beyond my ken. Do you have a clue/theory? Loving the abuser above all else seems weird to me. Thank you for your reply and Happy Tuesday Shuhak! :)
      May 1, 2018 2:55 AM MDT
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  • 10880
    Amen to that!

    Why, you ask?  That's easy - they hope that (somehow) that they'll get some of the rich person's wealth.  Stupid theory, huh?  Money blinds people to the obvious.  "...Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court...?"  
    Since there've been wealthy people they've always been poor people sucking up to them ("If only I could be like them").  They ignore the bruises, insults and hardships inflicted on them by the wealthy.  After all, that's the price you have to pay to be one of the elite (or to be in the shadow of an elite).  
      May 1, 2018 9:52 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    What ever happened to pride? What ever happened to valuing yourself enough that you didn't demean yourself like that just to suck up to the wealthy? I don't get it. I never will. But the john of don adoring worshippers suck up to him and roll over for him and subject themselves to whatever humiliation he deems fit and they don't even notice it. Why that is I can't imagine. Thank you for your thoughtful reply Shuhak! :)
      May 1, 2018 2:01 PM MDT
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  • 10880
    Money trumps pride.  People will do anything for money - or even thew chance to obtain some.  They'll lie, cheat, steal, kill, betray, humiliate or debase themselves... the list goes on and on.  It's been going on forever.  Even the bible says that people do it (Proverbs and James).
      May 1, 2018 3:32 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Seemingly true. For the many or the few? I wonder why it is that the money lovers are the ones in charge? Those who place the highest value on money and wealth and the power that comes with it? Apparently those who place value on things other than money are not the majority. Of course we KNOW the how and why of getting dotard john the don as our bogus prez. A perfect storm of criminal activity on so many levels by so many people in so many places for so many years. It is staggering to me the complicity and venality and cold heartless reality we find has enveloped us promujlgated/perpetrated by the worst among us. Scary. The so-called "religious" folks who support dotard don are fakes/phonies/hoaxes. They cannot possibly support him and Support GOD. They are mutually exclusive masters and they choose the john over God. And the worst thing is they are so obtusely oblivious to it. SIGH. Thank you for your reply Shuhak and Happy Wednesday!  :)
      May 2, 2018 3:29 AM MDT
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  • 10880
    You answered your own question.  Money = power.  People crave money because money (supposedly) brings power (especially over those who don't have any) and people (generally) love power.
      May 2, 2018 10:01 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    How is that power used? Like Bill & Melinda Gates to do good or like the doofygoofylucy john of don does to rape the land and the people and take whatever he can whenever he can however he can? Power can be used for good or bad. Too bad we got stuck with an evil stupid dumb guy. SIGH. Thank you for your reply Shuhak. I don't answer my own questions. That would make them rhetorical/academic and therefore useless. What causes a Bill Gates to exist alongside a john of don? Can you answer me that? Both have tons of money and power. So money equals power isn't the end of it. It isn't as simple as that. Right? This post was edited by RosieG at May 3, 2018 8:44 AM MDT
      May 2, 2018 1:41 PM MDT
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  • 10880

    The answer is wisdom.  How power is used is up to the individual who wields it.  As I’ve said before, wealth doesn't equal wisdom.  Pride isn’t an easy thing for any of us to overcome, and wealth just inflates pride.  Wealth elicits power and together they bolster pride (like gasoline on a fire).  That's why many wealthy people are very prideful (they think of themselves and their wealth first).  They don't have to be, though.  One can have both wealth and wisdom (although it’s rare).   Wisdom isn’t "book smarts" or intelligence.  A person with true wisdom is disciplined, and does what is right, just and fair.  This kind of wisdom is costly.  How many wealthy people can honestly say that they obtained their wealth by being 100% just and fair?  Not many.  Yes, hard work should equal wealth, but many times the wealthy obtain their wealth at the expenditure of others (i.e. underpaying and overworking their employees (unconcerned with their health or welfare); “cutting corners” on products, services or whatever; taking their money “offshore” to avoid paying taxes); bribes …,  or worse, they inherit it. 

    I don’t know the reason for The Gates’ philanthropism.  Perhaps he’s wise enough to understand that “you can’t take your wealth with you” or that “the one who inherits your wealth may be a fool and squander it away”.  Using ones wealth to “do what is right, just and fair” (especially while they’re still alive) shows that they have some wisdom.  While some of the wealthy folks Trump’s hired are smart enough to see that he’s a fool, they lack true wisdom.  They too are haughty and prideful (or they wouldn’t have associated with him in the first place).  Mr. Trump has been a fool for many years (a fact he seems to enjoy showing off), so those wealthy folks he “hired” have no excuse.

      May 3, 2018 1:51 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Other billionaires have signed a pledge to give most all their money to charities. Last I heard there are over 100 of them. Warren Buffet is on that list. I'm not sure whose idea it was but it's good to know there are that many good billionaires out there. They are very wealthy but the antithesis of OBSCENE. I think Yoda is the wisest "person" I've ever known. Though a fantasy. Will Rogers seems to have been a very wise man. He was quite beloved. Can you imagine saying "I never met a man I didn't like"? I can't. But he pulled it off. He told folks right and left about their foibles and shortcomings and he was even-handed and everyone heard and understood and I guess agreed with him. I wonder how many such people are out there among us interacting wisely with those around them about whom we will never know a single thing?  It gives one hope. What we hear about daily are the lies and corruptions and criminality and deceit because that is so much sexier. What we need to hear about is what is going on to counteract all that crap? Doesn't sell newspapers or cause folks to tune in to TV shows. More's the pity. Thank you for your thoughtful reply Shuhak and Happy Friday!  :)
      May 4, 2018 7:07 AM MDT
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