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Tommymac
Mar 2021
OP
It's not the poor, it's the rich we can't afford. Feeding their addiction will destroy the planet
Gaugamela
Mar 2021
#2
The moneyed class is addicted to wealth. No amount of money is enough for them.
Irish_Dem
Mar 2021
#12
fierywoman
(7,694 posts)1. Hmmm ... "Too much and never enough."
Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)2. It's not the poor, it's the rich we can't afford. Feeding their addiction will destroy the planet
in two generations.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)4. Yup. Hey Elon pass the pork, please.
What's that, you only serve cake?
Ziggysmom
(3,412 posts)3. Amen to that!
babydollhead
(2,231 posts)5. greed is not self regulating.
it is never enough. it's not money anymore, just commas and zeros. They are addicts.
Faux pas
(14,690 posts)6. Kickin'
JI7
(89,271 posts)7. No, it's also the Majority who are not wealthy that are a problem
after all the non wealthy are far higher in numbers.
tblue37
(65,488 posts)8. K&R for visibility. nt
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,902 posts)9. So true.
I have been poor and hungry at various formative years in my life. When I think about those years, I'm somewhat befuddled. But I understand that my being poor and hungry were not my personal fault.
Kid Berwyn
(14,964 posts)10. These are the wealthiest times in history.
Wouldnt know it by the way most people live.
malaise
(269,172 posts)11. Profound
and it is not merely greed - it is the desire to show off thins you don't want others to have - like how dare poor people own cell phones.
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Irish_Dem
(47,423 posts)12. The moneyed class is addicted to wealth. No amount of money is enough for them.
They amass fortunes they cannot possible use in their lifetimes.