One of the many shallow statements that sound good-- if you don't stop
and think about it-- is that "at some point, you have made enough
money."

The key word in this statement, made by President Barack Obama
recently, is "you." There is nothing wrong with my deciding how much
money is enough for me or your deciding how much money is enough for
you, but when politicians think that they should be deciding how much
money is enough for other people, that is starting down a very
slippery slope.

Politicians with the power to determine each citizen's income are no
longer public servants. They are public masters.

[...]

http://townhall.com/columnists/Thoma...8/enough_money

What page are we on today? http://mises.org/books/TRTS/

∅baMa∅ Tse Dung wrote:
One of the many shallow statements that sound good-- if you don't stop
and think about it-- is that "at some point, you have made enough
money."


Amassing wealth beyond your needs is immoral and Unamerican.

Family dynasties are Unamerican.

Growth is another name for tumor.

On Wed, 19 May 2010 04:59:41 -0800, dave puked:

¯baMa¯ Tse Dung wrote:
One of the many shallow statements that sound good-- if you don't stop
and think about it-- is that "at some point, you have made enough
money."


Amassing wealth beyond your needs is immoral and Unamerican.

Family dynasties are Unamerican.

Growth is another name for tumor.

So you're going to tell your children to go out in the world and have
a mediocre career because that's the American way? Maybe they'll be
qualified to work for my kids, but I'm thinking probably not...
--
lab~rat :-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

On May 19, 8:59Â*am, dave wrote:
∅baMa∅ Tse Dung wrote:
One of the many shallow statements that sound good-- if you don't stop
and think about it-- is that "at some point, you have made enough
money."

.. . . . . . . . . . . . .


Amassing wealth beyond your needs is immoral and Unamerican.


Nonsense. Restricting people's freedom to acquire as much wealth as
they want (unless obtained through criminal activity) is immoral and
Unamerican, and reeks of the typical jealousy of success exhibited by
the Communist liberal/"progressive" left.



Family dynasties are Unamerican.


You mean like the Kennedys?

On May 19, 9:47*am, Kevin Alfred Strom
wrote:
dave wrote:

[...]



[...]



Escape from the current oligarchy can come only from a new elite
with different values -- and high biological quality.


With all good wishes,

Kevin Alfred Strom.
--http://kevinalfredstrom.com/


What should those different values and higher biological qualities
be?

On 5/19/10 13:30 , DEFCON 88 wrote:
On May 19, 8:59 am, wrote:
∅baMa∅ Tse Dung wrote:
One of the many shallow statements that sound good-- if you don't stop
and think about it-- is that "at some point, you have made enough
money."

. . . . . . . . . . . . .


Amassing wealth beyond your needs is immoral and Unamerican.


Nonsense. Restricting people's freedom to acquire as much wealth as
they want (unless obtained through criminal activity) is immoral and
Unamerican, and reeks of the typical jealousy of success exhibited by
the Communist liberal/"progressive" left.



Family dynasties are Unamerican.


You mean like the Kennedys?


The Rockefellers?

Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:
dave wrote:
[...]

Amassing wealth beyond your needs is immoral


As a poor person financially who totally opposes what the billionaire
media and corporations are doing to our world and who has sacrificed a
great deal for taking that stand, I certainly can't be accused of being
a shill for them.

But doesn't your moral statement above require a commissar or committee
to decide what my -- and my family's -- "needs" are?

I do not wish to live under such rulers, who would be no better than the
current oligarchs.

And, in fact, it is quite natural for superior men and women to create
and amass more than they can currently use. This is the basis for
leisure time, and without leisure time, and the freedom it brings from
Man's constant scrambling for the necessities, there would be no
philosophy -- or art -- or science.



and Unamerican.
[...]


What a bizarre claim. Washington and Madison and Jefferson wouldn't, I
think, have concurred.

However, we may have some points of agreement.


People can make all the money they want, as long as they pay their fair
share of taxes. The wealthy pay way less, as a percentage of their
income, as any other demographic. Going after the Swiss banks is a good
start.

http://tompaine.com/Archive/scontent/7082.html

lab~rat :-) wrote:?? On Wed, 19 May 2010 04:59:41 -0800, dave puked:?? ?? ¯baMa¯ Tse Dung wrote:?? One of the many shallow statements that sound good-- if you don't stop?? and think about it-- is that "at some point, you have made enough?? money."???? Amassing wealth beyond your needs is immoral and Unamerican.???? Family dynasties are Unamerican.???? Growth is another name for tumor.?? ?? So you're going to tell your children to go out in the world and have?? a mediocre career because that's the American way? Maybe they'll be?? qualified to work for my kids, but I'm thinking probably not...?? --?? lab~rat :-)?? Do you want polite or do you want sincere?????I tell my children to learn to survive with very little. Amassing ??wealth is no career.??

Beam Me Up Scotty wrote:
dave wrote:
[...]
Amassing wealth beyond your needs is immoral


Did you mention that to Hollywood and the Rock stars, you might mention
it to Clinton and (BIG NEW HOUSE)Al Gore too.


George Soros
Bill Gates
Warren Bufett

SO.... if "you" can determine how much is enough, then you Naturally
will also determine how much *LOVE* is enough and take the love from
someone with too much and redistribute it to someone with too little?

Materialism is death

On Wed, 19 May 2010 12:17:42 -0700, dave puked:

lab~rat :-) wrote:?? On Wed, 19 May 2010 04:59:41 -0800, dave puked:?? ?? øbaMaø Tse Dung wrote:?? One of the many shallow statements that sound good-- if you don't stop?? and think about it-- is that "at some point, you have made enough?? money."???? Amassing wealth beyond your needs is immoral and Unamerican.???? Family dynasties are Unamerican.???? Growth is another name for tumor.?? ?? So you're going to tell your children to go out in the world and have?? a mediocre career because that's the American way? Maybe they'll be?? qualified to work for my kids, but I'm thinking probably not...?? --?? lab~rat :-)?? Do you want polite or do you want sincere?????I tell my children to learn to survive with very little. Amassing ??wealth is no career.??

Maybe they can teach you how to use a puter...
--
lab~rat :-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?