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Greed

Patriotforsure Wrote: Oct 24, 2012 10:54 AM
I just can't keep up with the new speak! Now days criticism is racist, prayer is hate speech, values is closed minded, molality is judgmental, any religious symbol is offensive, and now ambition is greed! If it weren’t so sad it would be amusing to play .....
lfreeman Wrote: Oct 24, 2012 11:10 AM
That makes me a greedy( have a job) judgmental ( belive in having a good moral code to live by), offensive (believe in the cross and who it stands for) who spouts hate speech every time I pray.
God bless America...........oops offensive hateful speech! does this make me a racist since I spoke my opinion
On TV, my Fox colleague Bill O'Reilly says, "The recession was brought on largely by greedy Wall Street corporations."

Give me a break.

Bill's smart. If he believes such things, we who care about freedom have done a poor job communicating economics.

Blaming problems on "greed" is a mindless cliche.

Yes, Wall Street was greedy -- but that's nothing new. Greed is a constant. Did you ever turn down a raise? We need a free market because it restrains greed. Laws against theft and fraud help, but competition does more. With this election approaching, and statist, eager-to-regulate candidates in ascent, we...

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