What Is Greed? Where Our Creed Is Displaced By Greed.
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What is the point of having more money and more money?
You know, you can't take it with you when you die.
Sad to say, most people take office to benefit themselves instead of serving the people's interest, which put them where they are in the first place. Such is the irony of life.
Blind is the poor people who put them there in the first place, blinded by the money illusion created by powerful people, whose money was taken from them in the first place.
Would a person with compassion and amplitude to serve the people, having 10 loaves of bread, seeing a hungry man on the street, walk on by barely batting an eyelid. Of course if the man died of hunger, the man with the 10 loaves of bread is NOT guilty of murder, tis the Good Samaritan rule. The only guilt is upon his conscience, of we lack so much of. Moray decay of society as we pursue more material wealth.
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The idea here in Singapore is that people with one loaf of bread should split it in half to help the ones without bread.Originally posted by maurizio13:What is the point of having more money and more money?
You know, you can't take it with you when you die.
Sad to say, most people take office to benefit themselves instead of serving the people's interest, which put them where they are in the first place. Such is the irony of life.
Blind is the poor people who put them there in the first place, blinded by the money illusion created by powerful people, whose money was taken from them in the first place.
Would a person with compassion and amplitude to serve the people, having 10 loaves of bread, seeing a hungry man on the street, walk on by barely batting an eyelid. Of course if the man died of hunger, the man with the 10 loaves of bread is NOT guilty of murder, tis the Good Samaritan rule. The only guilt is upon his conscience, of we lack so much of. Moray decay of society as we pursue more material wealth.
Compassion Is Rare In An Industrialised Society.
The one with 10 loaves?
He opens a bread shop and says "You come buy my bread at inflated prices and I will use the money I earn from you to help the poor"
What do the poor get? Just enough scraps to survive for yet another day.
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the rule here is 'there is no free lunch.' and 'nobody owes you a living.'
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That's why I have to constantly remind our mini-stars....Our Earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed!!!!!Originally posted by maurizio13:What is the point of having more money and more money?
You know, you can't take it with you when you die.
Sad to say, most people take office to benefit themselves instead of serving the people's interest, which put them where they are in the first place. Such is the irony of life.
Blind is the poor people who put them there in the first place, blinded by the money illusion created by powerful people, whose money was taken from them in the first place.
Would a person with compassion and amplitude to serve the people, having 10 loaves of bread, seeing a hungry man on the street, walk on by barely batting an eyelid. Of course if the man died of hunger, the man with the 10 loaves of bread is NOT guilty of murder, tis the Good Samaritan rule. The only guilt is upon his conscience, of we lack so much of. Moray decay of society as we pursue more material wealth.
Compassion Is Rare In An Industrialised Society.
Our govt is painting a very elusive moral to our young people!!! -
Greedy people dont last long..
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it seems to be coming to 'you must buy ever more expensive lunches.' and 'you owe us a living.'Originally posted by dragg:the rule here is 'there is no free lunch.' and 'nobody owes you a living.' -
While I am not suggesting that poor people are always responsible for their plight, but I do believe the majority of them made decisions and choose to be what they are, probably without knowing it. Some good examples are people who don't have the money, but still want to buy cars and expensive houses, ended up with loads of debts. There are also those that chose not to study and party their youth off, which is also part of their lives decision. And then the smokers who wasted a fortune on smoking and eroding their health. And also the punks who like to show off, it's really a character problem, and that's one of the reasons when they ain't doing as well as they could have been, because people tend to dislike show offs.
Obviously I do feel really sorry for certain people, where the cases were caused by genuine plight, perhaps it may be a certain illness that was caused due to a person's DNA structure and immunity system, or some extreme poverty, or certain unfortunate cases... But I do feel if people always want to have instant gratifications and splurging and partying with harmful substances towards their own body, then they should not evade responsibility of their own life after they have made their choice. -
"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that: Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right; greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed, you mark my words — will save not only Teldar Paper but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
Gekko in 'Wall Street' -
The rule from us all should be: 'there are no free lunches' and 'abd that we don't owe them the votes either'.Originally posted by dragg:the rule here is 'there is no free lunch.' and 'nobody owes you a living.' -
Greed Is GoodOriginally posted by oxford mushroom:"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that: Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right; greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed, you mark my words — will save not only Teldar Paper but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
Gekko in 'Wall Street'
Adam SmithÂ’s Mistake
"Smith's forthright talk of businessmen cheating and oppressing the public seems to stand in direct contradiction to his advocacy of self-interest as the sole principle necessary for the achievement of the public good. The saving grace was supposed to be the 'invisible hand' of competition. It was competition that would keep these instincts and 'expensive vanities' of the merchants, dealers, and landlords in line. . . . Smith had essentially (P. 83) overlooked the possibility that self-interest would work to undermine and eliminate competition and thus to tie up the invisible hand. It is this outcome of unrestrained self-interest that is the fundamental flaw in any absolute policy of laissez-faire." (P. 84)
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Originally posted by charlize:The idea here in Singapore is that people with one loaf of bread should split it in half to help the ones without bread.
The one with 10 loaves?
He opens a bread shop and says "You come buy my bread at inflated prices and I will use the money I earn from you to help the poor"
What do the poor get? Just enough scraps to survive for yet another day. -
Why volunteers are volunteers with a heart satisfied with being compensated by personal satisfaction (not referring to those with business agendas) and officials with a mind be compensated highly to prevent corruption.
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If you need a friend, get a dog.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that: Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right; greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed, you mark my words — will save not only Teldar Paper but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
Gekko in 'Wall Street'
Gekko in 'Wall Street' -
It's goes to the core of the politician's principles, doesn't it? What is the True Underlying Motive for taking up office? To help change fellow citizens lives; or to make more money. One of this principle must prevail, both don't co-exist together, they are mutually exclusive (only one exist).Originally posted by eyebuzz:Why volunteers are volunteers with a heart satisfied with being compensated by personal satisfaction (not referring to those with business agendas) and officials with a mind be compensated highly to prevent corruption. -
Goes to show that monopolistic competition in politics is extremely bad; it would seem oligopolistic competion would better serve the public's interest.Originally posted by eyebuzz:Greed Is Good
Adam SmithÂ’s Mistake
"Smith's forthright talk of businessmen cheating and oppressing the public seems to stand in direct contradiction to his advocacy of self-interest as the sole principle necessary for the achievement of the public good. The saving grace was supposed to be the 'invisible hand' of competition. It was competition that would keep these instincts and 'expensive vanities' of the merchants, dealers, and landlords in line. . . . Smith had essentially (P. 83) overlooked the possibility that self-interest would work to undermine and eliminate competition and thus to tie up the invisible hand. It is this outcome of unrestrained self-interest that is the fundamental flaw in any absolute policy of laissez-faire." (P. 84)
Without competition, the monopoly will be able to demand whatever they want from the public. -
A greedy father has thieves for children.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.
With various people complaining about "price gouging”... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused of either "greed" or "gouging" — not even when they bulldoze people's homes in order to turn the land over to businesses that will pay more taxes.
We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.
A Native American grandfather talking to his young grandson tells the boy he has two wolves inside of him struggling with each other. The first is the wolf of peace, love and kindness. The other wolf is fear, greed and hatred. "Which wolf will win, grandfather?" asks the young boy. "Whichever one I feed," is the reply.
Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.
Not everything you want is everything you really need.
The standard of society is motivated by greed.
Are you prepared to follow, tell me, are you prepared to lead?
So perservere and you'll succeed.