tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post2574548539944541572..comments2024-03-28T00:18:10.569-07:00Comments on Demeur: How much is enough?Demeurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-88244868798121140092010-03-18T13:08:04.822-07:002010-03-18T13:08:04.822-07:00You raise a good question. The human animal seems...You raise a good question. The human animal seems to accumulate shiny trinkets like a raven. Some, like those you mention, are more successful accumulators than others. They do that by accumulating POWER. The rich love government because that is how they can control the rest of us and the competition as was pointed out. But all of us accumulate. Why? Any answers?The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-35885740961702756882010-03-17T10:20:59.699-07:002010-03-17T10:20:59.699-07:00Ah, newly constructed office space that sits vacan...Ah, newly constructed office space that sits vacant for years is one of my favorite things!Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-7817362187431346732010-03-17T00:00:43.889-07:002010-03-17T00:00:43.889-07:00Many good points, Demeur. I tip my cap.
One of ou...Many good points, Demeur. I tip my cap.<br /><br />One of our problems is that no one teaches any concept of "enough." Parents don't instill it in their kids, although a few kids acquire the notion on their own. Public schools don't teach it. Business schools that churn out MBA's like McD's churns out burgers wouldn't be caught dead mentioning such a concept to the next generation of free-trading profiteers, gougers and various forms of white-collar criminal.<br /><br /><i>". . . just like with a home the place will go on the auction block. And the vultures will swoop in and buy up the leftovers of dead or dying companies and properties becoming bloated with yet more cash and assets.</i>"<br /><br />Of course! Those of us who aren't rich and wise to the ways of high finance loathe recessions, bubble bursts and depressions. We assume everyone does, but that isn't the case.<br /><br />The rich and super rich are OK with economic downturns and collapses because: 1, the rich have the wherewithal to ride them out; and 2, downturns present terrific buying opportunities for adding to their wealth — the vultures you mention.<br /><br /><i>"Greed is not good."</i> Amen, but unfortunately, it's only true for most of us. For a few, it pays handsomely. Just ask health insurance executives and Wall Street bankers.S.W. Andersonhttp://wpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-18450065284887197792010-03-16T22:53:12.920-07:002010-03-16T22:53:12.920-07:00The problem is if we don't fix it now it's...The problem is if we don't fix it now it's not going to get better. With an aging population there's not enough younger people to support this Ponzi scheme they set up. And I'm talking about Social Security and Medicare that will collapse.Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-70151505158193311112010-03-16T22:22:42.415-07:002010-03-16T22:22:42.415-07:00Because as a collective unit, people tend to be st...Because as a collective unit, people tend to be stupid, "enough" will only be reached when enough people finally stop being afraid and take from those who have. Legally or otherwise. This story is the story of our species. We humans seem to have been trapped in this cycle ever since someone started keeping track.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-26669177413614598232010-03-16T18:03:40.152-07:002010-03-16T18:03:40.152-07:00Well, I have all I need to get by, and a free and ...Well, I have all I need to get by, and a free and clear place to get by in. And I can't fix any of that other shit.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-47231397171423976132010-03-16T16:31:45.110-07:002010-03-16T16:31:45.110-07:00Man it's depressing reading that, you should h...Man it's depressing reading that, you should have titled it This is what you call Justice?jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.com