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Lynn Woolley: Greed is not a dirty word
Dallas Morning News ^

Posted on 03/29/2009 8:11:27 AM PDT by greatdefender

It seems like everybody is beating up on greed these days. In the wake of the AIG bonus scandal, pompous members of Congress, the Obama administration and the media are disparaging the very concept. It's time someone stands up for greed because without it, there would be no United States of America.

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TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: greed; opinion; society
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To: ViLaLuz
“Greed – the desire to make a profit”

Nope.

21 posted on 03/29/2009 8:53:25 PM PDT by Earthdweller (Socialism makes you feel better about oppressing people.....)
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To: Earthdweller

The writer is doing her part to redefine the desire to make a profit as greed.


22 posted on 03/30/2009 3:58:04 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: gogogodzilla

The communist did not put up with free speech, you seem to pursue that line.


23 posted on 03/30/2009 8:48:33 AM PDT by org.whodat (Auto unions bad: Machinists union good=Hypocrisy)
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To: org.whodat

Oldthinkers unbellyfeel greed... right?

Or perhaps we could have our two minutes of hate regarding ‘greedy bankers’?


You’ve already been programmed by those who’ve determined that greed is doubleplusungood.

And once one controls the language, one controls others ability to think.


24 posted on 03/30/2009 5:29:39 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: gogogodzilla
I'd buy you a dictionary, but I doubt if you know what it is for.
25 posted on 04/02/2009 6:48:20 AM PDT by org.whodat (Auto unions bad: Machinists union good=Hypocrisy)
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