To: loveliberty2
The Reason given is, that riches give power to those who possess them, and that those who possess power, will always abuse it to the oppression of others. Which is what government does when it possesses all the riches and all the power.
"Government is the greediest, most corrupt and murderous force on Earth." --E. Pluribus Unum
5 posted on
08/17/2014 5:02:59 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: E. Pluribus Unum; GeronL
"The Reason given is, that riches give power to those who possess them, and that those who possess power, will always abuse it to the oppression of others." How did Robin Williams use his riches to oppress? Anticapitalist socialists engage in too much greed and envy.
"Ohh I wish that I could be Richard Cory..."
32 posted on
08/18/2014 2:31:16 PM PDT by
a fool in paradise
(ISIS has started up a slave trade in Iraq. Mission accomplshed, Barack, Mission accomplished.)
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