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Initech

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17. Yup, that's why I call them the billionaire criminal class.

Reply to nichomachus (Reply #10)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 02:43 PM

Sep 2015

Look at people like Lloyd Blankfein, Don Blankenship (Massey Energy CEO) the Walton Family, the Koch Bros, Dick Cheney, the BFEE - none of these people made their ill gotten fortunes honestly. And they don't do anything honestly with their ill gotten gains either except for death, destruction, looting, and adding more to the pile.

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In America, You Can Work Hard, Play By the Rules, and Still Get Screwed [View all] marmar Sep 2015 OP

If you play by the rules you are probably breaking the law. leftyladyfrommo Sep 2015 #1

Seems that many of the sons and daughters... freebrew Sep 2015 #2

I've seen that Populist_Prole Sep 2015 #5

funny thing about time hfojvt Sep 2015 #3

Long ago I worked in the summer for the minimum wage when I was 18. DrBulldog Sep 2015 #6

that would practically be the year I was born, Father William hfojvt Sep 2015 #19

Yep, the delusional American dream! Works for a few, but not the many. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2015 #4

As in all oligarchies. Orsino Sep 2015 #7

Those who work hard and play by the rules ARE the ones who get screwed. nt valerief Sep 2015 #8

+ a million. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #11

I was at the grocery story last night and the checker looked tired... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #9

That's what employers are telling people nichomachus Sep 2015 #12

Those with the most money nichomachus Sep 2015 #10

Yup, that's why I call them the billionaire criminal class. Initech Sep 2015 #17

The game is rigged - TBF Sep 2015 #13

welcome to my world... ileus Sep 2015 #14

Really? Alkene Sep 2015 #15

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