Scott_F
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Wisdom has not passed away from this world with the 19th century.
He actually passed away in 2010. I think "The Early Bird" was one of his best.
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Wisdom has not passed away from this world with the 19th century.
He actually passed away in 2010. I think "The Early Bird" was one of his best.
Strange indeed. This is not the only article I have read referring back to the Founding Fathers...it is a bit of a theme with American commentators.
It's easy for us to see it from our point of view, but let's not forget that America is/was built on greed and looking after number 1.
I personally believe that Winston Churchill was one of the greatest Brits that ever lived. Yet we must not forget that he was also a shrewd politician, changing sides in his early years and failing to gain the voters' confidence in his later years. That does not take away from his greatness.
Thank you.Bit of prejudiced statement.
It's easy for us to see it from our point of view, but let's not forget that America is/was built on greed and looking after number 1.
A very greedy American pharmaceutical company developed some new drugs and sold it to needy people for a lot of money, in pursuit of evermore profit for its greedy shareholders. As it happens, these new drugs made by this very greedy company saved my life. So on a personal level I'm fine with greed.
Fair point, but if they weren't so greedy they could save more lives, no?
Thank you.
What do you think of the situation?
I'm not having a pop at people trying to make money, far from it, and I'm not some spon-eyed commie either.
I'm giving my opinion on what America was built on- greed.
It's a matter of perspective.
You say 'greed' but a proponent of the US would use the terms freedom, hard work, opportunity. They wouldn't necessarily deny that greed was part of the equation - simply that it wasn't all of the equation.
So on a note of self interest, should I buy my holiday dollars now or in October when I go?
The enigma that is the United States of America is perhaps best typified by the irony of an increasing proportion of their citizens eating themselves to death while populations in other parts of the world starve . Obesity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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