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JakobVirgil  ·  4515 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Romney and Bain Capital: The Secrecy is Killing Him
Or I can work a little less hard than my parents and be much richer.




thenewgreen  ·  4515 days ago  ·  link  ·  
This is also true. Once you have excess capital it becomes pretty easy to sustain and grow it. But for all his faults, he doesn't strike me as a lazy fella. You?
JakobVirgil  ·  4515 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Kind of he does. There is no way he works harder than his Dad. George went from polygamist Mexican Poverty in the depression to turning around the U.S. Auto industry. $0 to millions of Dollars. Mitt when from rich to richer. George also had the morality to opposed the Vietnam war as a republican after he visited. Mitt strikes me as guy that thinks digging ditches is not hard work but working in an office is. He was born on third and thinks he hit a triple.

he needs to read.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-things-rich-people-need-to-sto...

thenewgreen  ·  4515 days ago  ·  link  ·  
"It's gotten to where Mitt can barely afford his daily cigar rolled in the tanned flesh of a forsaken child."
JakobVirgil  ·  4515 days ago  ·  link  ·  
He is a mormon he can not smoke.

so he saves the cigars for his friends.

steve  ·  4513 days ago  ·  link  ·  
"can not"?

Check your facts. Just like you Mormons can do anything thy want. Practicing Mormons generally don't smoke- but try could... Semantics I know, but there's an important distinction between can not and chooses not to.

JakobVirgil  ·  4512 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Nice I actually used the verb does first but changed it. :)

An action I now regret.

steve  ·  4512 days ago  ·  link  ·  
and uh - sorry if that tone sounded rude or anything. I was late night posting from my phone... and probably could have found a more polite way of saying it. no offense intended.
JakobVirgil  ·  4512 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Oh I was not offended at all. My statement is is true but in good humor.
thenewgreen  ·  4515 days ago  ·  link  ·  
That's nice of him. See.... he's compassionate.
JakobVirgil  ·  4515 days ago  ·  link  ·  
The problem is the skin cigar factories are non union and don't give maternity leave so it is still bad.