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January 18th, 2020 at 1:36:28 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
sure, starting one or two laps ahead in the mile run, is exactly the same. And they should all get the same trophy. lol. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
January 18th, 2020 at 2:06:20 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
This isn't a race. It's about talent and ability. Look at all the people who win the lottery, there have been thousands. With that huge head start, how many took the money and made more money with it, got even richer. A handful compared to those who lost most of it. Success in business has zero to do with how much start up money you get. It has everything to do with how much talent you have. It kills you that Trump has talent. Could you star on a TV show for 10 years based solely on your achievements and personality? I didn't think so. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 18th, 2020 at 2:12:12 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
QED. Nothing I have ever said, stated, implied or hinted, on this subject or any other, on this forum or any other, supports the idea that I believe that "assistance" equals failure, weakness, fault, or otherwise prevents you from obtaining your stake in the reward for the effort. To insinuate that I am holding a higher standard for the express purpose of excluding Trump is more of the bad faith, gaslighting sycophantry I am talking about right now. self-made /ˈˌself ˈmād/ adjective: made by oneself. "his self-made fortune" having become successful or rich by one's own efforts. "a self-made millionaire" He's got you arguing that a $400mm gift is self made. A $400mm gift. Self made. And that the most popular tabloid fodder for 30 bleeding years "never had a bad word said about him". And not only will you actually say it out loud where people can read it, just look how far you'll take it. I'd not use such inflammatory words if I could avoid it. But what is it if not obsequious? Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
January 18th, 2020 at 2:23:06 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
January 18th, 2020 at 2:27:22 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
If only people who wanted to start a business or make sound investments played the lottery, I'm pretty sure the numbers would be wildly different. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
January 18th, 2020 at 2:53:20 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
In other words, they already had business know how, they came from a rich successful family. Where's the list of people who started out wealthy from inheritance and blew it all. I guarantee that list is 40 times bigger than the 100 listed on Forbes. Making money from money is all about talent. Mark Twain made millions in today's money. He was a literary genius but wanted to be a tycoon. He lost all his money in poor investments because he had no talent there. Bell even asked Twain to get in in the ground floor of the telephone. Super savvy Twain couldn't figure out who'd want one, so he declined. I've often read if all the money in the world was evenly distributed, in 5 years the same people who had it before would have it again and the poor would still be poor. Trump is one of those who would get it all back. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 18th, 2020 at 2:55:47 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
He's a self made billionaire. He took millions and turned it into billions. Do you have any idea who can't do that? 98% of most people. Including you and me. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 18th, 2020 at 4:15:58 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
Let's see, Trump got lots of money from his father, got training advice from is father, and went into the same business. Can't make it easier than that. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
January 18th, 2020 at 4:58:45 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
So by your logic Peyton Manning had it all handed to him by his father? The President is a fink. |
January 18th, 2020 at 6:45:02 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
Trump's success is more like Tom Brady, but only the part with deflated footballs. In other words, Cheating and scandal. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |