"Matt Barrow" wrote in news:PGjqg.11$Oy2.3471
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"Skywise" wrote in message
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Jose wrote in news:0B5qg.61392$fb2.57224
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It almost always boils
down to money and greed.

No, it boils down to an acceptance that life has risk.

Jose

No, it's greed. If there is a safer alternative, one with less
risk as you put it, more often than not the only thing preventing
that safer solution from being used is greed...money rules. If
some rich mutha'****a would only make 50 million instead of 100
million, it won't get done.

Not an entrepreneur, are you? :~)

If you mean, do I try to find ways to make 1 person do 10
peoples jobs and pay them squat ****, then sell the item
for 100x what it costs to manufacturer...no, I guess I'm
not an entrepeneur.

I have no problem with making a profit, even getting rich.
I do have a problem with taking it to such an extreme that
it hurts people.

Take for example this bloke who just donated 30 some odd
billion dollars to charity. Obviously he doesn't need it
nor want it. Not that I'm belittling charitble contributions,
but I have to wonder if raising all his hourly employee
wages by a buck/hour wouldn't have done far more to help
more people than this charity.

As another example, I have a family member who works for
an amusement park. Instead of them hiring a couple more
people (their shop is understaffed) and giving them a decent
wage (which is likely why they no one is applying for work),
or getting them the supplies they need, or putting in air
conditioning in the building where it get's hotter than
outside...no...they spend all the money on new rides and
buying new parks. Business isn't increasing, btw.

Brian
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