Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
- kibbs
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Re: Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
wish I could buy me some loved ones
Lonely?I thought you had a Dog?I've shared my life loved hard and lost big ,It seems like others ,other than your kids are poor emotional investments.Love yourself.When the boys are gone ,I will love light and lose less .I will never give up my freedom.
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- Fledgling
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Re: Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
Very good question? No I don't think we are rich, but......
We don't owe anyone anything, have a home in Arizona also, are healthy 60 year olds that play golf 12 months a year, so I guess we are blessed, not rich in $$$ but rich in health & friends.
We don't owe anyone anything, have a home in Arizona also, are healthy 60 year olds that play golf 12 months a year, so I guess we are blessed, not rich in $$$ but rich in health & friends.
- Thinktank
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Re: Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
I forgot the link to that 'Free the slaves' website about Nepal and the tens of thousands
of 'slaves' who are trafficked into India.
https://www.freetheslaves.net/SSLPage.aspx?pid=677
I heard that one third of El Salvador's economy comes from people who work in another richer
country, and send money home. When people from a poor country go to work in a rich country,
they take the lowest jobs, the jobs no one else wants to do, for the lowest pay - similar to slavery.
So Polish go to work in Britain - and take the jobs no one else wants.
Mexicans come to America, and take the jobs no one else wants.
People from Nepal go to India and take the jobs no one else wants.
And people from India go to Arabia and take the jobs no one else wants.
I heard the rich Arabs of Dubai, one of the richest places on earth, treated their Phillipino and Indian workers like dogs.
I just watched a video recently on Culture Unplugged, where African farm workers work illegally in Spain,
and they are treated like dogs. That's how it is everywhere in the world - the poor are treated like dogs.
Are they smiling? Nope. No slave ever smiles, just because he's surrounded by loved ones. And especially
not slaves from the third world.
In Canada like everywhere else, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and the middle
class are getting squeazed - bad. This is causing a lot of people not to smile anymore. In Canada it's a fact
that the poor suffer more health problems than the rich - from eating less nutritious cheap food. Kraft Dinner
has no nutrition. But at least no one starves like in third world countries. It's hard to smile when you starve.
Money = happiness. If we could teach people to save their money right from when they are young we
would have a lot more happier people.
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of 'slaves' who are trafficked into India.
https://www.freetheslaves.net/SSLPage.aspx?pid=677
I heard that one third of El Salvador's economy comes from people who work in another richer
country, and send money home. When people from a poor country go to work in a rich country,
they take the lowest jobs, the jobs no one else wants to do, for the lowest pay - similar to slavery.
So Polish go to work in Britain - and take the jobs no one else wants.
Mexicans come to America, and take the jobs no one else wants.
People from Nepal go to India and take the jobs no one else wants.
And people from India go to Arabia and take the jobs no one else wants.
I heard the rich Arabs of Dubai, one of the richest places on earth, treated their Phillipino and Indian workers like dogs.
I just watched a video recently on Culture Unplugged, where African farm workers work illegally in Spain,
and they are treated like dogs. That's how it is everywhere in the world - the poor are treated like dogs.
Are they smiling? Nope. No slave ever smiles, just because he's surrounded by loved ones. And especially
not slaves from the third world.
In Canada like everywhere else, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and the middle
class are getting squeazed - bad. This is causing a lot of people not to smile anymore. In Canada it's a fact
that the poor suffer more health problems than the rich - from eating less nutritious cheap food. Kraft Dinner
has no nutrition. But at least no one starves like in third world countries. It's hard to smile when you starve.
Money = happiness. If we could teach people to save their money right from when they are young we
would have a lot more happier people.
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- Thinktank
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Re: Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011 ... -charities
El Ejido, the Law of Profit
The Law of Profit says no one smiles when they work like a slave.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011 ... -charities
El Ejido, the Law of Profit
The Law of Profit says no one smiles when they work like a slave.
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- Queen K
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Re: Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
I was just thinking that letting food go bad in the fridge makes a person feel rich.
Look!
I bought it.
Brought it home.
Stocked the fridge.
And
LET IT DIE a slow death in my GE.
Look!
I bought it.
Brought it home.
Stocked the fridge.
And
LET IT DIE a slow death in my GE.
As WW3 develops, no one is going to be dissing the "preppers." What have you done?
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Re: Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
Thinktank, there is a big distinction between the lowland cities in Nepal and the remote mountain villages. About as large a distinction as between Port Clements and downtown Vancouver. The trade off is what I was trying show, and your mention of an issue which relates primarily to the higher population and more developed areas reinforces the dark side of material gain. With the roads and electricity etc. come a lot of other things. Some good (like medical care), some not so good, and some downright ugly. My understanding is that a similar story unfolds in Amazonia.
The dilemma is trying to catch that smiling village "state" while having the grab bag (plus and minus) that comes with modernity. If I had the answer to that one...
The dilemma is trying to catch that smiling village "state" while having the grab bag (plus and minus) that comes with modernity. If I had the answer to that one...
The middle path - everything in moderation, and everything in its time and order.
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hobbyguy wrote:The dilemma is trying to catch that smiling village "state" while having the grab bag (plus and minus) that comes with modernity.
You, sir, are a philosopher.
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Re: Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
I am rich beyond my wildest imagination..... A loving wife , two kids , a good job , a warm house with lots of food...
oh , and some God... a bank account ,..etc ,etc....
What more do you need ? I'm truley happy.
How many can say that ?
oh , and some God... a bank account ,..etc ,etc....
What more do you need ? I'm truley happy.
How many can say that ?
Liberalism is a disease like cancer.. Once you get it , you can't get rid of it .
- kibbs
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Re: Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
I am rich beyond my wildest imagination..... A loving wife , two kids , a good job , a warm house with lots of food...
oh , and some God... a bank account ,..etc ,etc....
What more do you need ? I'm truley happy.
How many can say that
your livin the dream.stay healthy .they say you have nothing without your health.
Peace be with you.
- Bpeep
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Re: Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
Graham Adder wrote:
wish I could buy me some loved ones
You can always rent some by the hour.
To me, being rich is being content and healthy.
Being wealthy is being able to do with your time as you want.
They both have little to do with money.
Money is a neccesary means of survival in a modern world, but its not the end all.
You can work your azz off all your life so you can go hang out at the beach, or you can just go hang out at the beach.
Its all a matter of perspective.
Love the one you're with.
Enjoy every day.
The only real depreciating asset any of you have is time.
Seeking the apartment that is creating leasing interest concerns knowledgeable seclusive morons excessively.
- Queen K
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I want to re-elect Babbitman as Philisopher.
As WW3 develops, no one is going to be dissing the "preppers." What have you done?
- Bsuds
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Re: Are you rich? What does it mean to be rich?
Babbitman wrote:The only real depreciating asset any of you have is time.
And a few body parts......
I got Married because I was sick and tired of finishing my own sentences.
That's worked out great for me!
That's worked out great for me!