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<blockquote data-quote="Average at Best" data-source="post: 340250" data-attributes="member: 14548"><p>We are arguing over semantics. Yes, corporations exist to make money, not for the warm fuzzies they get from doing business. But corporate greed is what brings down the Enrons, Arthur Andersons, and Tycos of the world - wanting more than what they can earn from doing ethical business. </p><p> </p><p>I've seen both sides of the fence. Growing up, my father's constant unemployment meant that we ate off-brand SPAM for sunday dinner and Christmas consisted of hand-me-down clothing. On the other side, my maternal grandpa recently died a millionaire. He was consumed with greed, to the point where he slept in his winter coat to avoid turning on the heat. He coasted his car in neutral down his driveway before turning it on to avoid burning gas. It was literally a sickness with him.</p><p> </p><p>Yes, I make more than many other people in society, but I don't see it as greed. I see it as working since I was fourteen, putting myself through college, and never profiting from the sweat off of another person's back. It's pride - another deadly sin altogether. </p><p> </p><p>Wanting to earn money to live a comfortable life - that's the American dream. When the accumulating of things becomes more important than friends and family - that's greed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Average at Best, post: 340250, member: 14548"] We are arguing over semantics. Yes, corporations exist to make money, not for the warm fuzzies they get from doing business. But corporate greed is what brings down the Enrons, Arthur Andersons, and Tycos of the world - wanting more than what they can earn from doing ethical business. I've seen both sides of the fence. Growing up, my father's constant unemployment meant that we ate off-brand SPAM for sunday dinner and Christmas consisted of hand-me-down clothing. On the other side, my maternal grandpa recently died a millionaire. He was consumed with greed, to the point where he slept in his winter coat to avoid turning on the heat. He coasted his car in neutral down his driveway before turning it on to avoid burning gas. It was literally a sickness with him. Yes, I make more than many other people in society, but I don't see it as greed. I see it as working since I was fourteen, putting myself through college, and never profiting from the sweat off of another person's back. It's pride - another deadly sin altogether. Wanting to earn money to live a comfortable life - that's the American dream. When the accumulating of things becomes more important than friends and family - that's greed. [/QUOTE]
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