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jody

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1. And none more lazy than bankers. It's a sin to make money off money, i.e. usury. That's why the

Reply to Trillo (Original post)

Sun Jan 8, 2012, 01:56 PM

Jan 2012

Torah, Christian Bible, and Koran all say it's a sin to charge interest to a fellow Hebrew, Christian, or Muslim.

Perhaps in today's secular world it should not only remain a sin but now become a crime with severe penalties.

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A banker admits they like others to think for them and that all people are lazy. [View all] Trillo Jan 2012 OP

And none more lazy than bankers. It's a sin to make money off money, i.e. usury. That's why the jody Jan 2012 #1

You gotta love the prior paragraph, Trillo Jan 2012 #3

and oddly enough, they claim that they're the ones doing "hard work" zbdent Jan 2012 #2

The secret to their success? Trillo Jan 2012 #4