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DFW

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7. I'll never be a billionaire, but nor will I ever subscribe to such blanket categorizations
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 05:14 AM
Jun 2017

Take the last two on the list, Soros and Dell. One is "with us." The other is very much "against us."

I once heard a lecture by Ted Turner, and he was concerned with nothing but environmental issues, and was fully into doing what he could to preserve nature.

I only know two billionaires personally (never really got to know Ted Turner), and they are both "on our side." One of them is even in Dallas, knows Trump personally and not only can't stand him but calls him out on being a bald-faced liar to anyone who will listen.

If someone is talented, and his talents lead to his becoming a billionaire by legitimate means, well, good for him. Poverty is unfortunate, not noble. Wealth and success come by many means, and not all of them are evil or predatory.

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