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You shouldn't be punished for being financially intelligent. You are conflating corruption with financial competence. We don't stop athletes who use the gym re
by Workaccount2 11mo ago
You shouldn't be punished for being financially intelligent. You are conflating corruption with financial competence.
We don't stop athletes who use the gym regularly from competing because all the guys using steroids also went to the gym a lot.
- ceejayoz 11mo ago> You shouldn't be punished for being financially intelligent. You are conflating corruption with financial competence. And you're conflating "being financially intelligent" with "being primarily motivated by profit and personal gain". A conman is often "financially intelligent", too, but what they're inclined to do with that intelligence matters.
- catigula 11mo agoYou aren't being punished, nobody is forcing you to run for Congress.
- mrguyorama 11mo agoAnd if you consider "I'm not as rich as I am physically capable of being" to be "punishment", you have absurd priorities and should not be in congress. There's so much more to life and the world than the number on your portfolio for christs sake.
- Workaccount2 11mo agoPeople have this mindset like they are the buddha or something, and then you show them a trick to save 25% on every amazon order, and they are all over like addict shown a pill stash. So dumb