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KittyKatBlack
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Dumb? Maybe. Insane? Absolutely.
I think this lady is looking a little too much into free lemonade.
http://www.suntimes.com/business/savage ... agearticle
Y'know, I think this is what's wrong with America: assuming that everything you disagree with/don't understand is what's wrong with America.
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My god that's disgusting. Spoken like a true fucking capitalist American!!
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Re: Dumb? Maybe. Insane? Absolutely.
So some kids want to do something kind/fun and give away free stuff and she gets all pissy about it. What about her policy to always buy from kids who open up lemonade stands: she's interfering with the economy to do that, because she's giving them "fake" business. 
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Some people really have no hope...
... at all. 
Capitalist cunt, I hope one day when he's on deaths door and has little money, they make him pay up or suffer. Well maybe thats going too far. These people are giving for humanity and he opposes that with such passion, that is disgusting enough.
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Inb4 Akai.
"There is no enemy, there is no victory, only boys who lost their lives in the sand."
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HeartofShadows Wrote:Good old capitalism.
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tongue in cheek I hope?
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Thought Criminal: yeah its a bunch of protesters dressing up like the only sort of people who capitalism benefits.
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How does one make a profit by giving their supplies away for free?
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Re: Dumb? Maybe. Insane? Absolutely.
By getting a warm fuzzy feeling inside?
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BobManPerson Wrote:How does one make a profit by giving their supplies away for free?
You don't you just get the satisfaction of making somebody else happy. Sorta like charity I suppose.
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Thought Criminal Wrote:BobManPerson Wrote:How does one make a profit by giving their supplies away for free?
You don't you just get the satisfaction of making somebody else happy. Sorta like charity I suppose.
Uncle Sam puts taxes on heavy charities and thats why corps prefer to throw excess supplies away.
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Well that also keeps the demand for their product high. Farmers will throw out perfectly good food if they have alot even if there are plenty of people who would buy it because that keeps the price up. Thats part of the reason the stock market crashed in the 30's
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We should stop everyone from depositing goods into the food bank because the poor might accidentally get free food.
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~Mystery~ Wrote:We should stop everyone from depositing goods into the food bank because the poor might accidentally get free food.
LOL my thoughts exactly
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The name made me think of Dan Savage, so I lol'd more.
Anyway, I don't think it's "economically irresponsible". Of course you have to be able to afford your supplies--that's just common sense, not some proof of capitalist ideology. But if their parents are willing to give them the stuff, which probably would be relatively inexpensive to begin with, I think that's pretty appropriate for little kids.
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