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Old 07-08-2018, 03:05 AM   #72 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
When was the first/last time we had ANY "poor/poverty" congressional representatives-- EVER?
Honestly, would you vote for a person who wasn't capable of making a decent living?

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Originally Posted by Xist
Perhaps a poor person with a billion-dollar idea might be less inclined to keep the newfound riches to him or herself.
Do a search on the term "Microsoft millionaire" - somewhere around 10,000 of them. Or the Gates Foundation. Repeat that for just about any successful startup. The person with the idea may get a billion, but lots of other people make money off it, too.

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