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Jim "Scumbag" Farley

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And buying back the stock has the effect of making the stock price go up. And guess who gets the most stock? The CEO and C suite. They give themselves huge raises by doing this and it's perfectly legal :(

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xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument

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No the comic is pointing out that the sun and the earth are both orbiting the milky way galactic center.

Edit: While also true, I was wrong, they orbit the center of mass of the two body problem (earth and sun). I still think that's too simple of a way to look at it. It's not a two body problem and the other planets and the whole galaxy are also in play.

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the purpose of a system is what it does

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$10,000 a year to provide a single person housing? To put that in perspective. I'd assume that means a studio type apartment of some kind. Not high end, but a roof and place to live for $10,000 a year. I have a 1500sqft home in Washington state on 3 acres of land, and I pay $27,000 a year for my mortgage. So to me, $10,000 seems reasonable for a government funded studio for a year.

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"Nice" cars, taking a Vacation, and name brand clothing isn't the demographic of rich we should all be fighting against. The actual rich wouldn't define anything they do or buy that way. They don't buy nice or fancy cars, they buy luxury cars. They don't buy name brand clothes, they buy designer clothes. They don't go on vacation, they just travel to their 10th summer home on their 3rs yacht and take a couple conference calls on the way.

I hate seeing the definition of middle class and the lower class fighting against each other. That's literally what the ultra rich want, they love it, it's their other favorite hobby.

Just because someone might barely make it out of the lower class and be able to afford a higher trim level on their Honda, and actually take a vacation doesn't mean that's a bad thing, what should fighting together for that be a thing for everyone in the lower class.

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Worth the risk

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I've too have tried giving stuff away for free and I always the worst experience, unappreciative people who want to manipulate any way they can, or no show etc.

But when I post it for a low price it completely removes that group and suddenly I get nice people who have wanting this thing for so long but struggled to afford it and they will go out of their way to meet up. Usually I just giving it to them free after they've been so easy to work with and their mind gets blown. They show initiative, they work hard for what they want and get rewarded for it. This is the way.