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COMMUNITY A Get Out and Vote Thread

If you want to have a great fortune, you must commit a great crime.

If you aren't willing to get into the trenches and bellows of capitalism, how are you ever going get on top?

Show me a criminal, I see an innovator.
 
konceptjones said:
So basically it was "Pimp My Ride", except for houses.
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Pretty much but you can get rid of the car easily. One of the families that wanted to sell the house had trouble.

Their old house looked like something less than $200,000. The show gave them a new house that was now 1.5 mil. Mind you, this fam already was struggling with bills before the change. The family had multiple break ins when they got that new house. People thought they were rich but they were not close.

The mom took out loans but eventually had to sell. I think they were in Arizona and a housing crisis hit. No one was buying homes over $500,000. They had to take that low offer. She left with $8,000 in profit due to all her debt.
 
loud-ninja said:
Pretty much but you can get rid of the car easily. One of the families that wanted to sell the house had trouble.

Their old house looked like something less than $200,000. The show gave them a new house that was now 1.5 mil. Mind you, this fam already was struggling with bills before the change. The family had multiple break ins when they got that new house. People thought they were rich but they were not close.

The mom took out loans but eventually had to sell. I think they were in Arizona and a housing crisis hit. No one was buying homes over $500,000. They had to take that low offer. She left with $8,000 in profit due to all her debt.
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Seems weird that they'd improve the house that much. Does the show put that money into the house? I mean if the housing crisis didn't hit then they could have just sold it and made a killing. Though I wonder if there are stipulations in the show to prevent a sale as soon as the house gets improved
 
mike030270 said:
Seems weird that they'd improve the house that much. Does the show put that money into the house? I mean if the housing crisis didn't hit then they could have just sold it and made a killing. Though I wonder if there are stipulations in the show to prevent a sale as soon as the house gets improved
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The old house gets completely destroyed. They apparently used different methods. Explosions, wrecking ball, etc. Then a new house is built in 7 days.

This show was on i think ABC. They had huge ratings and lasted for 9 seasons. The money was there.
 
jalopnik.com

Boeing Marked Up Soap Dispensers By Nearly 8,000 Percent In Air Force Deals

The Department of Defense redacted crucial details from the farcical audit report.
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The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General announced on Tuesday that Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force by almost $1 million for a dozen spare parts for the C-17 Globemaster III. The most egregious markup was 7,943 percent on an undisclosed amount of aircraft lavatory soap dispensers. Yes, the Air Force spent around $151,000 on soap dispensers that should have cost $2,000. In fairness to Boeing, it really needs the money right now.
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While the Pentagon redacted both the number of marked-up soap dispensers purchased and the unit price in the publicly available version of its report, we can make an educated guess. According to Boeing, the Air Force currently has 223 C-17 cargo planes. There’s only one lavatory on every Globemaster, and it’s highly unlikely that the Air Force bought more than two spare dispensers per aircraft. The report understandably berates Boeing for overcharging the Air Force and the service’s officers for allowing it to happen:
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“Boeing is responsible for being an effective agent of the Government when purchasing the spare parts, which includes obtaining fair and reasonable prices. The Air Force is responsible for providing surveillance during performance of the contracts to ensure Boeing uses effective cost control.”
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I will never endorse indirectly ripping off taxpayers, but Boeing reported a $6.1-billion loss in its Q3 report. Production on most of its commercial planes has stopped due to an ongoing strike. The aerospace giant is considering selling its space division to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his private space venture Blue Origin to turn the company around. However, all of the problems impacting Boeing were caused by Boeing’s management.
 
Sheesh, 2024 is going to be a year to remember in Hip-hop for sure. So many quality projects have dropped and are still scheduled to drop.

 
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I can probably name a thousand things worse than death.

Death ain't even all that bad.

You live a very charmed, soft and peaceful life if the thing you are scared of the most is dying.
 
ZMaKEa said:
If you want to have a great fortune, you must commit a great crime.

If you aren't willing to get into the trenches and bellows of capitalism, how are you ever going get on top?

Show me a criminal, I see an innovator.
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there was a startup guy who said real money is made doing things that are semi-legal/unethical. ex. selling weed before it was decriminalized, Uber selling its service to get around Taxi regulations, etc.
 
Playmaker88 said:
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It's true.

If someone told me their worst fear is death, that's a soft ass life.

There's billions of people that look death in the eye everyday and don't blink. That's actually more common than sitting around and thinking death is the worst thing that can happen to you.
 
CCBRoeCall said:
there was a startup guy who said real money is made doing things that are semi-legal/unethical. ex. selling weed before it was decriminalized, Uber selling its service to get around Taxi regulations, etc.
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Well yeah...

If you want to make real money, you take real risks.

If you obscene wealth is built by following legal and ethical codes that everyone else follows then you are fool.
 
I think people expect too much out of people these days.

When women like Amber Rose that are primarily known for being WAG of rappers are being expected to have political acumen, I don't get what other people see in them.

Lol, like people really get disappointed in people that ain't worth disappointment.

People really calling her a sellout, when did she ever had anything to sell?
 
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