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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:37 PM
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Complete this... "Profit always means..."
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meganmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:38 PM
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1. someone else is getting screwed
Edited on Tue Nov-22-05 02:38 PM by meganmonkey
:shrug:
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gpandas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:41 PM
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7. the only answer
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:38 PM
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2. "never having to say you're sorry"...? n/t
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MarsThe Cat Donating Member (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:39 PM
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3. you have more than you started with.
nt
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:40 PM
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4. Income less expenses?
Sorry just had to...MBA thing...
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StopThief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:45 PM
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10. I was going to say. . .
the exact same thing. ;-)
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 03:53 PM
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25. Sometimes a plotical question requires a smart-ass answer
Albeit a factual one
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:40 PM
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5. kicking others until they die. Just so long as I get my money.
(I'll refrain from the tactics of predatory corporations such as Wal-Mart and Microsoft, currently being blesswed like the Dalai Lama for their "acts of altruism" :puke: )
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:40 PM
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6. ..you´re either a prophet or a thief.
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:41 PM
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8. that we will cotinue to be subjected to the military-industrial complex
Edited on Tue Nov-22-05 02:46 PM by JackBeck
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maximovich Donating Member (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:44 PM
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9. Displaced Debt (nt)
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Craig3410 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:45 PM
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11. f**king someone over?
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:45 PM
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12. someones gonna need 'vasoline'.........
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whatever4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:46 PM
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13. someone made money on an exchange
whether the exchange was fair or not.
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:47 PM
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14. That Someone Paid More Than The Cost Of Said Product
That is the only thing I can think of inherant in profit.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:47 PM
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15. Jealousy from others
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Land Shark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:48 PM
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16. Somebody took more than they gave. (or) Taking exceeds giving
Edited on Tue Nov-22-05 03:18 PM by Land Shark
the giver perceived the trade as equal, but the taker knew different
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:58 PM
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17. Rephrased..."Behind every great fortune there is a...
...great crime" Courtesy of the opening pages of the Godfather, as I recall.
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x50600 Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 02:59 PM
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18. The customer got the shaft.
Edited on Tue Nov-22-05 02:59 PM by x50600
Whoops, wrong post to reply to. Sorry =)
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 05:11 PM
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26. Hi x50600!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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x50600 Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 07:52 PM
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28. Thanks!
Its good to be here.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 03:00 PM
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19. Fair profit means fair profit. Excessive profit means excessive profit.
Edited on Tue Nov-22-05 03:01 PM by blm
Always
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x50600 Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 08:05 PM
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29. Fair Profit?
And who is to determin whats fair? It cant be left up to the money grubbing corporations. They are INCAPABLE of limiting themselves to a "fair profit".

So thus we must do it for them. We should designate a maximum amount of profit a company can make. This will stimulate the economy.
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tx_dem41 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 03:01 PM
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20. Generally (not always)....the people that invested in the company ..
or product will make money on THEIR investment (if profits are prolonged), and (ideally) employment in the company will increase due to increased demand (assuming the profit is based on a successful product or service).
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WePurrsevere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 03:04 PM
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21. ... different things to different people.
Profit in itself is not always "evil" or "bad".

Although there is profit that may be considered morally and ethically wrong for whatever reason for some profit means that they can pay for basic necessities and maybe save a bit for the future. For those who work for others if the person/company you work for didn't make a "profit" you would be out of a job and a paycheck.

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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 03:04 PM
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22. owning the means of production
You cannot make a profit without controlling or owning the means of production. If I can own all the land needed for farming, then I can get others to pay me money for the privilege, not the right, of having access to that land to grow crops.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 03:05 PM
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23. Profit always means the difference between expenses and revenues.
Sometimes it means other things as well.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 03:49 PM
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24. never having to say you're sorry
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 05:50 PM
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27. "... breaking the tenth commandment"
"... breaking the tenth commandment"
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hopeisaplace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 08:10 PM
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30. only releasing a certain amount of xbox 360's
creating line ups (I'm not in that freakin' line)
ebay bidding run-a-muck (saw this on the local news today - they showed a system up to $1800 - ka ray zeeeeee)
camping out overnight (on the news too - and its cold here)
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