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Hank Johnson: No, it's not healthy. And it's amoral. Greed, when you've got to get more, more, more and you're not willing to share…

On the recordDecember 13, 2012
No, it's not healthy. And it's amoral. Greed, when you've got to get more, more, more and you're not willing to share, you're not willing for everyone to prosper; and when you think that a person is poor because they don't want to get out and work, they have bad habits, they didn't do this, they didn't do that and, therefore, they deserve to be where they are now. But me, I did it the old-fashioned way, I inherited my money. And so don't blame me. I'm going to make more money and I don't care about you, I'm going to make money off of you, that is rather immoral, rather shortsighted.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia
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Dec 13, 2012

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