“Good Cause” or “Social Contract?”

Well, which is it, because people keep telling me it’s not theft.

From today’s New York Times, page B1:

"Laurel Touby, 44, an entrepreneur based in New York City, [sold]
mediabistro.com, a Web site for job-seeking media and creative
professionals that she had founded in 1996. She sold it for $23 million — leaving $9 million … in her bank account after taxes."

"Edward Bartlett, a 41-year-old accountant in Westminster, Maryland, won $84 million in a lottery last summer — $33 million after taxes."

Oh, don’t tell me. I know. They oughta just keep quiet and count their blessings; stop being so greedy.

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Richard Nikoley

I started writing Free The Animal in late 2003 as just a little thing to try. 20 years later, turns out I've written over 5,000 posts. I blog what I wish...from diet, health, lifestyle...to philosophy, politics, social antagonism, adventure travel, expat living, location and time independent—while you sleep— income by geoarbitrage, and food pics. I intended to travel the world "homeless," but the Covidiocy Panicdemic squashed that. I became an American expat living in Thailand. I celebrate the audacity and hubris to live by your own exclusive authority and take your own chances. ... I leave the toilet seat up. Read More

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