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Red Green

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DerbyDad03 wrote:

Rich don't mean smart.

When rich people throw away broken things that can easily be fixed,
it's because they're rich, and can readily buy a new item. That
doesn't make them stupid, it just makes them, uh, rich.

Many years ago someone figured out that it wasn't worth Bill Gates'
time to bend down and pick up a $100 bill lying on the sidewalk,
because doing so would take 3 seconds, and he made more than $100
every 3 seconds. Eventually it ended up being not worth his time to
pick up thousands of dollars.

This often sounds sound at first but isn't always so.

For the above to be true, anyone MUST ACTUALLY LOSE in excess of $xxx
elsewhere if they "pick up the $xxx bill". It all depends on what one
DOES NOT DO because he "picked up the $xxx bill".

Of course it doesn't make logical sense. He could have the money he
picked up and still be making the other money. The point is that he
makes a ****load of money. An incomprehensible amount. And my point
is, if a rich person ****es away money, it isn't because he's stupid,
it's just because he's rich.

Can't argue with that.