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Gifts vs Contracts

February 20th, 2012 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips There is a difference between a gift and a contract. I have met many people who fail to notice that. Persons give other persons gifts. Many of these gifts are not gifts – they are contracts. Here are a few signs that gifts are contracts. In contracts, the giver says something like: [...]

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A Few Thoughts on Greed

October 24th, 2011 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Often, greed is not the result of one great big greedy villain, but rather the sum of many well-meaning people who wanted to add just one little item to a system. The Occupy Wall Street occupiers continue to occupy Wall Street and a few dozen other famous places in a few dozen [...]

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