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Originally Posted by PennBF
There are some residents who have an abundance of money so the impact of a bad decision of the Government (like no planning for future and reserves, etc) or the Developer to maximize his profit at the expense of those on tight fixed incomes, or the loading of Government offices with personal friends or hacks, or "you name the abuse" are hurtful to some and those that don't care because it does not effect them are selfish and lack any feelings for others. I fully recognize the Developer is in a business and some want to give a business a soul and it does not have a soul but that does not sanction abusing those in need. When I see some giving deity to the Developer rather than holding him/her responsible for his/her actions it makes me want to withdraw from any association with these selfish people. There is a practice in pricing that if a particular product or service does not have a competitor then the only thing that should measure your price is GREED. We are all living in a community where in many cases there are no competitors and so "GREED is the word of the day. This comes in many forms. It is through the price, it is through reducing the qualities, it is avoiding responsibility for sale/practices, again you name the rest. I read some posts where the author is in support of the Developer regardless of his/her practices or actions.This is a disguise to abuses and is as much of a harm as the person who is the offender. Not holding the offenders responsible is like being an enabler to an addict.  |
It has been my experience that many people who are financially successful, also are still careful with their money.
Whether a person is financially comfortable or not, in my opinion, has nothing to do with whether they "care" or not about others. Being selfish and unkind has no connection to a person's bank account.
You are correct that there is no competition for the kind of success for the kind of thing called The Villages, but no one can force anyone to decide to buy here or live here. There are all kinds of opportunities to live in a lot of places in Florida.
I have not seen anyone making the Morses God, but I do see a lot of people recognizing that they have done a very good job as a private company planning and developing and maintaining a place that has turned everyone's heads and is the fastest growing place of it's kind in this country and possibly the world.
I cannot see that there has been any offense by The Morses that they need to be held responsible for.
I too read some posts that no matter what, the poster is looking to blame the developer. That isn't right either.