[graciegirl]

Here is the first place I have lived and found bias against business. There is selfish small business, sheltered medium business and greedy big business who are all granted unethical tax shelters apparently in the minds of several posters. They are the enemy. Meanwhile all of those businesses provide jobs and sustain the economy. It appears that people who feel this way never entertain that the people who have climbed to the top, are climbing and are trying to gain a foothold at the bottom could be reasonable, fair, hard working and just as ethical as they are. Maybe they don't know anyone personally or no one has had business success in their families? There is class envy that I have never seen before. This country is festering hate, class envy and racial tension that appears to be escalating.

To me, being rich is having a little more, or a lot more than you need to survive. It is not wrong or sinful to be rich unless you stole it, or didn't work hard to earn it. Most of us were taught to save and to take care of ourselves and our families and that taking handouts that were not needed was shameful if you were able bodied and could work. It was called pride.

How did this all change?

I know that there exists everywhere horrible and unethical people like Bernie Madoff but I have heard Gary Morse compared to him on this forum.

I don't know Gary Morse and I doubt very much if anyone who posts on this forum knows one tiny thing about him personally; his character, his goals and his values. He was sued but I still am wondering why, and the folks who sued him seem to have gained a big hunk of money personally from that suit. A few of the SAME folks on this forum over and over love to bash the developer and the Morse family, and I suspect because the Morses are enormously financially successful. I just don't get it. Why is it wrong to be successful and rich?

Twenty years ago they had a good idea and not a whole lot else. A lot of useless land in central Florida in a county with some of the lowest employment in Florida.

I could be so wrong and the whole Morse crew could be Atilla the Hun and heirs and assigns. (Is THAT politically incorrect? Are there still Huns?)