Little Or No Net Worth

                           GEKKO

               The richest one percent of this

               country owns half the country's

               wealth: 5 trillion dollars. One

               third of that comes from hard work,

               two thirds of it comes from

               inheritance, interest on interest

               accumulation to widows and idiot

               sons and what I do -- stock and

               real estate speculation. It's

               bullshit. Ninety percent of the

               American people have little or no

               net worth. I create nothing; I own.

                               BUD

               Dad, I'm going to jail and you know

               it.

                               CARL

                       (shaking his head, sober)

               Maybe that's the price, Bud, maybe

               so. It's gonna be rough on you but

               maybe in some screwed up way,

               that's the best thing that can

               happen to you...stop trading for

               the quick buck and go produce

               something with your life, create,

                don't live off the buying and

               selling of others...

From the movie Wall Street - 1987.
I was 17.
Around age 21 I would take a Chinese history course in undergrad and come to learn that  owners, those who create nothing, who live off the buying and selling of others, are viewed as vermin by the Maoists.

The Royal You

We asked, the Royal You answered

On Thursday, China’s Communist Party announced it was abandoning its unpopular one-child policy after 35 years.

How do you think this will impact China’s population?

I think there will be more brothers and sisters. - Bathsheeba Andrus, -Bouncer

China is a culturally rich country with a long-deep embedded spirit of filial piety. So a whole lot of dudes will be riding bareback from now on. - Maryrose Fillipson, Catholic Reformer

Their child labor market is just going to explode so Apple can go ahead and lower the price of their iphones. -Danny Lipscum, Fiduciary Gainer

The Royal You

We asked, the Royal You answered

China shadowed a US warship near man-made islands in the South China Sea.

Are you concerned?

Very. Did you see the opening ceremonies of the Olympics? These people can form a land bridge to Hawaii if they want. - Smith Roosevelt, Hacker

Are they going to stop making our phones? - Oscar Mallton, Brain Wave Surfer

Shadowing is one thing, stalking to the point of a restraining order is another. Isn’t it Lisa! - Tyler Mastiff, Furtive Associate