And what I want to do is make sure that the government is on the side of those values, of responsibility and hard work and thinking about future generations and not just thinking about the next election.

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That type of self-interest screwing customers, homeowners, and investors is applauded as hard work and smart thinking while the poor guy working 9-5 and trying to earn enough to support a wife and kids who finds himself out on the street although he participated in none of this.

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Successful trading is hard work, and any other line of thinking is a one-way ticket to failure.

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It mattered because of all the hard work and money I invested in my studies thinking a good job awaited me. (Instead I found a pile of dirty dishes and a small tip.) But it was better than being on the unemployment line collecting benefits.

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It rewards saving, thrift, hard work, innovation, honesty, thinking about others, self-discipline, creativity and all the other qualities you normally associate with decent people and financial progress.

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