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Title: "I Have No Spur to Prick the Sides of My Intent..."
Date: June 21, 2016
By: Michael Rabideau
City: Ogdensburg
State: New York
Age: 53
What is the sense of keeping this stack of money? It will do me no good now. I might as well plaster it on the wall of my apartment as a decorative condemnation of what our society has come to. I remember the "good old days" when you could make a phone call or buy a cup of coffee for a quarter. Boy, are those days long gone!
The money laundering schemes are running rampant in this country. It is not unusual to see the transactions take place in broad daylight, running under our very noses. You might as well trample the flag under your feet while you flash the cash and go on your merry way with wild abandon. This is the American Dream, right? The only problem is who is the Dream-catcher these days?
With movies like "The Wolf of Wall Street" attesting to the greed and ambition of so many people, is it any wonder that the common man hasn't got a whirlwind's chance in hell of getting ahead?