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And in today's America I'm not sure if we're supposed to emulate George Bailey or Mr. Potter.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)but I'll never forget George Bailey dedicating himself to helping lower-income people get homes... and infuriating the rich guy.
lapfog_1
(29,234 posts)would even offer a well-paid job to our version of George Bailey, even as a bribe to end the "old savings and loan".
blue cat
(2,415 posts)I've been looking for it.
blue cat
(2,415 posts)It's not Christmas to me unless I watch it.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)brooklynite
(94,839 posts)bluesbassman
(19,380 posts)You do understand dont you that the firm was called Bailey Brothers Building and Loan and that Uncle Billy and Peter Bailey were brothers who built the Building and loan business together? Many, many companies in this country were started as family businesses like the Bailey Brothers Building and Loan, is it your contention that all such businesses are operated with a belief in nepotism? Is there something inherently wrong with family members pooling their resources and talents to create and operate a business? Is there simething wrong with a family business maintaining a position for one of its members when they become less than optimal performers?
Nepotism in the case of a daughter and son-in-law being given positions of great responsibility in government, positions they are ill-equipped and unqualified for is certainly something to criticize. How a family run business staffs its workforce is not.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)There was no Clarence to save him
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And an admirer of Franco and Mussolini.
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/03/books/it-wasn-t-such-a-wonderful-life.html?pagewanted=all
betsuni
(25,729 posts)if he hadn't been born. Obviously she would've married Sam Wainwright and had a closet-full of fur coats and a nice jewelry collection in her fabulous New York apartment, been able to take care of her mother, but she'd be miserable because Sam is a cad. Instead of a make-up-free plain librarian Mary, we'd see Manhattan Mary taking swigs of brandy at her dressing table after Sam calls to say he won't be coming home because he has "business" in Chicago, again.