Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't … - Barbara Ehrenreich

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To Wall Street, a firm like BP isn't just a profitable energy company with lots of assets like oil rigs and pipelines and gas stations - it's also a corporation that routinely borrows hundreds of millions of dollars to keep its business up and running.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic. '

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