Thomas Peterffy - Freedom To Succeed

Thomas Peterffy grew up in socialist Hungary. Despite the fact that he could not speak English when he immigrated to the United States in 1956, Thomas fulfilled the American dream. With hard work and dedication, he started a business that today employs thousands of people. In the 1970s, Thomas bought a seat on the American Stock Exchange. He played a key role in developing the electronic trading of securities and is the founder of Interactive Brokers, an online discount brokerage firm with offices all over the world.

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[rolexx14]

Oh he got spanked good. Man waking up today was awesome, knowing people like this guy were soundly defeated.

[joyfulheartbeat]

So, i'm assuming that nobody has realized yet that he was actually living under hardlined Communism, not Socialism as Hungary was a communist country from 1947-1989. Socialism is not the same thing as Communism. Besides, France, Sweden and Denmark are all Socialist countries and on the HDI, all of these countries rank higher than the USA.

[historyfathead]

I wouldn't say that to the full degree but yeah I can see what you mean.

[tomaf]

I don't know if it's true or not, but if you heard it on Faux news or from Limbaugh or beck or hannity or ingraham or any other far right conservative pundit, then I can guarantee you 100% it is a lie, because they do not know how to tell the truth.

[tomaf]

Oh, and all this time I thought he was a muslim socialist, fascist nazi, LOL!

[tomaf]

hallaluya

[tomaf]

i'd like u to know Peterffuck, you are the reason i decided to donate money to Obama's campaign and work tirelessly to help him win. and what a sweet win it was. Nice landslide, not only over r'money, but over greedy fucks like you as well.

[Nick orgin]

Thank God this old fuck is out of our youtube ads

[atrimmell]

You wished that no one could come to this country with no money and live the American dream then come here and tell everyone that? Rolexx14 and Bayoneter are the Democrat bigots everyone has talked about.

[bluecatky]

I grew up in a socialeest country. And even though I have been in America for 57 years, I still talk like Boris Badenov from Bullwinkle show. Get moose and squirrel!

[historyfathead]

Our President may be even worster than Theodore Roosevelt when it comes to foreign policy and that is really saying something if you know what his foreign policies were.

[kommando81]

A lot of the endorsement of foreign armies is wrong, & that includes that of Israel. Politicians should've saw it coming when Reagan was giving billions of dollars to dictators like Saddam Hussein, drug-funded, fascist organizations pursuing ethnic cleansing like the Contras, & terrorists like Osama Bin Laden. Now look what we have; merciless religious warfare in Iraq, the largest drug-war in history in Latin America, & a theocratic, terrorist infestation in the Middle East.