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    $20 per gallon gas in NY

    Eh, New Yawkas... my brother drove 30 minutes north of White Plains on the NYS Thruway and filled his tank at a rest stop without any fuss. I keep thinking of Mad Max... most of these people are gonna be dead within a month if we really have a S. Hits the Fan event.
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    What Does It Take to Feel Wealthy?

    Tiger Woods? He's a world-famous multi-millionaire and he was spending his time banging cocktail waitresses and the nannies of his buddy's children... He's an exceptional golf player, but he's got the personal taste and judgement of a hedgehog. Tiger Woods probably does fractional because...
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    What Does It Take to Feel Wealthy?

    I'll have my pilot just circle until I am done doing my slumming downtown.
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    What Does It Take to Feel Wealthy?

    And, even in the middle class, you know your quality of life is slipping vs Asia when your surly flight attendants are like this: and Singapore's flight attendants look like this:
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    What Does It Take to Feel Wealthy?

    Eh, I got a friend who lives ocean-front on Maui, and other than keeping his hair in check, he barely works. I don't know if his lady is French Canadian, or just French, but she has a beach body and the brains to hook up with a rich guy with beachfront property on Maui. Anyway, he gets all...
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    What Does It Take to Feel Wealthy?

    I want a Gulfstream: and being "wealthy" means I don't want to share it with anyone.
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    What Does It Take to Feel Wealthy?

    That would make this Indian bottom-caste untouchable one of the happiest guys alive: If he's a good Hindu, he doesn't question his role as a human sewer cleaner, does his job with good cheer, and hopes he gets to move up a caste in his next life.
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    What Does It Take to Feel Wealthy?

    I need about $80M in investable assets... that's what I need to own and maintain a private jet so I don't have to stand on any damn security lines, take of my shoes, get groped or x-ray'd at the airport. Anyone who cannot buy their way out of getting their junk probed and handled by...
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    Elevated unemployment will always be with us now.

    Illegals who get paid $10/hour cost their employers $10/hour and not a cent more. Americans who get paid $10/hour cost their employers $20+/hour because of matching tax obligations, recording keeping requirements, regulations like OSHA, insurance and workman's compensation requirements, paid...
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    P&G takes a hit, less people showering. CME soap contracts take a big hit

    How much of this is a P&G/Bob McDonald problem vs global economy problem? Colgate Palmolive and Unilever appear to be performing well under the same global economic challenges.
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    4 things the goverment can do right now to make the US economy Roar

    I got one thing the gov't can do right now to make the US economy roar: Corporate tax amnesty for multinationals repatriating funds back to the US to be re-invested inside the US.
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    When children of the rich burn 100K USD for fun.

    Yeah, she could have held on to the bag, filled it with lipstick, car keys, and Chiclets, and worn it to the next Academy Awards. Then, in 18 months it would be out of fashion and she'd just throw on to the pile of bags at the bottom of one of her closets. So yeah, she burned it and called...
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    When children of the rich burn 100K USD for fun.

    $100k? Isn't that what Puff Daddy spends on champagne and "ho's" on a slow weekend? Burn the bag, or spend it on H and shoot it into your veins... whatever floats your boat, little Eastwood.
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    Cheapest Downtowns in the USA to buy property

    http://io9.com/5435724/the-grandiose-decay-of-abandoned-detroit/gallery/1 The Grandiose Decay of Abandoned Detroit Nearly a third of Detroit's homes are vacant, and along with the residences, the city's stately hotels and cultural centers have been abandoned as well, falling into dramatic...
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    Homeschooling produces Higher test scores. Traditional education is a scam.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7408418n
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