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Yeh I once saw Bill Gates driving a Jeep on the interstate, I have used Microsoft ever since.

Trish, I think he was actually being sarcastic with the car thing. If Mike is like me he has a modest car and a nice house. If any girl thinks my car isn't good enough for her, she can marry some other guy. The thing is the wealthiest people I know don't drive showy cars.

I agree with you there Trish, I once had a girlfriend who gave me a necklace as a gift. I hung it on her doorknob one night and never called her again. I also look at a girls home decorating skills, by this I mean do we have the same tastes in furniture etc. Nothing could be worse than marrying...

Yes it does say a lot about her character, but I would argue any women who cares about a guys car is an immature twit. I prefer to see how she treats the waiters and waitresses in the restaurant. If she says thank you and is pleasant with them I know she is a winner. Just my opinion.

Trish, a watch has an utilitarian purpose it is not purely ornamental and most men don't consider it jewelry.

I didn't want to say it JHO but that is another thing I don't get. What on earth does one do with all those numbers. Say you go out twice a week, thats like 40 new numbers a month. You would have to stack multiple dates on Saturdays. The last time I went out I didn't see five good candidates...

Yeh I think you are right on there. I haven't been to LA in years but I have seen that in Miami and elsewhere. I always get a chuckle out of it. Nothing like a bar full of Arabs in silk shirts and funny little shoes to make my night complete.

Sorry Rowan, I wasn't implying you or others in sales are stupid. Simply that you don't have to be a genius to be a great broker nor do most firms get all uptight about your academic record. I think a seven could help. Best of luck.

No I think he drives a Geo Tracker........I guess 2many and I just live on different planets or something. I thought " A Night at the Roxbury" was just a bad movie, I didn't know the Butabi Brothers were real.

I can't believe I actually missed " no jewelry of any kind" the first time around. Dude, what guy throws on jewelry to pick-up a hottie. Maybe you and your new girl can swap sun dresses and de each others makeup.

Wow, "I didn't wear my usual going out wardrobe or cologne" are you a guy ? Dude I actually think you have deeper issues you should deal with before inviting a women into your life. You sound like a thirteen year old girl.

I agree Gnome, a broker and a trader are two completely different things. If you really want to be a broker the best route is to come from some type of sales background. It was always a strange thing that the biggest producers in the offices I worked at were almost always the stupidest people...

Hold on here, the muni bond interest is not taxable to make building projects more affordable for states and local government entities. So you can either let guys like Perot buy muni's or everyone can pay higher local taxes.

I agree Liber, I think that has sort of been my point all along. Whether the fed takes your income or you pay a consumption tax people will try to avoid the event. A national sales tax will create a huge underground economy for goods and services and the resulting enforcement effort will need...

"The current system places very little burden on the wealthy" are you insane. The top 5% of earners pay well in excess of 50% of total taxes. This doesn't count estate taxes, when that transfer of wealth happens the number is much higher. I am sorry but you are the one who has bought into all...

You would still need and IRS system to collect the sales tax and the capital gains tax. I agree it would be a scaled down and simpler method. Most of the money offshore is there to aviod capital gains tax not income tax, and is already actually illegal. I don't see how that would change. If...

Wait a minute, the last figure I saw for a national sales tax was something like 26%, that was from the WSJ three years ago. Your 15+15 will never raise enough money without massive spending cuts.

Okay, but if I work for a firm and quit my seven is still valid for two years. Supervision is only a responsibilty of the sponsering firm if you are an employee.

Oh please, since when have the consumer habits of America been based on "need". If it were "need" based the sales tax would never collect enough. In fact your "need" based argument actually supports mine.

E-Bay will actually become a trade and barter site.......I am looking to trade my 1988 Opel for a Row Boat etc....This transaction will be impossible to tax.