i still think you should be a property owner to have the right to vote. isn't that a way of preventing the masses from simply voting for wealth redistribution? i'm 100% in support of reinstating this.
i didn't realize governments gave out more in soc sec to the higher income people who had paid in more their entire lives. i was always under the impression that there was a set amount that everyone got. at least in the US you either qualify or you don't based on how many years you have worked...
i'm sure someone has posted already but i didn't read anything so here is the reason why:
if you have 10 bil$'s that you need to hold somewhere... who are you going to trust at 0% rates? jpmorgan? goldman sachs? mf global? that's why they keep it with the government at those rates. for...
4 of my 5 worst career drawdowns this year, may, sept, nov, dec :( each one was between 25-30% drawdown. total year returns were still 87%... if only i didn't have one or two of those i would have hit triple digits again this year. dvar of 5%
well right now your options are buy european debt and suck it when they tell you they are only going to give you half your money back, or buy us debt and wait until they tell everyone they are only getting half their money in europe and then buy it after the haircuts.
but obama has managed to do over 40% in less than 3 years... run rate that out and he'd be be giving reagan a run for his money...
but alas we won't see what he's capable of because he'll be gone after 1 term
much like the housing crises, you can trace almost all of the problems with school tuition costs spiraling out of control to government subsidies and guarantees. once the government decided to give federally guaranteed loans to students, colleges realized they could charge whatever they wanted...
11-Oct 87 0.17
12-Oct 126 -0.36
13-Oct 183 -1.01
14-Oct 87 0.16
17-Oct 61 0.15
18-Oct 122 0.11
19-Oct 142 0.24
20-Oct 61 0.16
tot: +0.29
still not making enough on his winners, but profitable nonetheless on the month. just have to work on those winning days going forwards. and an...
not correct- or should i say "WRONG"
cain cuts all federal employment taxes to 0%- learn to read my red-headed step-child
if your state taxes you.. well that's apples to oranges- learn your fruits in that case
it's amazing how hard it is for the 50% of people in america who do not pay taxes to even imagine the fact that they might have to pay taxes for all of the benefits they get. it would make me laugh if i wasn't part of the other 50% that actually does pay taxes and views the other half as...
1: seems like a bad argument that laying people off is bad for the company because they circle back as lower consumer demand and unemployment benefits you get taxed for.
2: don't need to go priv if you let the pub companies fail, but i wouldn't be against this by any measure. i trade...