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Mav88 are you saying the republicans should be labeled the "smart party"? The republican party is where they are at because they earned it. No leadership... I am not a republican nor would I call them the 'smart party', they just have been the least worst party for my vote. What's wrong with...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA What a stupid fuck ! Obama / Pelosi banned the shorts ? Go shoot yourself if you have any dignity. fucking lying moron. Typical, cannot read properly and then carries on like a 16 year old punk. Thank you for making my point about the retarded left, and...

Why do democrats lie, say and do demonstrably stupid things, yet they still get the 'smart party' label? Frank, Cinton, Pelosi, Obama, Jesse jackson, et al. for one thing spew out so much sewage that by the time you debunk one issue, they have put forth another 20. The public cannot possibly...

highly misleading leftist propaganda. Discretionary and military spending are not social welfare. Also some states are actually highly democratic but tend to vote republican on pres. a la West Virginia

"They still follow the market. If they sold on fear they would have done so already." October was sort of fast for these people, now that they have time to refelect upon their situation I believe that if we start to slip again, the rest will have have made up their minds to sell this time.

"I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of the middle-class Americans who most need tax relief." - John McCain, 5/26/01, arguing against Bush tax cuts "I voted against the (Bush) tax cuts because of the...

A wise chinese man once said 'man who goes thru airport turnstile sideways is going to bangcock'

Not compared to Sweden! Sweden social care includes prenatal care, child care, daycare, care for the elderly, care if you get sick, hospital coverage for everybody, huge welfare, and on and on and on... ' US welfare is better than Sweden in some catagories, and yes it is massive. 2 Trillion...

yeah the oct 10 1982 lows holding quite well, were in tall cotton

First off, the standard cafeteria plan is usually saddled with high-fee mutual funds in a 'style box' which is supposed to give diversification. The reason for that, by the way, is so the employer gets the 401k at the least cost to them. Nice, huh? So, let's see, which has outperformed lately -...

Mav: The only lesson I draw from sweden is that a rich and prosperous people bankrupted themselves in 1992 with socialism, that much is undeniable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's just silly. They have a balanced budget and still have...

"Bush and his nonsense has allowed Big Business to fire-at-will" so who allowed fannie and freddie to fire at will mandelbrot?

So the dems take my money and put it into gov't bonds? Are you fucking kidding me? OH YES, Lets give the gov't more money to waste while they build up yet another HUGE future obligation that they can't pay. Who said this was a good idea? You should be shot. I'll take the risk you...

The Democrats didn't get us into this situation. The Republicans did bullshit Mandelbrot, it was Clinton and fannie who lit this candle. It was the dems who blocked regulation

I am about to close on a new home, have a FICO of about 785, and a little debt due to my son's college. I am still getting calls out of the blue from lenders, they were on me like stink on shit. It was extremely easy to get this loan, and the bonus is that the builder is hustling to please...

I've traded wives a few times...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote from Mav88: Or conversely can you explain how the big bad US tied with mighty Sweden? But that wasn't really my point, which once again was that that whole ratings thing is a sham...

Alright then, your argument is that Sweden, with a 63% tax rate, and the US are tied. Can you explain how socialism (which according to the thread title doesn't work) has managed even a tie with the US? Or conversely can you explain how the big bad US tied with mighty Sweden? But that...

I sat out this year in my 401k and was actually up a little last month, just went long two days ago. long term vision, value buying, ...yadayada..blahblah, I drank the Flavorade. Can only get out at closing price. 10 fucking percent or more in one day, I think I am going to vomit or I need...

I can't calculate a particular person's "life satisfaction" (there is no such thing) but on large samples you can compare quality of life between countries. Do you understand the difference? You're right that inputs can be rigged, but with nine reasonable inputs (you can look them up online)...