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ok. I agree.. we keep them employed.. but in 90% of the world economies... Public sector is supposed to be lethargic and underpaid.. and private sector is where u get better benifets and less job security and more pay.. but in this country. thanks to the unions and only ~5 -10% of folks vote...

great suggestion.. I was wondering if in the USA, the federal govt cuts salaries by 10% across the board.. how many federal employees will QUIT... darn.. none !! they should do it. across the board. and even make all states. city . counties. do it.. for all govt /public service jobs.. 10% hair...

ha ha. I know someone who had exactly the same strategy.. net result was.. he was holding a LOT of stock soon. within a short period ...as the puts got assigned.. and the stock plummetted.. ha ha ex DRYS.. CSCO. SHLD WHR many others.. now I consider him a bag holder... no way he can...

correct. tacobell had a 89 cents chicken burrito.. it cannibalized sales so bad. now it is priced for 1.29.. i still buy it.. worth it. sometime back, burger king franchisors.. sued stating that they were forced to sell the Dollar menu items and lost money on those deals.. ha ha... raise...

Correct.. in Texas. which is supposed to be in relatively better shape, I see a LOT of empty business offices. also many retail businesses, I dont see how they are running.. with no visible traffic..etc. something is on the horizon.. may be a HUGE wave of foreclosures. etc.

price of milk is only 2.35/gall. not much increase. was 1.99 last year.. OTHER THan GAs, price of most food /households items is same or has dropped.. my friend bought a 60 inch LG plasma 1080p tv at Frys. texas for 900$. I do agree with this article.. the BUYING power is decimated ...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/878ca006-782c-11e0-b90e-00144feabdc0.html to quote. relevant portion of this article Printing the world’s reserve currency has given the US a free lunch of sorts. Around $500bn worth of dollar bills circulate outside the US. Strong demand for US assets has...

JUST LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE.. THE LAST 30 years. we have only been able to sustain our high standard of living by borrowing.. LIKE NO OTHER.. since there was no precedent and the world had faith in the USD we have abused this position to the hilt.. How the @Q$%^ are we going to pay back...

+1 we have incarcerated 2.2 million http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0608-05.htm gosh.. i wish we cud make peace with cuba and ship some overseas.. and reduce the 60 billion bill.. cuba wud gladly do it in 10-20% cost.. ha ha..

just think about this for a moment http://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=pcln mkt cap equal to http://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=lmt&ty=c&ta=1&p=d ha ha LMT .has income = total PCLN sales.. HOW RIDICULOUS.. how can the mkt price this 2 as equal.. which dummy doesnot get it.. LMT is...

another one.. check out PANDORA.. P will never really make money... subscription.. my A#$@#$ as long as its free. we will hog it.. then soon we will have ZYNGA TWITTER... GROUPON.. and the mother of all FB... 1990s.. re visited... !!!... when with the equivalnet of mar 2000 occur..?

CORRECT http://www.coinflation.com/

Thanks for the variety of suggestions.. any thing of collectors value .is out . as that is a speculative play and not intrinsic value Tobacco.. V diff to store. usually u recall heavy smokers store it in a freezer... Ammo. . will degrade .over time.. gunpowder is a dessicant...

one of my friends asked me this. he wants to hedge for inflation and doesnot trust the govt. hence he is saying he wants to buy stuff and store it on his farm/home we pondered. the usual /SILVER /GOLD coins etc.. guns.(they go up in value) Copper.?? what else. I wanted to know is...

CHANGE IT TO 99% OF ALL TRADERS LOOSE IN THE LONG RUN. No diff between casino and 99% of all trading. its the same. atleast in VEGAS , u get drinks while u r getting ripped off. ha ha.

another warning i got is.. if u r itm and u DONT want the option. u need to call before 4 pm ET .. or else it will auto assign. also. the reverse. if u have a OTM option and say u want it.. like OPEN closed at 90.04 and u have a put . of 90. which is not ITM at close. i had heard u have...

Another way , I learn.. only the hard way. i had a bear call spread with OPEN TABLE.. 85 to 90.. i had sold it for 1.50.. the Q%#@%%@ went up from 83 to 93.. i was under water . my bad. i lost 3.50.. so i thought....on friday it was above 92. when i saw.. then I did not look at it...

+1 exactly.. where is the actual wealth creation. everyone seems to be in the SERVICES tertiary industry. Realtor, trader, teacher, services. We need real wealth .creation. crop /agriculture production. food production or equipment manufacturing. or mining. etc. those are REAL JOBS

damn.. looks like its time to store hard liquor .. i will get the scotch i need for the next 5 year years.. i think USD is going down.. price of premium liquors is eventually going to go up.. Is there any downside to storing sealed bottles of liquor some years back, I had a johnnie walker...

thats chump change... somalia has no govt since 1991. ha ha.