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    80% tax rate Means prosperity

    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.
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    80% tax rate Means prosperity

    the income tax is unconstitutional
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    Europe’s $39 Trillion Pension Threat Grows

    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...
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    T-bonds at 0% why not just keep the money?

    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...
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    How did you do for 2011?

    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%
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    T-bond now in historical high, how much higher can it go?

    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.
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    college education is wasted on american youth but not in China

    +1 million points finally someone sees the light the problem with (liberal) art majors is that we allow there to be so many
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    Bitcoin thread anyone?

    i've been fade scalping buying selloffs since bitcoins were 17$ and am up 40% over the period.
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    Police Begin Clearing Zuccotti Park of Protesters

    he could hire 49 of his relatives and pay them each 1 mil to give him advice
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    Person on welfare receives better insurance than me. I'm $uckin PISSED

    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
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    Soon it will cost $1 million to go to College

    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...
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    my 1st protege

    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...
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    EFSF from 440bil to 2 trill???

    http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-22/france-retreats-in-german-clash-over-bailout-fund-leverage.html it is what france wanted to do
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    Futures Trading in Chicago

    yeah there are definitely more than 10 people under them still, not sure exact count
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    Futures Trading in Chicago

    My friend works at gambit still, so I know they exist
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    9-9-9

    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
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    9-9-9

    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...
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    Futures Trading in Chicago

    gambit (traditum) is one
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    'Tax The Hell Out Of Wall Street And Give It To Main Street'

    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...
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    EFSF from 440bil to 2 trill???

    give efsf 400 bil, call it a bank, let it lend out 5$ for every 1$ it has- wolla
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