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That's actually good to know. I figure IB is in my future one of these days.

I will admit that I didn't educate myself much as to the provisions of this law, as I'm never going to be in the class of people who don't have insurance. The main thing I wanted was to eliminate the stupidity of an insurance company being able to reject someone because of a pre-existing...

ThinkOrSwim's stuff runs on a Mac. I believe IB's stuff does too, not certain. Those are the two most popular brokerages on this site, by the way. Anything browser-based will obviously run on both, and there is a lot of browser-based stuff out there, including a nice version of TOS (in some...

Groovy. I'm a little surprised, but not much, with Roberts. Rightie, but also knows his onions. I was impressed with that appointment when Bush made it, which if you recall, was done after he tried to get his secretary or something like that in there. Had to show he'd appoint someone with a...

Wow. Definitely the stupidest thing I've ever read here. By a very very wide margin. So, the amendment that codified what the Civil War won - you know, freedom for the slaves, that little thing - that was the worst thing that ever happened? Interesting. I always wondered where the bottom...

Without these folks we'd still have the 1986 tax structure in place, still the closest thing to perfection we ever achieved. As I have posted before, it was predicted at the time that its simplicity would be a victim of these people, especially since most politicians are themselves lawyers. And...

There's a very simple way; New Jersey, where I live, does it. Exclude food (not bought at restaurants, of course), medicine, clothing. Done. This makes it automatically progressive, but you can even steepen the curve by taxing luxury goods at a higher rate. Simplicity itself.

...so he left his vehicle to ...have a smoke? ...look at the stars? ...ogle a good looking girl? ...take a piss, mayhaps? Inquiring minds want to know...

I said it wasn't exclusive to a reserve currency in my post.

Right. I have a library full of Paul Einzig, for one, who was in his day considered the foremost commentator on currency matters. I don't recall a single mention in any of his books, including his well-regarded History of Foreign Exchange*, of energy. Not one. Can't imagine why. *I also did...

No, a reserve currency is determined by use: as the US transacts trillions in export/import, and has trillions invested overseas, and other countries have trillions invested in the US, the dollar winds up as the intermediary in most fx transactions. The latter part, investments, is a function of...

You're ignorance has no bottom to it, apparently. Read something, anything, besides mises.org, and then come back and try to say something that's at least less stupid.

...and mad as a hatter. Genius/extreme competence and nuttiness are not exactly an unknown combo. As for you, lost all your aliases eh? Or all your marbles? Seeing you start a few completely stoopid threads lately. I'd always figured you for another dumbass conspiracy loon, but you were...

Downtrend since 1400. 1360 is resistance on the way back up. This isn't the beginning of a downer, it's the continuation of the one from 1400. It'll end when Europe finally either cracks up (most likely) or solves (doesn't look likely, but you never know) its problem. As August is coming, I...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/white-house-rebukes-activists-who-flipped-off-reagan-portrait-behavior-like-this-doesnt-belong-anywhere/ And of course I would condemn it. So, your point?

You have some stupes acting stupid, and some others objecting to it. Other than the eye-catching headline, I'm not sure I see the controversy here. Had everyone gay been applauding this stupidity you'd have a point. But as that's not happening, you don't. Did you actually read the story?

Yeah I know. My point is rates would be where they are now regardless. You probably know this, but just to clarify, the Fed Funds rate isn't a rate the Fed can just mandate, like the discount rate. It sets a target and then tries to make sure the rate comes in at that target. That's because...

In real life, in the US, enough people are insolvent that you could have negative interest rates and it still wouldn't matter IN THE AGGREGATE, which is what we're talking about. This is Economics, not Anecdotes & Pleasantries. Try to keep that straight.

The point I was making - I knew if I sat here long enough you'd make it for me - all other things are NEVER equal, except in theory. In real life, well, reality matters. That includes, but is not exclusive to, price. Yes price matters when it comes to credit, BUT ONLY TO A SOLVENT CUSTOMER...

There was remobilization as a result of the Korean war. That was AFTER, well after, the demobilization that came about as a result of WWII. After Korea, there was never again a mass demobilization, because the alleged lesson of Korea was that if we demobilized, it was a sore temptation to our...