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    Guess Who’s for a Carbon Tax Now

    Looks bad, but that's all organic down there.
  2. J

    Guess Who’s for a Carbon Tax Now

    The people who use the most carbon should pay the ones that don't. Half the people should pay the other half's electric bill. Want to lower your electric bill? Just use less. Like less than the top 50%. Socialism can be a useful tool in the hands of a capitalist.
  3. J

    United Airlines ( UAL)

    When they build that bridge from Alaska to Nowhere you won't ever have to fly again. New Jersey to TimBuktu via Siberia.
  4. J

    Guess Who’s for a Carbon Tax Now

    The congressional hearing will be painfully hilarious.
  5. J

    Apium Swarm Robotics puts drone tech to work in the sea

    Oh Lordy, wait until they teach those drones how to fish. I'd start watching The Deadliest Catch again if it was all robots.
  6. J

    United Airlines ( UAL)

    What's the over/under on the settlement? I'll set it at a $1 million for the starting line. Perks don't count, just cold hard cash for the lawyer. Free air travel on United for life doesn't sound like a perk right now.
  7. J

    Guess Who’s for a Carbon Tax Now

    Well that settles it. A carbon tax would be beneficial for Royal Dutch, Suncor and BP. This could cost AGW their base support.
  8. J

    Poll - Ban Cars or Ban Immigrants - Litmus test

    All politicians should be forced to travel by car. Fuel efficient car. No limo, no private jet. But the world would be a beautiful place with no cars. Trucks in rural ok. Just like China 20 years ago, look at it now.
  9. J

    Want to see how America is changing? Property taxes hold the answer

    We have enough food to feed every human being on earth three meals a day, yet people are still starving, so someone doesn't share your concern or it is a very controversial notion, yes?
  10. J

    Is IRS trader status permanent?

    So if you want to put 5k in a roth you could just be a sole proprietor with 5k plus se tax sched C profit and you'd be cool. And the rest would just go on sched D. You can take it to the bank, this is the internet and I am not bound by any regulatory agency or even common decency.
  11. J

    why you or active money managers cannot outperform the market

    Traders don't need to outperform the market, they just need a tiny piece of it. And I owe it all to margin.
  12. J

    Want to see how America is changing? Property taxes hold the answer

    You can't means test ss or medicare or unemployment insurance as they are entitlements, not to be confused with benefits like medicaid or foodstamps which are and should be means tested.
  13. J

    What happened to the old traders

    ha,ha, The old traders became HFT.
  14. J

    Trump Disappointments Starting To Mount Up

    Can I keep my doctor if I want to?
  15. J

    Want to see how America is changing? Property taxes hold the answer

    If you live in country with free "something" it is probably because the USA already bought you all the hydrogen bombs you will ever need.
  16. J

    Want to see how America is changing? Property taxes hold the answer

    Or, education should be so cheap anyone with an internet connection can get it if they want it.
  17. J

    Trump Disappointments Starting To Mount Up

    AMERICA IS GREAT AGAIN 2020 I will end forever all complaining. See, America is really great, but the lying media puts out fake news about how bad it is. If they would just stop complaining....
  18. J

    JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon knows what the problems are

    Yes, but which robo will you choose? There will be more robos than their are humans now. And each one of those robos will need a salesman. Some robos just keep you 60% long all the time no matter what. Some robos hedge. Some robos attempt to time. And then there is me, just 100% long VTSMX forever.
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    Want to see how America is changing? Property taxes hold the answer

    The best government would be one so small and unnoticable that taxes and benefits would rank very low when it comes to locating, with economy/safety/climate ranking right up there.
  20. J

    Want to see how America is changing? Property taxes hold the answer

    yeah that sounds about right. I'm not real big on pay as you go. I like a system which first lets people make it unobstructed. Then after the kids are raised they can pay for it all. Oh well, pay me now or pay me later I guess it's all the same. It's just every penny meant a lot more when I was...
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