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It's just math. Obamacare makes healthcare more expensive, so less money left over. If it was a clean transfer from rich to poor then it would be no big deal economically. But in any transfer there is the government vig.

Depression is a mental condition which has very little to do with reality or external conditions. But sometimes an external event can push a depressed person over the edge. Like an unexpected (is there any other kind?) large loss of OPM or enough that it is going to really affect the lifestyle...

My idea, Force women to sign up for selective service, start an unpopular war somewhere, institute the draft, but give women a deferment if they are pregnant. Babyboom, dwindling population problem solved. (as long as more babys are born than men killed in the war)

1. estimated taxes. One year I had a killer 2nd quarter. up like well over 100%. I've been trading long enough to know that can't last. I may need that money later in the year when things normalize, so I skipped the quarterly or just sent them a token, and paid the penalty apr 15 on less...

my idea is to keep the old structure, but replace the teacher with computers. It would work like this, the teacher would maintain order in the classroom, and each child would work on the computer at their own pace. Kids would not be promoted or held back. So by 6th grade, some kids may already...

why don't they go to Canada where they can get Universal Single Payer Healthcare?

the womwn went into the baby br eedi the women went into the bably breeding business, always at least 4 mostly more. That was more profitable than being married. The men couldn't even sleep at home (on the rare times we passed back through home) for fear of being discovered by the walfare...

When you start ranking a countries capitalism based on how many government benefits they deny Or a countries socialism based on how many government benefits they provide You are already so brainwashed that you only understand benefits if they are provided by the government. How come I never...

no, but it has to do with how we define benefits

I'm not the first one who ever got caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Even George Washington chopped down a cherry tree and when I was a kid we use to display cherry blossoms on his bithday so I think we need to move forward and not go back in time to just create more contention. The...

Excellent! I pay $50/mo for 5 gigs and watching that whole 14 minutes probably put me over my limit and cost me another $10 but it was well worth it. I've been waiting for a long time to see that. I guess now all we can do is wait for the attacks on pew research. Peace, thanks for sharing

That is so true. I played in a band where I was the only white member. I saw everyone of those families destroyed because the women were smart and figured out the government made a better husband than some wandering musician. When I started raising my own family I started seeing so many laws and...

People want to come to the USA for benefits, but not government benefits, capitalism benfits. Bernie likes to say, "We are the only industilaized nation who doesn't...blah, blah, blah." But we are the nation everybody wants to come to. If they want universal healthcare there are many other...

you open the border and I will glady give up my food stamps, section 8 and welfare. Medicare is a lost cause. Social Security can be fixed easily with a small raise in the SS tax or more workers. Especially more immigrant workes who mut pay the SS tax but can't receive the SS benefit unless they...

ok, just don't be fooled by margin, but you are correct. Once you understand cash is currency, well that is the road to ruin, or the road to serfdom, or the road to a degenerate fx trader, but I don't see how any conservative money manager can these days only keep score in one currency. (and...

I hear ya, The all white suburban public school before the Department of Education gave me an excellent education in reading, writing and arithmetic. And that's all I think public schools should teach. But in real life, I could have benefited much more if my school was more diversified. In the...

It's not a matter of trying to get a higher return. It's a matter of getting an average return. Yes, it takes a few years of index investing to burn off the costs of trading, management fees, spreads, commish and cap gains. In any given year, 15% will outperform your index. Think about that one...

before you close the border, don't forget to close my mind (what's left of it) first. Close the border. Really? How bout end the war on drugs and re deploy it to the border? Will that make you happy? What is it about you guys? You always need a war with somebody. Who drew that line in the sand...

many of the principles I adhere to today were first heard on WSW. The only lifeline for us normal people. Once a week on PBS.

If you didn't already know that I have grave doubts about your other cognitive skills. Did you take the bypass 2016 election pill which makes you immune from answering simple questions? I know you are really feeling the Bern down where you are, and we need to get out the vote, at all costs...