Quote from brocklanders:
I read an interesting article that suggested Bush and Cheney should resign after the elections if there is a clear majority winner. Not a bad idea if you ask me given the current market environment. Paulson & Co would be tossed immediately and Bernanke forced to resign in the coming weeks after a suitable replacement was found. Ahh it is nice to dream...
Quote from stock_trad3r:
Obama would de a dissaster for stocks. Thankfully he won't win.
Quote from RussellDaytrade:
I believe the country will be on a much sounder footing for many years with Obama as president, and implementations of his policies, particularly energy-independence related poilicies. In addition, I believe he has a fundamental grasp of 'equality for all', which over time will also reflect well on values, as more people will have more equally owned wealth.
Quote from Mercor:
Equality for all......What does that mean? No more school grades for children, No winners in sports. I trade and make 500k you trade and make 5k I should send you a check.
Yes, equality of opportunity but not equality for outcome.
Like Obama says 95% of taxpayers get a tax cut yet 40% pay no tax right now, so 40% will just get a check from the 5% who will pay the difference. In some communities they call that street money ..just buying votes.
It is brutally unfair.
Quote from nokomisjeff:
If you read the Constitution, you will find that the president cannot appoint a vice president without congressional approval. If they both resigned, it would go to Pelosi.
Quote from brocklanders:
If you read point 2, Cheney resigns first then Bush appoints the winner of the election AFTER congressional approval... THEN Bush resigns making the vice-president the President. Pelosi would not be President under these circumstances. They would both resign but it would depend on the order and congressional approval.
1. Dick Cheney resigns on November 13th, and George Bush appoints the winner of the November 4th election to be Vice-President.
2. Upon Congressional approval of that choice, Bush resigns on November 14th, and the newly-installed Vice-President gets sworn in as President.
3. The new President appoints his running mate to the Vice-Presidency, and Congress approves.
Quote from insider trading:
Its brutally unfair that a hedge fund manager can make 50 million dollars and pay 15 % in federal taxes by filing his income as capital gains while a teacher or a cop has to pay 28 % of their 35,000 a year salary in taxes