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@ted. I particularly take note of your links to funds that are closing the door (for lack of interest, no doubt) Those always generate a ton of discussion..just kidding.
What say you, repuglicans board members? I am old enough to remember when fiscal responsibility mattered to you people. Or so you said. Now,,,, in your unrelenting greed you don't even pretend to stand for anything except I WANT MORE FOR ME.
@ted .. like,,, it's your opinion man. Actually this thread holds more interest to more members than most of your mostly useless links. And our collective financial future is unfortunately linked to the greedy and short sighted repuglicans, led by y…
Last week the dickhead wanted to take raises away from civilian federal employees. The deficit,,,, he said was the reason. Now he wants to delay revenue for the federal government,,,,, increasing the same deficit he was so concerned about last week.…
@davidrmoran. +1. Confederate monuments are coming down at long last. When I see a jacked up pick up truck flying the Confederate flag I shudder. The Anthem of the Confederate States of America ,,,,, makes me wonder what message that was intended t…
@Old_Joe. So right you are my brother! Sadly Congress is made up of Democrats and the trumpians
who are complicit in stealing the country right in view of the whole world. This can only end badly. If the trumpians are booted out of office in the …
@sma3. I think the discussion is not so much about the federal work force but the unmitigated audacity to say he was doing this for fiscal reasons. In reality,, the is just another battle in the repuglicans war on poor people,,,like their war on wom…
@Sven. True that. And yet many of those workers will vote against their own econont interests. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? The nerve of trump,,,after slashing revenue, he claims to be concerned about the deficit.
@Ted. I too drove a Triumph back in the day. Mine was a Tr-4A, it never run often enough for me to get bored with it. And I sold it for a loss. Much,much later in life I currently own an old Miata. It is everything I wanted the Tr-4A to be and the m…
@Old_Joe. agree with your remarks completely. Never thought I would be pulling for the likes of Mr. Sessions. That he works for the despicable one and sometimes tries to do what's right makes him seem better,,, maybe better than what he is. The fa…
@Hank. All good points. My profound disappointment is with Senators and Representives who are turning a blind eye to some serious high crimes and misdemeanors.
No problem at all Ted and thank you for your explanation. Great work. My point was that courage is lacking today and when the history of this president is written,,, the lack of courage by repuglicans both professional and voters will be a big part…
Guys, that is not the point.the point is nowadays that sort of transaction is done using a smart phone, a desk top, a laptop,, a Chromebook....... calling a broker,,,,my dad does that,,,,,he is 94.
@ted. Sensitive today. I guess most trumpians are feeling a bit embarrassed today. The shade is coming home to roost. just was shocked that people still call a broker for a MM transaction. Just seems so quaint, so last century.
@Old_Joe."ups the ante yet again." Clearly he is not growing into the job. I fear the worst is yet to come. It may,,,g_d forbid,,,be up to the military to save our democracy. Who would have thunk it? We have a West Point grad in our family and he is…
@David@Lewis. +1000. The only hope is to vote the repuglicans out and consign them to the dust bin of history. It's clear now that they place party over country, greed over everything. Not that there was ever a doubt but now even a blind man can see…
@catch22. Thanks for pointing out Big Mac. I last drove across it in 1960 in my parents Impala rag top. A memorable day and my dad even seemed cool for putting the top down. Those were the days,,, or so it seemed.
@BrianW. For me the reasons to hold a REIT are two. #1, I am soon to be a deaccumulator and I am quilty of chasing yield. #2 which addresses your post, is to diversify. The whole idea is that any of the components of my portfolio may be out of favor…
Who here in the US can we blame for ignoring the reality of climate change? Who can we blame for doing nothing or even going out of their way to to MAKE THINGS WORSE? The same party that is literally is on the wrong side of every issue. This is clea…
I think this discussion should, at some point, get to the essential nature of capitalism.. yes, I know it is reportedly better than any other system and no,, we are not talking about the evils of godless socialism. The truth is that when the bottom …
@DavidM. One basic law of insurance is adverse selection. If only sick people or bad drivers, or fire prone houses populate the pool the result will be too many claims and not enough premium dollars. Poof,,, insolvency. For all it's complications,,,…
Seriously ladies and gentlemen,,,,,, is there no limits to how low repuglicans can sink? I have been in the health insurance business since 1988. I can't tell you how how many folks tried to buy individual health insurance and were turned down for t…
@davidmoran. Thanks for a simple but brilliant explanation of why the mandate is necessary to allow health insurance companies to accept all applicants. As you point out it takes either something like the ACA or single pay-payer. I have always wonde…
