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Yes, I also thought that the interview with Manchin was really good. I especially liked his comment that he wasn't going to vote for anything that he couldn't go home to his constituency and explain in plain English.
Why does Musk remind me of a bigoted "one set of rules for multi-billionaires" and another completely different set of rules for "just ordinary persons"?
"Lived through 20% interest rates in the 70s or 80s."
Made a killing on that... bonds out of Utah (Mormons) to build a huge electric generating facility at Four Corners. Terrific income until they were called a couple of years later. It wasn't unti…
I am somewhat amused by all of the criticism regarding BofA. I came to the same conclusion over fifty years ago. When BofA took over the bank that held our mortgage I walked into our local branch, was granted an audience with the surly unfriendly wo…
We prefer DVDs to streaming for a number of reasons. The entire set was about $120 on Amazon, and we have been watching anywhere from 3 to 5 episodes a week. Really cheap when you consider the price for a decent movie these days.
We hadn't either, …
@Catch22- Hey Mark, thanks so much. The 3-DVD set is available at Amazon, but for some reason they don't show any info on the subtitles or CC. We have a couple of "unrestricted" DVD players which can play from any region, and have been able to get s…
If tips become untaxed I predict that it will take about twenty minutes for high-wealth taxpayers to suddenly start receiving large amounts of income as "tips". "You did real good this year, Mr Trump- here's a decent tip for you!"
Speaking of West Wing, my wife and I didn't watch very much TV when we were working, and so now we've bought a whole bunch of DVD sets of some of the great shows that we missed.
By coincidence we're now in year 7 of West Wing, and it's absolutely u…
I won't be surprised if before this is all over we see Trump mentally deteriorating also. Although given where he's starting from, it may be harder to measure.
@hank- now it's important to realize that the bank bond we're referring to has no FDIC or other government backing- it's a regular commercial bond, with Deutsche Bank having an "A" rating, which isn't the top rating. So it can't be directly compare…
Yes, I certainly agree about single point-of-failure situations, and I also maintain secondary banking access to JPM. Good points. Also, a little bit different here, as both JPM and Schwab are about one block away.
"Bullshit, come on"
@davidmoran- Well, maybe I've been missing something. Can you point me to a major candidate for president or a major political party honestly worried about the ever-increasing national debt?
No argument, but good luck to us on that. Last time that I looked there was neither a major candidate for president nor a major political party saying anything of the kind.
