Race and fear: ugly comments

#77
#77
TennNC said:
What I can't believe is that a lot of economists are supporting Obama even though he lists "cripple US business" as one of his priorities.
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many more economists do not support his socialist policies
 
#78
#78
Sudden Impact said:
I think that we learned yesterday that even economist can make big mistakes. If we are investing 700 billion plus dollars into the market then Buffet is the man we want watching the hen house which I understood was a possibility of choice by both candidates.
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we don't want Buffet setting tax policy. We want Buffet evaluating investments.

He wants to head up the newly privatized SS admin, I'm 100% in support. He wants to head the Fed, no thanks.
 
#81
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T-TownVol said:
so, my asking LG why he wants to give the keys to the economy to BHO, a wacko statement
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your statement is analogous to me asking why you want to give the keys to someone who wants to send all middle class jobs overseas.
 
#84
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BigPapaVol said:
1) we don't want Buffet setting tax policy. We want Buffet evaluating investments.

2) He wants to head up the newly privatized SS admin, I'm 100% in support. He wants to head the Fed, no thanks.
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1) I actually agree with you on this point. Why WB (and Larry Summers, Rubin, Volcker, etc.) matters to someone like me (and most who aren't as versed on economic intricacies as you are) is that it indicates what type of leader BO is. He could act like he has all the answers, or he could let more experienced economists advise him. Thus, I deduce that he in fact does not have a socialist agenda anymore than his advisors do.

2) I don't have a strong opinion on privatizing SS. I want what works. But would we not be screwed right now if SS were privatized with millions of Boomers retiring?
 
#86
#86
T-TownVol said:
oh, i get it now....stay on talking point...gotcha
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nope - it's your assumption that BO as president will "cripple business." As if he has stated that as his platform.

It's like thinking that Steve Spurrier was the antichrist when he was whipping our asses all those years. It's much more difficult to admit that he was simply a much, much, much, much, much better coach than ours.
 
#88
#88
TennNC said:
I honestly don't understand a single bit of that post.
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My point is just that you can change all this rhetoric of statements to fit any scenario you wish.

garbage in = garbage out. Its your right of speech and choice of which your earned and has been protected by the liberals you so hate.
 
#89
#89
TennNC said:
2) I don't have a strong opinion on privatizing SS. I want what works. But would we not be screwed right now if SS were privatized with millions of Boomers retiring?
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you might be surprised at the type of dampening effect huge piles of SS bucks would have on the markets.

Quick trigger cash generates huge market swings. Stable invested cash tends to help minimize the huge selloffs that we've watched lately. I think more cash would simply remain in place rather than fleeing equities for treasuries, etc.
 
#90
#90
TennNC said:
nope - it's your assumption that BO as president will "cripple business." As if he has stated that as his platform.
It's like thinking that Steve Spurrier was the antichrist when he was whipping our asses all those years. It's much more difficult to admit that he was simply a much, much, much, much, much better coach than ours.
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This is your way of deflecting the issue. BHO does not say it and i never said that he did.
The banks are telling businesses that they will be even tighter on credit going into an Obama administration. The banks are telling companies to expect a 20% decrease in profits for the next two years because of an Obama administration.
Those are the facts of an Obama presidency.
"cripple" does not mean kill
 
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#91
#91
In the privatization of SS, who controls the investments of those funds. There is not enough knowledge of a person individually getting into the market to make this work. Rule of thumb if you cannot afford to lose the money then do not get into the market.
 
#92
#92
Sudden Impact said:
In the privatization of SS, who controls the investments of those funds. There is not enough knowledge of a person individually getting into the market to make this work. Rule of thumb if you cannot afford to lose the money then do not get into the market.
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Non-issue, not government's problem.
 
#93
#93
TennNC said:
actually, I didn't even get that, unless it simply was a reference to the state I live in.
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hell I thought it was about Butch Davis coming to UT as backup to Gruden.

Gruden subliminally said, as he introduced the Rays last night, that he's loading up the truck and moving to Knoxville.
 
#95
#95
Does anyone remember the Rodney King riots and what happened in Atlanta? The sympathy rioters (coining a new phrase) destroyed part of the city and flipped the mayors car over.
 
#99
#99
TennNC said:
2) I don't have a strong opinion on privatizing SS. I want what works. But would we not be screwed right now if SS were privatized with millions of Boomers retiring?
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Maybe short-term, but long-term we would be OK. There are probably a lot of undervalued stocks right now that if SS was run by WB, could see big returns down the road. I am pumping all I can into my 401K right now because I am buying a lot of crap really cheap.
 
#100
#100
Sudden Impact said:
Please explain? What you mean? Unfortunately SS will always be a government problem not matter what form it takes.
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BigPapaVol said:
I found this pair of sentences a bit confusing.
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Does that help? SS is kinda like the Red headed step child you did not want but are stuck with and now it is not the candy it is the so call entitlement of Americans. I agree something needs to be done about it but there is 85% out there that would defend it if anybody touches it. It is a government cancer that grows with no easy solution.
 
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