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GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote:
on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% gee. looks like unions are good for WORKING people. and CEO's have had their way in the last 8 years with the GOP. how's our economy doing? we a strong, economically powerful country with no unions? we have an economy that's EXACTLY the way the right wants it no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, HenryK wrote:
On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% gee. looks like unions are good for WORKING people. and CEO's have had their way in the last 8 years with the GOP. how's our economy doing? we a strong, economically powerful country with no unions? we have an economy that's EXACTLY the way the right wants it no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. Well mine isn't! Yesterday I got an email saying, "A new Wells Fargo Advisors tax document is available for account ending XXXX." So, today I decided the time had come to do my taxes. But, when I get ready to download the pertinent info into Turbo Tax, back comes a message saying "Wells Fargo [isn't ready yet]. Call the number." So I did. A surly young man tells me that if I'd gone to the Wells Fargo web site and looked at my account, I'd see a message saying it won't be ready for download to Turbo Tax until the 15th. I asked him why they couldn't just put bit of information in the email. Duh? |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
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GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says... On 2/15/11 7:41 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% gee. looks like unions are good for WORKING people. and CEO's have had their way in the last 8 years with the GOP. how's our economy doing? we a strong, economically powerful country with no unions? we have an economy that's EXACTLY the way the right wants it no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. I am surprised that the country has been able to do so well all the while union membership has been dwindling. You really are bat**** if you think "the country" has been doing well. If you want to talk about things that have been done wrong let's start with all of the extra constitutional acts committed by FDR. Then we can move on to the failed war on poverty. LBJ did more harm to the USA and our standing around the world than any other person in the 20th century. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On 2/15/11 7:58 AM, BAR wrote:
In articleYOydnV9BXeS76MfQnZ2dnUVZ_vCdnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389 @mypacks.net says... On 2/15/11 7:41 AM, BAR wrote: In , says... On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% gee. looks like unions are good for WORKING people. and CEO's have had their way in the last 8 years with the GOP. how's our economy doing? we a strong, economically powerful country with no unions? we have an economy that's EXACTLY the way the right wants it no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. I am surprised that the country has been able to do so well all the while union membership has been dwindling. You really are bat**** if you think "the country" has been doing well. If you want to talk about things that have been done wrong let's start with all of the extra constitutional acts committed by FDR. Then we can move on to the failed war on poverty. LBJ did more harm to the USA and our standing around the world than any other person in the 20th century. chuckle You really need to get away from Fox TV and those bat**** right-wing websites from which you gather your opinions. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, HenryK wrote:
On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:41:29 -0500, BAR wrote:
In article , says... On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% gee. looks like unions are good for WORKING people. and CEO's have had their way in the last 8 years with the GOP. how's our economy doing? we a strong, economically powerful country with no unions? we have an economy that's EXACTLY the way the right wants it no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. I am surprised that the country has been able to do so well all the while union membership has been dwindling. do so well? the middle class hasnt had a pay increase in 35 years. that's the reason demand is low. no pay increases. and that's because the middle class has no unions |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
bpuharic wrote:
On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, wrote: On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? Obama. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
bpuharic wrote:
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:41:29 -0500, wrote: In , says... On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% gee. looks like unions are good for WORKING people. and CEO's have had their way in the last 8 years with the GOP. how's our economy doing? we a strong, economically powerful country with no unions? we have an economy that's EXACTLY the way the right wants it no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. I am surprised that the country has been able to do so well all the while union membership has been dwindling. do so well? the middle class hasnt had a pay increase in 35 years. that's the reason demand is low. no pay increases. and that's because the middle class has no unions Sure, Bob. Keep telling yourself that and don't forget to blame a street in New York for your financial problems. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On 2/16/2011 6:53 PM, L G wrote:
bpuharic wrote: no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? Obama. Your portfolio performance is tied to the unemployment rate? Mine isn't. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:31:44 -0500, HenryK wrote:
On 2/16/2011 6:53 PM, L G wrote: bpuharic wrote: no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? Obama. Your portfolio performance is tied to the unemployment rate? Mine isn't. I don't know, mine seems to be mirroring the unemployment rate lately. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
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GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
In article ,
says... bpuharic wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:41:29 -0500, wrote: In , says... On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% gee. looks like unions are good for WORKING people. and CEO's have had their way in the last 8 years with the GOP. how's our economy doing? we a strong, economically powerful country with no unions? we have an economy that's EXACTLY the way the right wants it no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. I am surprised that the country has been able to do so well all the while union membership has been dwindling. do so well? the middle class hasnt had a pay increase in 35 years. that's the reason demand is low. no pay increases. and that's because the middle class has no unions Sure, Bob. Keep telling yourself that and don't forget to blame a street in New York for your financial problems. I just checked my 401k and it is up 4.3% this year already. Last year it was up 15.8%. Sucks to be me. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:47:04 -0500, BAR wrote:
In article , says... bpuharic wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, wrote: On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? Obama. The stimulus was passed so that the unemployment rate would stay below 8%. That's what Obama promised. The check is in the mail... Which stimulus... there were more than a few.. http://www.economicstimulusdetails.c...timelines.html |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:58:16 -0500, L G wrote:
bpuharic wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:41:29 -0500, wrote: do so well? the middle class hasnt had a pay increase in 35 years. that's the reason demand is low. no pay increases. and that's because the middle class has no unions Sure, Bob. Keep telling yourself that and don't forget to blame a street in New York for your financial problems. and go head and ignore it because they'll do it again and you still wont learn, will you? |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:48:54 -0500, BAR wrote:
In article , says... bpuharic wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:41:29 -0500, wrote: the middle class hasnt had a pay increase in 35 years. that's the reason demand is low. no pay increases. and that's because the middle class has no unions Sure, Bob. Keep telling yourself that and don't forget to blame a street in New York for your financial problems. I just checked my 401k and it is up 4.3% this year already. Last year it was up 15.8%. Sucks to be me. do the math. how much do you have to GAIN to make up for a 35% LOSS like the average 401K lost in 2009? if you cant figure it out, i'll let you know and your 20% increase? i'll give you a hint: it's not enough |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:53:29 -0500, L G wrote:
bpuharic wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, wrote: On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? Obama. HAHAHAH gee. the germans have 6% lots of unions there. social democracy. more liberal than obama.... |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:47:04 -0500, BAR wrote:
In article , says... bpuharic wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, wrote: On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: on't you think they would form a union as fast as they can. because CEO's dont like challenges to their power. and there is no penalty for firing union organizers germany's workers are HEAVILY unionized unemployment in germany right now is 6%. ours is 9% no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? Obama. The stimulus was passed so that the unemployment rate would stay below 8%. That's what Obama promised. The check is in the mail... yeah the GOP did more damage to the economy than anyone knew but the right thinks that's OK |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
HenryK wrote:
On 2/16/2011 6:53 PM, L G wrote: bpuharic wrote: no regulations on wall street no unions so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? Obama. Your portfolio performance is tied to the unemployment rate? Mine isn't. Not mine - not directly anyway. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
bpuharic wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:48:54 -0500, wrote: In , says... bpuharic wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:41:29 -0500, wrote: the middle class hasnt had a pay increase in 35 years. that's the reason demand is low. no pay increases. and that's because the middle class has no unions Sure, Bob. Keep telling yourself that and don't forget to blame a street in New York for your financial problems. I just checked my 401k and it is up 4.3% this year already. Last year it was up 15.8%. Sucks to be me. do the math. how much do you have to GAIN to make up for a 35% LOSS like the average 401K lost in 2009? if you cant figure it out, i'll let you know and your 20% increase? i'll give you a hint: it's not enough Look up dollar cost averaging. Many people, including me, made some outstanding buys when the market went to hell. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On 2/17/2011 6:34 PM, bpuharic wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:53:29 -0500, L wrote: bpuharic wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, wrote: On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? Obama. HAHAHAH gee. the germans have 6% lots of unions there. social democracy. more liberal than obama.... I have relatives in Germany, and the unemployment is close to 20%. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On 2/18/11 6:40 AM, Despot wrote:
On 2/17/2011 6:34 PM, bpuharic wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:53:29 -0500, L wrote: bpuharic wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, wrote: On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? Obama. HAHAHAH gee. the germans have 6% lots of unions there. social democracy. more liberal than obama.... The unemployment rate in Germany this past January was 6.6%. This article from the Minneapolis Post explains why: Germany the new mini-superpower By Robert Marquand | Published Mon, Jan 31 2011 8:37 am BERLIN Quietly at first but less so now, Germany is breaking out of its postwar identity the assumptions and understandings that held it in place for 60 years. Germany is shedding the past, busting old taboos and being more assertive. What an evolving Germany will look like in 20 or even five years is unclear, but will have profound consequences for Europe and the West. Much of the recent breakout is due to a rising German industrial base achieved by elbow grease, niche market savvy, and, as is often said here, by "doing our homework." Germans have looked around lately to find they have the preeminent world-class export economy in Europe. No one else comes close. German precision tools are coveted in Asia and Russia like Fabergι eggs. Germany is building much of the Summer Olympic and World Cup facilities in Brazil. The next generation of Eurostar trains linking the Continent and Britain will be made by Siemens of Germany, not, as they traditionally have been, by Alstom of France a blow to French pride. Germany's new global strategy seeks markets and relations in every direction from Brazil and China to Vietnam and India. France no longer exercises its capacity to "run Europe" but has become a kind of shadow partner of Berlin. Even the city of Berlin, with its bohemian nightclubs and vibrant arts community, has become a hip urban center what some here consider the new Paris of Europe. Germany makes no secret that it desires greater stability between Berlin, Poland, and Moscow. A new amity along the old Weimar corridor would signify a breathtaking change. Overall, Germany spent $120 billion a year in the 1990s to unify the country and rebuild its infrastructure, training its sights on the global marketplace. That helped it pull away from the rest of the EU. Forty percent of Germany's exports now go to the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). The closest EU competitor ships less than 10 percent. German machine-tool exports alone spiked 128 percent between 2009 and 2010. The unemployment rate in Germany hit an 18-year low last fall 7.5 percent. - - - http://www.minnpost.com/worldcsm/201...ini-superpower Germany has its problems, of course, and some of them are damned serious, but it made the sort of capital investment we don't make in this country, especially in infrastructure, and it has a much stronger social safety net than we do. A social democracy can work. A free market democracy does not, not any longer. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
In article ,
says... bpuharic wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:48:54 -0500, wrote: In , says... bpuharic wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:41:29 -0500, wrote: the middle class hasnt had a pay increase in 35 years. that's the reason demand is low. no pay increases. and that's because the middle class has no unions Sure, Bob. Keep telling yourself that and don't forget to blame a street in New York for your financial problems. I just checked my 401k and it is up 4.3% this year already. Last year it was up 15.8%. Sucks to be me. do the math. how much do you have to GAIN to make up for a 35% LOSS like the average 401K lost in 2009? if you cant figure it out, i'll let you know and your 20% increase? i'll give you a hint: it's not enough Look up dollar cost averaging. Many people, including me, made some outstanding buys when the market went to hell. Up another 1/2% in just a day or two. Sucks to be me. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On 2/18/11 8:25 AM, BAR wrote:
Sucks to be me. No doubt about it. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:25:52 -0500, L G wrote:
bpuharic wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:48:54 -0500, wrote: In , says... bpuharic wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:41:29 -0500, wrote: the middle class hasnt had a pay increase in 35 years. that's the reason demand is low. no pay increases. and that's because the middle class has no unions Sure, Bob. Keep telling yourself that and don't forget to blame a street in New York for your financial problems. I just checked my 401k and it is up 4.3% this year already. Last year it was up 15.8%. Sucks to be me. do the math. how much do you have to GAIN to make up for a 35% LOSS like the average 401K lost in 2009? if you cant figure it out, i'll let you know and your 20% increase? i'll give you a hint: it's not enough Look up dollar cost averaging. Many people, including me, made some outstanding buys when the market went to hell. look up how long it takes to recover from a 35% drop in an equity. you cant do the math, obviously. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:40:27 -0500, Despot
wrote: On 2/17/2011 6:34 PM, bpuharic wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:53:29 -0500, L wrote: bpuharic wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, wrote: HAHAHAH gee. the germans have 6% lots of unions there. social democracy. more liberal than obama.... I have relatives in Germany, and the unemployment is close to 20%. wrong. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Econ...spx?symbol=DEM The unemployment rate in Germany was last reported at 7.40 percent in January of 2011. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:47:29 -0500, Harryk
wrote: lots of unions there. social democracy. more liberal than obama.... The unemployment rate in Germany this past January was 6.6%. This article from the Minneapolis Post explains why: Germany the new mini-superpower By Robert Marquand | Published Mon, Jan 31 2011 8:37 am slate m agazine had an article earlier this year about why the US has the income inequality profile of a 3rd world country one reason was the fact the weathly...CEO's, etc. get to set their own salaries another was that our sports figures are very well paid and accounting for about 20% of the difference...in fact, the 3rd most important factor was the low rate of unionization americans have been taught to hate unions. and the rich are laughing all the way to the bank |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says... On 2/18/11 8:25 AM, BAR wrote: Sucks to be me. No doubt about it. 6 weeks into the year and 5.3% increase in value of my 401K. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:02:35 -0500, BAR wrote:
In article , payer3389 says... On 2/18/11 8:25 AM, BAR wrote: Sucks to be me. No doubt about it. 6 weeks into the year and 5.3% increase in value of my 401K. So, Obama must be successfully destroying the economy! |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
Harryk wrote:
On 2/18/11 6:40 AM, Despot wrote: On 2/17/2011 6:34 PM, bpuharic wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:53:29 -0500, L wrote: bpuharic wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, wrote: On 2/14/2011 6:38 AM, bpuharic wrote: so tell me: how we doing?? I don't know about yours but my portfolio is doing quite nicely. Thanks for asking. gee if that's the case why is unemployment at 9%? Obama. HAHAHAH gee. the germans have 6% lots of unions there. social democracy. more liberal than obama.... The unemployment rate in Germany this past January was 6.6%. This article from the Minneapolis Post explains why: Germany the new mini-superpower By Robert Marquand | Published Mon, Jan 31 2011 8:37 am BERLIN Quietly at first but less so now, Germany is breaking out of its postwar identity the assumptions and understandings that held it in place for 60 years. Germany is shedding the past, busting old taboos and being more assertive. What an evolving Germany will look like in 20 or even five years is unclear, but will have profound consequences for Europe and the West. Much of the recent breakout is due to a rising German industrial base achieved by elbow grease, niche market savvy, and, as is often said here, by "doing our homework." Germans have looked around lately to find they have the preeminent world-class export economy in Europe. No one else comes close. German precision tools are coveted in Asia and Russia like Fabergι eggs. Germany is building much of the Summer Olympic and World Cup facilities in Brazil. The next generation of Eurostar trains linking the Continent and Britain will be made by Siemens of Germany, not, as they traditionally have been, by Alstom of France a blow to French pride. Germany's new global strategy seeks markets and relations in every direction from Brazil and China to Vietnam and India. France no longer exercises its capacity to "run Europe" but has become a kind of shadow partner of Berlin. Even the city of Berlin, with its bohemian nightclubs and vibrant arts community, has become a hip urban center what some here consider the new Paris of Europe. Germany makes no secret that it desires greater stability between Berlin, Poland, and Moscow. A new amity along the old Weimar corridor would signify a breathtaking change. Overall, Germany spent $120 billion a year in the 1990s to unify the country and rebuild its infrastructure, training its sights on the global marketplace. That helped it pull away from the rest of the EU. Forty percent of Germany's exports now go to the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). The closest EU competitor ships less than 10 percent. German machine-tool exports alone spiked 128 percent between 2009 and 2010. The unemployment rate in Germany hit an 18-year low last fall 7.5 percent. - - - http://www.minnpost.com/worldcsm/201...ini-superpower Germany has its problems, of course, and some of them are damned serious, but it made the sort of capital investment we don't make in this country, especially in infrastructure, and it has a much stronger social safety net than we do. A social democracy can work. A free market democracy does not, not any longer. Nice cars, too. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
bpuharic wrote:
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:25:52 -0500, L wrote: bpuharic wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:48:54 -0500, wrote: In , says... bpuharic wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:41:29 -0500, wrote: the middle class hasnt had a pay increase in 35 years. that's the reason demand is low. no pay increases. and that's because the middle class has no unions Sure, Bob. Keep telling yourself that and don't forget to blame a street in New York for your financial problems. I just checked my 401k and it is up 4.3% this year already. Last year it was up 15.8%. Sucks to be me. do the math. how much do you have to GAIN to make up for a 35% LOSS like the average 401K lost in 2009? if you cant figure it out, i'll let you know and your 20% increase? i'll give you a hint: it's not enough Look up dollar cost averaging. Many people, including me, made some outstanding buys when the market went to hell. look up how long it takes to recover from a 35% drop in an equity. you cant do the math, obviously. If you let it sit there and stare at it with your blind eyes it will take a lot of time to recover. If you open your wallet and but more when it's low you can make some serious bucks. I know the math very well. So does my accountant! Once again, blind man, look up dollar cost averaging before you post a lame response. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
BAR wrote:
In article8OidnUCjGZmF6MPQnZ2dnUVZ_r2dnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389 @mypacks.net says... On 2/18/11 8:25 AM, BAR wrote: Sucks to be me. No doubt about it. 6 weeks into the year and 5.3% increase in value of my 401K. Despite Obama's policies! Imagine what they could really be without a spend, spend, spend, and tax POTUS? |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:51:40 -0500, L G wrote:
bpuharic wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:25:52 -0500, L wrote: look up how long it takes to recover from a 35% drop in an equity. you cant do the math, obviously. If you let it sit there and stare at it with your blind eyes it will take a lot of time to recover. If you open your wallet and but more when it's low you can make some serious bucks. I know the math very well. So does my accountant! Once again, blind man, look up dollar cost averaging before you post a lame response. hey i work for a living. i did what the right wing said. i trusted wall street. the right said 'the RICH will protect you! if we cut taxes on the RICH that money will flow downhill to the worthless middle class' guess what. it didnt. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:48:54 -0500, L G wrote:
Harryk wrote: Germany has its problems, of course, and some of them are damned serious, but it made the sort of capital investment we don't make in this country, especially in infrastructure, and it has a much stronger social safety net than we do. A social democracy can work. A free market democracy does not, not any longer. Nice cars, too. yep. unions do that |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On 2/18/2011 6:08 PM, bpuharic wrote:
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:40:27 -0500, wrote: On 2/17/2011 6:34 PM, bpuharic wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:53:29 -0500, L wrote: bpuharic wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:28:07 -0500, wrote: HAHAHAH gee. the germans have 6% lots of unions there. social democracy. more liberal than obama.... I have relatives in Germany, and the unemployment is close to 20%. wrong. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Econ...spx?symbol=DEM The unemployment rate in Germany was last reported at 7.40 percent in January of 2011. I know, I know. People would rather believe a lie than the truth. Like the unemployment numbers here in the USA, that don't reflect the actual unemployed. The numbers are manipulated according to some criteria, and the poor schlubs with a political agenda believe them. |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:25:34 -0500, Despot
wrote: On 2/18/2011 6:08 PM, bpuharic wrote: On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:40:27 -0500, wrote: HAHAHAH gee. the germans have 6% lots of unions there. social democracy. more liberal than obama.... I have relatives in Germany, and the unemployment is close to 20%. wrong. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Econ...spx?symbol=DEM The unemployment rate in Germany was last reported at 7.40 percent in January of 2011. I know, I know. People would rather believe a lie than the truth. Like the unemployment numbers here in the USA, that don't reflect the actual unemployed. The numbers are manipulated according to some criteria, and the poor schlubs with a political agenda believe them. i know. the wealthy would prefer we didnt know the truth. as napoleon said, religion is the only thing that keeps the poor from murdering the rich |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
On 2/19/2011 9:51 AM, bpuharic wrote:
On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:25:34 -0500, wrote: On 2/18/2011 6:08 PM, bpuharic wrote: On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:40:27 -0500, wrote: HAHAHAH gee. the germans have 6% lots of unions there. social democracy. more liberal than obama.... I have relatives in Germany, and the unemployment is close to 20%. wrong. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Econ...spx?symbol=DEM The unemployment rate in Germany was last reported at 7.40 percent in January of 2011. I know, I know. People would rather believe a lie than the truth. Like the unemployment numbers here in the USA, that don't reflect the actual unemployed. The numbers are manipulated according to some criteria, and the poor schlubs with a political agenda believe them. i know. the wealthy would prefer we didnt know the truth. as napoleon said, religion is the only thing that keeps the poor from murdering the rich I'm sorry that your retirement fund lost a big chunk of it's value. I understand your bitterness. Greed has many forms, one of which is wealth. Another is power. Wall Street may be the former, but politics is the latter. Socialism gives the power to a few. The few make the decisions for the masses. Where it's been done, it's never ultimately worked. What's that definition of insanity? |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
bpuharic wrote:
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:51:40 -0500, L wrote: bpuharic wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:25:52 -0500, L wrote: look up how long it takes to recover from a 35% drop in an equity. you cant do the math, obviously. If you let it sit there and stare at it with your blind eyes it will take a lot of time to recover. If you open your wallet and but more when it's low you can make some serious bucks. I know the math very well. So does my accountant! Once again, blind man, look up dollar cost averaging before you post a lame response. hey i work for a living. i did what the right wing said. i trusted wall street. the right said 'the RICH will protect you! if we cut taxes on the RICH that money will flow downhill to the worthless middle class' guess what. it didnt. Wall street again, Bob? WTF are you talking about? Your 401K? |
GOP Continues to Kill the Middle Class
bpuharic wrote:
On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:25:34 -0500, wrote: On 2/18/2011 6:08 PM, bpuharic wrote: On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:40:27 -0500, wrote: HAHAHAH gee. the germans have 6% lots of unions there. social democracy. more liberal than obama.... I have relatives in Germany, and the unemployment is close to 20%. wrong. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Econ...spx?symbol=DEM The unemployment rate in Germany was last reported at 7.40 percent in January of 2011. I know, I know. People would rather believe a lie than the truth. Like the unemployment numbers here in the USA, that don't reflect the actual unemployed. The numbers are manipulated according to some criteria, and the poor schlubs with a political agenda believe them. i know. the wealthy would prefer we didnt know the truth. as napoleon said, religion is the only thing that keeps the poor from murdering the rich You are one strange dude, Bob. |
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