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[quote=electric319]Investors pay only 15% on capital gains.[/quote]

So anyone who sells stock is wealthy in your book?

What about a secretary who gets some company stock and needs to sell it to pay bills?

I’m curious: what would you define, let’s say in household income, as wealthy folks that should get hammered? Should every doctor get hammered? Or only anesthesiologists? What about a family comprised of two engineers? Are they evil simply by nature of the profession they chose?

Who are these evil folks who Bush evilly helped?

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[quote=electric319]Investors pay only 15% on capital gains.[/quote]

So anyone who sells stock is wealthy in your book?

What about a secretary who gets some company stock and needs to sell it to pay bills?

I’m curious: what would you define, let’s say in household income, as wealthy folks that should get hammered? Should every doctor get hammered? Or only anesthesiologists? What about a family comprised of two engineers? Are they evil simply by nature of the profession they chose?

Who are these evil folks who Bush evilly helped?

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Hmm, actually you might be able to read it online for free if you register (I had the hardcopy).

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Hmm, actually you might be able to read it online for free if you register (I had the hardcopy).

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Hmm, actually you might be able to read it online for free if you register (I had the hardcopy).

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Hmm, actually you might be able to read it online for free if you register (I had the hardcopy).

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Hmm, actually you might be able to read it online for free if you register (I had the hardcopy).

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Amazingly, this month’s Foreign Affairs has an article on *exactly* the topic we’ve been discussing here recently. That is (as I see it):

Are the U.S.’s best days behind it?
Will there be another global leader, and if so, whom?, etc.

This article discusses *exactly* those topics.
Here’s a snippet, but to get the whole thing you have to be a subscriber, buy it on the newsstand, or wait a month and then read it online.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65239/josef-joffe/the-default-power

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Amazingly, this month’s Foreign Affairs has an article on *exactly* the topic we’ve been discussing here recently. That is (as I see it):

Are the U.S.’s best days behind it?
Will there be another global leader, and if so, whom?, etc.

This article discusses *exactly* those topics.
Here’s a snippet, but to get the whole thing you have to be a subscriber, buy it on the newsstand, or wait a month and then read it online.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65239/josef-joffe/the-default-power

[KSMountain]

Amazingly, this month’s Foreign Affairs has an article on *exactly* the topic we’ve been discussing here recently. That is (as I see it):

Are the U.S.’s best days behind it?
Will there be another global leader, and if so, whom?, etc.

This article discusses *exactly* those topics.
Here’s a snippet, but to get the whole thing you have to be a subscriber, buy it on the newsstand, or wait a month and then read it online.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65239/josef-joffe/the-default-power

[KSMountain]

Amazingly, this month’s Foreign Affairs has an article on *exactly* the topic we’ve been discussing here recently. That is (as I see it):

Are the U.S.’s best days behind it?
Will there be another global leader, and if so, whom?, etc.

This article discusses *exactly* those topics.
Here’s a snippet, but to get the whole thing you have to be a subscriber, buy it on the newsstand, or wait a month and then read it online.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65239/josef-joffe/the-default-power

[KSMountain]

Amazingly, this month’s Foreign Affairs has an article on *exactly* the topic we’ve been discussing here recently. That is (as I see it):

Are the U.S.’s best days behind it?
Will there be another global leader, and if so, whom?, etc.

This article discusses *exactly* those topics.
Here’s a snippet, but to get the whole thing you have to be a subscriber, buy it on the newsstand, or wait a month and then read it online.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65239/josef-joffe/the-default-power

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I’ll bet people thought we were down for good during the depression, and the dust bowl, and during the early 80’s what with the Japanese were going to kick our ass, etc, etc, etc.

It was never permanent.

Economics is *cyclical* people. California had a budget surplus in the many billions as recently as 1999, do we really think that will *never* happen again?

Why is it “different this time”? Anytime I hear that implication, either on the way up or the way down, I immediately get *very* skeptical.

Even the soviet union, yes they had a multigenerational event, but it’s not like society there collapsed and they’re all cannibalizing each other. The average citizen has not had to stock up on gold and ammo there to get through their day as far as I can tell.

Now one thing I will say: I believe demographics is destiny. So countries like Japan, Russia, lots of W. European countries – they got major troubles coming their way.

India and China look very strong demographically, but actually, due to immigration (legal/illegal, a whole other topic) guess who else has a relatively large worker pool coming on line in the decades to come?: the U.S.

Think I’ll pour a glass of Cab and sleep soundly tonight.

[KSMountain]

I’ll bet people thought we were down for good during the depression, and the dust bowl, and during the early 80’s what with the Japanese were going to kick our ass, etc, etc, etc.

It was never permanent.

Economics is *cyclical* people. California had a budget surplus in the many billions as recently as 1999, do we really think that will *never* happen again?

Why is it “different this time”? Anytime I hear that implication, either on the way up or the way down, I immediately get *very* skeptical.

Even the soviet union, yes they had a multigenerational event, but it’s not like society there collapsed and they’re all cannibalizing each other. The average citizen has not had to stock up on gold and ammo there to get through their day as far as I can tell.

Now one thing I will say: I believe demographics is destiny. So countries like Japan, Russia, lots of W. European countries – they got major troubles coming their way.

India and China look very strong demographically, but actually, due to immigration (legal/illegal, a whole other topic) guess who else has a relatively large worker pool coming on line in the decades to come?: the U.S.

Think I’ll pour a glass of Cab and sleep soundly tonight.

[KSMountain]

I’ll bet people thought we were down for good during the depression, and the dust bowl, and during the early 80’s what with the Japanese were going to kick our ass, etc, etc, etc.

It was never permanent.

Economics is *cyclical* people. California had a budget surplus in the many billions as recently as 1999, do we really think that will *never* happen again?

Why is it “different this time”? Anytime I hear that implication, either on the way up or the way down, I immediately get *very* skeptical.

Even the soviet union, yes they had a multigenerational event, but it’s not like society there collapsed and they’re all cannibalizing each other. The average citizen has not had to stock up on gold and ammo there to get through their day as far as I can tell.

Now one thing I will say: I believe demographics is destiny. So countries like Japan, Russia, lots of W. European countries – they got major troubles coming their way.

India and China look very strong demographically, but actually, due to immigration (legal/illegal, a whole other topic) guess who else has a relatively large worker pool coming on line in the decades to come?: the U.S.

Think I’ll pour a glass of Cab and sleep soundly tonight.

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