[patientlywaiting]

All the tech investments were due to public companies and IPO-wishful companies falling all over themselves to have “competitive advantages” so that they could claim higher stock prices.

That was a bubble onto itself. They were spending other people’s money.

Private companies are best to invest slowly and incrementally to take advantage of dropping prices of technology.

For example companies who invested in custom ERP or HR systems overpaid (and they will continue to overpay in maintenance and customization) because new off-the-shelf software is better.

If I owned a private company that were generating loads of cash (like Cindy McCain’s company) I would not spend it willy-nilly on unproven tech.

Would you upgrade hundreds or thousands of PCs when Windows 2000 or XP is good enough?

We are entering a new back-to-basic paradigm where operating cash flows (not wishful anticipated revenues) determine values of businesses.

Tech spending will shrink but it won’t be Obama’s fault.

[patientlywaiting]

All the tech investments were due to public companies and IPO-wishful companies falling all over themselves to have “competitive advantages” so that they could claim higher stock prices.

That was a bubble onto itself. They were spending other people’s money.

Private companies are best to invest slowly and incrementally to take advantage of dropping prices of technology.

For example companies who invested in custom ERP or HR systems overpaid (and they will continue to overpay in maintenance and customization) because new off-the-shelf software is better.

If I owned a private company that were generating loads of cash (like Cindy McCain’s company) I would not spend it willy-nilly on unproven tech.

Would you upgrade hundreds or thousands of PCs when Windows 2000 or XP is good enough?

We are entering a new back-to-basic paradigm where operating cash flows (not wishful anticipated revenues) determine values of businesses.

Tech spending will shrink but it won’t be Obama’s fault.

[patientlywaiting]

All the tech investments were due to public companies and IPO-wishful companies falling all over themselves to have “competitive advantages” so that they could claim higher stock prices.

That was a bubble onto itself. They were spending other people’s money.

Private companies are best to invest slowly and incrementally to take advantage of dropping prices of technology.

For example companies who invested in custom ERP or HR systems overpaid (and they will continue to overpay in maintenance and customization) because new off-the-shelf software is better.

If I owned a private company that were generating loads of cash (like Cindy McCain’s company) I would not spend it willy-nilly on unproven tech.

Would you upgrade hundreds or thousands of PCs when Windows 2000 or XP is good enough?

We are entering a new back-to-basic paradigm where operating cash flows (not wishful anticipated revenues) determine values of businesses.

Tech spending will shrink but it won’t be Obama’s fault.

[patientlywaiting]

All the tech investments were due to public companies and IPO-wishful companies falling all over themselves to have “competitive advantages” so that they could claim higher stock prices.

That was a bubble onto itself. They were spending other people’s money.

Private companies are best to invest slowly and incrementally to take advantage of dropping prices of technology.

For example companies who invested in custom ERP or HR systems overpaid (and they will continue to overpay in maintenance and customization) because new off-the-shelf software is better.

If I owned a private company that were generating loads of cash (like Cindy McCain’s company) I would not spend it willy-nilly on unproven tech.

Would you upgrade hundreds or thousands of PCs when Windows 2000 or XP is good enough?

We are entering a new back-to-basic paradigm where operating cash flows (not wishful anticipated revenues) determine values of businesses.

Tech spending will shrink but it won’t be Obama’s fault.

[patientlywaiting]

All the tech investments were due to public companies and IPO-wishful companies falling all over themselves to have “competitive advantages” so that they could claim higher stock prices.

That was a bubble onto itself. They were spending other people’s money.

Private companies are best to invest slowly and incrementally to take advantage of dropping prices of technology.

For example companies who invested in custom ERP or HR systems overpaid (and they will continue to overpay in maintenance and customization) because new off-the-shelf software is better.

If I owned a private company that were generating loads of cash (like Cindy McCain’s company) I would not spend it willy-nilly on unproven tech.

Would you upgrade hundreds or thousands of PCs when Windows 2000 or XP is good enough?

We are entering a new back-to-basic paradigm where operating cash flows (not wishful anticipated revenues) determine values of businesses.

Tech spending will shrink but it won’t be Obama’s fault.

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=UCGal]strictly an anectdotal observation based on friends who’ve sold..

Move about 90% of your stuff to storage. Have the barest minimum to “stage” the house, and live in it as a staged house.

All personal photos, kids toys, any art work that isn’t 100% bland… take it out. Take out 1/2 of the furniture to make it look more spacious. Make sure nothing is on the kitchen counter. Even hide the toothbrushes and other stuff that ends up on bathroom counters.

It’s a pain, but it’s worked for friends.[/quote]

People should learn to live like that all the time!

Imagine all the money saved from living a simple life with little possessions. An uncluttered house means a broad, open mind. Clutter means complication and difficulty of character.

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=UCGal]strictly an anectdotal observation based on friends who’ve sold..

Move about 90% of your stuff to storage. Have the barest minimum to “stage” the house, and live in it as a staged house.

All personal photos, kids toys, any art work that isn’t 100% bland… take it out. Take out 1/2 of the furniture to make it look more spacious. Make sure nothing is on the kitchen counter. Even hide the toothbrushes and other stuff that ends up on bathroom counters.

It’s a pain, but it’s worked for friends.[/quote]

People should learn to live like that all the time!

Imagine all the money saved from living a simple life with little possessions. An uncluttered house means a broad, open mind. Clutter means complication and difficulty of character.

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=UCGal]strictly an anectdotal observation based on friends who’ve sold..

Move about 90% of your stuff to storage. Have the barest minimum to “stage” the house, and live in it as a staged house.

All personal photos, kids toys, any art work that isn’t 100% bland… take it out. Take out 1/2 of the furniture to make it look more spacious. Make sure nothing is on the kitchen counter. Even hide the toothbrushes and other stuff that ends up on bathroom counters.

It’s a pain, but it’s worked for friends.[/quote]

People should learn to live like that all the time!

Imagine all the money saved from living a simple life with little possessions. An uncluttered house means a broad, open mind. Clutter means complication and difficulty of character.

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=UCGal]strictly an anectdotal observation based on friends who’ve sold..

Move about 90% of your stuff to storage. Have the barest minimum to “stage” the house, and live in it as a staged house.

All personal photos, kids toys, any art work that isn’t 100% bland… take it out. Take out 1/2 of the furniture to make it look more spacious. Make sure nothing is on the kitchen counter. Even hide the toothbrushes and other stuff that ends up on bathroom counters.

It’s a pain, but it’s worked for friends.[/quote]

People should learn to live like that all the time!

Imagine all the money saved from living a simple life with little possessions. An uncluttered house means a broad, open mind. Clutter means complication and difficulty of character.

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=UCGal]strictly an anectdotal observation based on friends who’ve sold..

Move about 90% of your stuff to storage. Have the barest minimum to “stage” the house, and live in it as a staged house.

All personal photos, kids toys, any art work that isn’t 100% bland… take it out. Take out 1/2 of the furniture to make it look more spacious. Make sure nothing is on the kitchen counter. Even hide the toothbrushes and other stuff that ends up on bathroom counters.

It’s a pain, but it’s worked for friends.[/quote]

People should learn to live like that all the time!

Imagine all the money saved from living a simple life with little possessions. An uncluttered house means a broad, open mind. Clutter means complication and difficulty of character.

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=SD Realtor]

The problem is your presuming we actually have a say in what our tax dollars, our childrens tax dollars, and our grandchildrens tax dollars are spent on. Clearly they are not. In fact the first failed bailout was a joke and this recent bailout is not much more then a spending spree by our government. Explain to me how over 300 million in std prevention is a bailout?

The bottom line is this will all be backstopped by the government.

It doesn’t matter if our leaders are democrats or republicans.

[/quote]

SD Realtor, we need to differentiate between bailout, stimulus and spending.

I’m for letting the market self-correct.

But how is a bailout of the irresponsible better then spending to help the people who were left out during the prosperous years?

Isn’t stimulus all about getting the money flowing in the economy?

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=SD Realtor]

The problem is your presuming we actually have a say in what our tax dollars, our childrens tax dollars, and our grandchildrens tax dollars are spent on. Clearly they are not. In fact the first failed bailout was a joke and this recent bailout is not much more then a spending spree by our government. Explain to me how over 300 million in std prevention is a bailout?

The bottom line is this will all be backstopped by the government.

It doesn’t matter if our leaders are democrats or republicans.

[/quote]

SD Realtor, we need to differentiate between bailout, stimulus and spending.

I’m for letting the market self-correct.

But how is a bailout of the irresponsible better then spending to help the people who were left out during the prosperous years?

Isn’t stimulus all about getting the money flowing in the economy?

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=SD Realtor]

The problem is your presuming we actually have a say in what our tax dollars, our childrens tax dollars, and our grandchildrens tax dollars are spent on. Clearly they are not. In fact the first failed bailout was a joke and this recent bailout is not much more then a spending spree by our government. Explain to me how over 300 million in std prevention is a bailout?

The bottom line is this will all be backstopped by the government.

It doesn’t matter if our leaders are democrats or republicans.

[/quote]

SD Realtor, we need to differentiate between bailout, stimulus and spending.

I’m for letting the market self-correct.

But how is a bailout of the irresponsible better then spending to help the people who were left out during the prosperous years?

Isn’t stimulus all about getting the money flowing in the economy?

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=SD Realtor]

The problem is your presuming we actually have a say in what our tax dollars, our childrens tax dollars, and our grandchildrens tax dollars are spent on. Clearly they are not. In fact the first failed bailout was a joke and this recent bailout is not much more then a spending spree by our government. Explain to me how over 300 million in std prevention is a bailout?

The bottom line is this will all be backstopped by the government.

It doesn’t matter if our leaders are democrats or republicans.

[/quote]

SD Realtor, we need to differentiate between bailout, stimulus and spending.

I’m for letting the market self-correct.

But how is a bailout of the irresponsible better then spending to help the people who were left out during the prosperous years?

Isn’t stimulus all about getting the money flowing in the economy?

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=SD Realtor]

The problem is your presuming we actually have a say in what our tax dollars, our childrens tax dollars, and our grandchildrens tax dollars are spent on. Clearly they are not. In fact the first failed bailout was a joke and this recent bailout is not much more then a spending spree by our government. Explain to me how over 300 million in std prevention is a bailout?

The bottom line is this will all be backstopped by the government.

It doesn’t matter if our leaders are democrats or republicans.

[/quote]

SD Realtor, we need to differentiate between bailout, stimulus and spending.

I’m for letting the market self-correct.

But how is a bailout of the irresponsible better then spending to help the people who were left out during the prosperous years?

Isn’t stimulus all about getting the money flowing in the economy?

[Author]

Posts