I'm pretty sure that in the 1920s the word "woke" didn't have anywhere near the meaning it has been christened with today. Maybe Ford could try a little ESG of their own - Engineering & Scientific inGenuity - so that their stock doesn't go down the toilet.
Definitely a good point. Difficult to get an advisor on the phone, you have to leave a message and hope for a call-back in a day or two. Same wait time for email messages.
So how good has the Fed been for keeping our economy running smoothly? The value of the U.S. dollar has fallen by 96% since the Fed was created. They get an "F". Yeah, call me crazy. "The Panic of 1907 caused a 50% market drop." Then with the help of the Fed, the market dropped 90% in 1929-1936. Call me crazy again. As Ronald Reagan warned, run when you hear "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help". It was a mistake to save the banks in trouble in 2008-09, just as it was to save Silicon Valley Bank in 2023. The latter was particularly egregious since the government simply ignored the $250K maximum FDIC limit, and made all depositors whole. They changed the rules AFTER the horse left the barn. Why, if I wasn't told better, I would think that these folks running the Fed, the FDIC and the government are stupid beyond belief. Yes, crazy again.
So that debt was in 2019. Here it is 2023, and that Federal debt has been paid down to $32T!! You said you wanted to make a difference in the debt, didn't you? Well, you may have forgotten 7th grade algebra - a difference is a difference. Who said the difference would be negative? ... or positive??? And we can rely on Congress to add to it.
Will -
It certainly is charitable of you to determine that your parents did not need Social Security. I know I am appreciative when the Democrats (leftists) pre-determine that I have no need of the first amendment, or the second either. I feel so much better when I don't have to make those difficult decisions on my own.
I retired from full-time work a number of years ago. Since then, part-time jobs and mutual fund distributions meant I had to file quarterly taxes. If everyone paid their taxes quarterly, and had to write out a check (no auto-deducts by your employer) there would be instant demand for simplified Fed taxes, and lowering of rates as well. Who would desire to send a check for thousands of dollars every few months, based on what you THINK you will earn, to a system that never seems to have the citizens' interests at heart? And I still haven't found "charity payments to taxpayers" in our Constitution. These allow the Feds to generously distribute the funds of those who work(ed), to those who don't. EITC = 'easy income taxpayer charity'. What's that you say? I just didn't look hard enough - "charity" is immediately before the paragraph for "abortion" in Article XIV? OK then, missed that. I must have dozed off after Article VII. Good to hear that Ms. Yellen had tax return errors. Welcome to the club,
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I'm pretty sure that in the 1920s the word "woke" didn't have anywhere near the meaning it has been christened with today. Maybe Ford could try a little ESG of their own - Engineering & Scientific inGenuity - so that their stock doesn't go down the toilet.
Post: Unwanted Attention
Link to comment from September 18, 2024
Definitely a good point. Difficult to get an advisor on the phone, you have to leave a message and hope for a call-back in a day or two. Same wait time for email messages.
Post: Unwanted Attention
Link to comment from September 18, 2024
So how good has the Fed been for keeping our economy running smoothly? The value of the U.S. dollar has fallen by 96% since the Fed was created. They get an "F". Yeah, call me crazy. "The Panic of 1907 caused a 50% market drop." Then with the help of the Fed, the market dropped 90% in 1929-1936. Call me crazy again. As Ronald Reagan warned, run when you hear "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help". It was a mistake to save the banks in trouble in 2008-09, just as it was to save Silicon Valley Bank in 2023. The latter was particularly egregious since the government simply ignored the $250K maximum FDIC limit, and made all depositors whole. They changed the rules AFTER the horse left the barn. Why, if I wasn't told better, I would think that these folks running the Fed, the FDIC and the government are stupid beyond belief. Yes, crazy again.
Post: Armed and Ready
Link to comment from September 15, 2024
So that debt was in 2019. Here it is 2023, and that Federal debt has been paid down to $32T!! You said you wanted to make a difference in the debt, didn't you? Well, you may have forgotten 7th grade algebra - a difference is a difference. Who said the difference would be negative? ... or positive??? And we can rely on Congress to add to it.
Post: Basket Case
Link to comment from August 7, 2023
Will - It certainly is charitable of you to determine that your parents did not need Social Security. I know I am appreciative when the Democrats (leftists) pre-determine that I have no need of the first amendment, or the second either. I feel so much better when I don't have to make those difficult decisions on my own.
Post: What popular financial advice do you ignore?
Link to comment from August 7, 2023
I retired from full-time work a number of years ago. Since then, part-time jobs and mutual fund distributions meant I had to file quarterly taxes. If everyone paid their taxes quarterly, and had to write out a check (no auto-deducts by your employer) there would be instant demand for simplified Fed taxes, and lowering of rates as well. Who would desire to send a check for thousands of dollars every few months, based on what you THINK you will earn, to a system that never seems to have the citizens' interests at heart? And I still haven't found "charity payments to taxpayers" in our Constitution. These allow the Feds to generously distribute the funds of those who work(ed), to those who don't. EITC = 'easy income taxpayer charity'. What's that you say? I just didn't look hard enough - "charity" is immediately before the paragraph for "abortion" in Article XIV? OK then, missed that. I must have dozed off after Article VII. Good to hear that Ms. Yellen had tax return errors. Welcome to the club,
Post: Yellen About Taxes
Link to comment from December 19, 2022