tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7260009398098297454..comments2024-03-28T06:22:12.262-05:00Comments on Althouse: Anne Applebaum prattles about the divide in America between the upper-middle class and the lower-middle class.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3293219991486734242011-11-16T23:14:42.705-06:002011-11-16T23:14:42.705-06:00He’s had a very successful blogging career over th...He’s had a very successful blogging career over the past year and has taken off for quite sometime, but now he’s back and ready to start blogging. <a href="http://www.humanitravels.com/" rel="nofollow">volunteer peru</a>zack@https://www.blogger.com/profile/01948704090024611753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52294819831320271802011-11-01T19:43:28.733-05:002011-11-01T19:43:28.733-05:00That's right, sorepaw the terrorist aka Byro B...<b>That's right, sorepaw the terrorist aka Byro Bendapen--IPs already been traced. Wait n see, you braindead LDS yokel. Po' lil J**ey <br /><br />lets hear yr explanation of Maxwell's demon, genius and "Pynchonian". a googlin' time</b><br /><br />Most interesting.<br /><br />When Mitochondri-Allie mentioned Dr. Deborah Frisch, J launched into denouncing me again, and babbling about the imaginary Byro to boot.<br /><br />Since I'd started inquiring about Dr. Frisch, J had been consistently avoiding any references to me.<br /><br />Mito hit a nerve.<br /><br />For sure, if J really thinks I'm Tyrone, or a Mormon, or from Sacramento, J is as serious a whack-job as Dr. Frisch.sorepawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897026983666453798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22537475412758466422011-11-01T00:00:07.171-05:002011-11-01T00:00:07.171-05:00Applebaum doesn't have a clue what reality is....Applebaum doesn't have a clue what reality is. Few people anywhere near the Beltway do.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15009598552883370732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-420488460054441042011-10-30T21:09:16.380-05:002011-10-30T21:09:16.380-05:00NY - not sure who you are talking to there. The mo...NY - not sure who you are talking to there. The most obvious recipient of your advice would be J, but he seems to be gone. Plus, my memory is that you seem to tend to fall on the same side of the political line as he does. <br /><br />With J gone, the discussion seems to have calmed down a bit.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13928554192188017722011-10-30T20:48:11.152-05:002011-10-30T20:48:11.152-05:00try to be relevant and stop insulting people. What...try to be relevant and stop insulting people. Whatever language you would use to someone in your home or your community is the language you should use here. If you have so much aggression that you have to hide behind a keyboard and utter obscenities, scatological, homophobic and sexist humor, and cruel insults, it might be time for some therapy before you seriously hurt yourself or someone else.new yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267302981018523356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8114945925768101612011-10-30T19:32:29.242-05:002011-10-30T19:32:29.242-05:00Thus when you read one of their comments on rating...<i> Thus when you read one of their comments on rating agencies you can immediately tell they are faking because they cannot distinguish between ratings on tranches within a security or the implications of risk that those tranches<br />represent. </i><br /><br />Righto. This is when you know you have an 'advisor' and not just a product pusher. When he/she can explain CMO's, how they work, what tranches are and lets you know what level tranch you actually own and how much risk you are taking on.<br /><br />I stopped selling Fannie and Freddie years ago (about 2007-8) when they started offering teaser rates and step rates. It smelled! And when I looked at the underlying investments in the tranch...uh oh. Risky risky. Even IF there was an implied government backing.<br /><br />Once again. So glad to be out of the biz.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6507683210872122522011-10-30T19:28:18.207-05:002011-10-30T19:28:18.207-05:00DBQ. Thanks for the clarification. I dread the com...DBQ. Thanks for the clarification. I dread the compulsary unloading of my retirement accounts even as i continue to work and end up in a high bracket.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258681007386089907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73844455118001313322011-10-30T19:25:41.893-05:002011-10-30T19:25:41.893-05:00Seeing Red. J knows absolutely norhing about econo...Seeing Red. J knows absolutely norhing about economics and his quick trips to Wiki are just enough to salvage some vocabulary that is strung together incoherently. The left has always been a place that prides itself as being above business and thus leftists are poorly equiped to discuss finance. They have a sting of slogans which change slightly with the times but they dont know what they mean. Thus when you read one of their comments on rating agencies you can immediately tell they are faking because they cannot distinguish between ratings on tranches within a security or the implications of risk that those tranches <br />represent. When challenged they resort to ad hominem or retreat to a different topic. Unfortunately they are only parroting what they have learned from their instructors in college or the blogs of the left which are also challenged on business topics.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258681007386089907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69230682266007291972011-10-30T19:25:33.053-05:002011-10-30T19:25:33.053-05:00401k's are not directly affected by cap gains ...401k's are not directly affected by cap gains since all gains are deferred and treated as ordinary income when withdrawn....but the rate of cap gains has an effect.<br /><br />God. I'm glad I don't do this anymore.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26690153899069544692011-10-30T19:23:56.337-05:002011-10-30T19:23:56.337-05:00I am afraid you misinformed Inspector Cuntseau . I...I am afraid you misinformed Inspector Cuntseau . I am not and I have never been Sixty Grit. He is a good man and knows a phony liar when he sees one. He is not afraid to call you out. I admire him.<br /><br />But don't fear. You are a protected species here along with J and your other alter ego Jeremy. You drive up hits and comments for the Althouse woman. She loves that.Audie Murphys Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16189031570063396372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37519243639519855322011-10-30T19:23:44.301-05:002011-10-30T19:23:44.301-05:00@ Michael and Seeing Red
Capital gains taxes affe...@ Michael and Seeing Red<br /><br />Capital gains taxes affect not only individual investments, but also mutual funds and yes, even 401ks which consist of tax deferred mutual funds in that the impact of capital gains taxes will change or affect the way the fund managers trade. <br /><br />The frequency of trading or the choices that they make may be altered when cap gains are higher than when lower and the investments they chose to 'turn' will be affected by capital gains which are passed on to the share holders......no matter what their tax status is at the time. <br /><br />Capital gains in a mutual fund can be a killer if you don't pay attention and buy a fund loaded with cap gains (short term and long term) near the end of the year. This is why your advisor, or yourself if you are trading solo, should be aware of not just the share prices but also any embedded cap gains.<br /><br />Just a thought.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27179331057454207452011-10-30T19:15:31.626-05:002011-10-30T19:15:31.626-05:00"I say we make a lot of stuff like video game..."I say we make a lot of stuff like video games etc and that is what a lot of people are buying today."<br /><br />We're attracting quite a bit of these guys away from the US to Montreal and Vancouver. Montreal gives big tax breaks. <br /><br />:) <br /><br />In general I'd say Germany is an excellent model for keeping/ helping industry.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />HHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br /><br /><br />No.Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27726723394964927122011-10-30T19:08:06.082-05:002011-10-30T19:08:06.082-05:00Not you, Michael. J was yapping about 401ks, the K...Not you, Michael. J was yapping about 401ks, the Koch Brothers & Rush paying capital gains taxes, the middle class maybe getting a few sheckels more and I couldn't understand what he was talking about.<br /><br />Since:<br /><br />Most of our middle-class monies are in our retirements accounts and we don't pay any capital gains at all. Any middle-class person in a 401K avoids those too low capital gains taxes for decades, EXCEPT those evil, rich guys who trade in taxable, and pay all those nasty cheap capital gains as they go along.<br /><br />IF anything, he should be yelling at we bourgeois who avoid paying those nasty taxes for decades.Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79804687593721838622011-10-30T18:56:07.917-05:002011-10-30T18:56:07.917-05:00It's actually been interesting to see the leng...It's actually been interesting to see the lengths you will go to Sixty. Dontcha have anyone to love ya? No wonder. People who were never loved grow up a sick twisted people, I actually feel sorry for you, well no maybe I don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3770169939358533892011-10-30T18:52:54.965-05:002011-10-30T18:52:54.965-05:00A child's suicide, what child, your imaginary...A child's suicide, what child, your imaginary son Audie Murphy? You are Sixty Grit, that is pretty obvious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68228437394221412562011-10-30T18:48:46.072-05:002011-10-30T18:48:46.072-05:00You seem to be fixated on a child's suicide Mi...You seem to be fixated on a child's suicide Mitzie. <br /><br />Is that a personal story you are relating.<br /><br />Did your non-existent daughter suffer from PTSD?<br /><br />Or did she off herself because you are her mother?<br /><br />Now that we can believe.Audie Murphys Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16189031570063396372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73195388228073787032011-10-30T18:01:42.480-05:002011-10-30T18:01:42.480-05:00One of the "Right from God as Holy Truth"...One of the "Right from God as Holy Truth" beliefs of rightwingers and of course their wealthy donors is the Screed that tax cuts or the wealthy "jobs creators" class causes growth and massive job creation. Saint Reagan PROVED it!<br /><br />Alas, it appears that only certain tax cuts at certain times work, and the rest of the time they are a banquet for plutocrats that create no growth or jobs...only debts to China to pay off later.<br /><br /><i>"Republicans favor tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, but these had no stimulative effect during the George W. Bush Administration and Obama Administration, and there is no reason to believe that more of them will have any today," writes Bruce Bartlett. He's an economist who worked for Republican congressmen and in the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.</i><br /><br />On the other hand, despite the screams of free traders that Smoot-Hawley and all tariffs are the Devil's handmaiden - tariffs created US industries and grew jobs. The Tariff notion against China's destruction of industries is not just a Romney and Trump idea - it is spreading fast to Europe, Africa, and Latin America which have all seen jobs and local economies centering on 2-3 domestic industries destroyed by lowest bid global labor. <br /><br />The rise in the U.S. trade deficit with China between 1997 and 2006 has displaced production that could have supported 2,166,000 U.S. jobs directly and cost another 1.8 million in jobs losses related to loss of economic money multipliers in excess of the jobs created by more disposable income from cheap ChinaStuff. <br />Of course China would retaliate and continue to insist it has the right to dump, currency manipulate, engage in intellectual property theft, and produce under dismal environmental and workers rights conditions. Even buy less Boeing jets. <br />But if the world says enough! - China with its lopsided balances would be the loser in any trade war. A whole different circumstance than with the balanced trade conditions tariffs did not help in, in the Great Depression.Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24303531175222935992011-10-30T17:46:04.642-05:002011-10-30T17:46:04.642-05:00Dr.Frisch is responsible for restoring the sanity ...Dr.Frisch is responsible for restoring the sanity of Audie's Mom after her son committed suicide in her basement. What a success story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2364680663560694462011-10-30T17:27:05.593-05:002011-10-30T17:27:05.593-05:00Government … cannot create long term jobs …
Ever...<i>Government … cannot create long term jobs …</i><br /><br />Every so-called job created by government comes out of the pockets of the taxpayers – most of the time at great cost. It would be cheaper to merely give the money away. But that would be a guaranteed annual wage which would also be hugely problematic. Anytime the government attempts to create jobs it only makes things worse. <br /><br />Every “jobs program” ever created by government has been an abject failure – from FDR through Obama. The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, and others since those examples never really helped anyone get permanent jobs. Government paid-for training is usually a farce.<br /><br />In the areas of jobs and employment the government can only improve these things by getting out of the way. I am by no means against some regulation of the private sector but much regulation only serves to hamper the economy.gracklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138997480493469444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90398578147477327122011-10-30T16:55:21.921-05:002011-10-30T16:55:21.921-05:00What is really amazing about Dr Deborah Frisch has...What is really amazing about Dr Deborah Frisch has a daughter who is a Navy Seal that was in the team that got Bin Laden.<br /><br />In her mind.Audie Murphys Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16189031570063396372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29408021134009501062011-10-30T16:53:18.121-05:002011-10-30T16:53:18.121-05:00Seeing Red. My bad, ordinary income for 401s. I wa...Seeing Red. My bad, ordinary income for 401s. I was thinking mutual funds when i wrote.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08258681007386089907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80169679364495824872011-10-30T16:41:06.944-05:002011-10-30T16:41:06.944-05:00Multiple spam accounts (note no info,no profile, n...Multiple spam accounts (note no info,no profile, no blog)--not too bright Byro perp. IN fact a felony at times. Heh heh. CDC time, terrorist. Yr the psych. case here little hs dropout. -druggieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57665876249159018072011-10-30T16:37:47.184-05:002011-10-30T16:37:47.184-05:00That's right, sorepaw the terrorist aka Byro B...That's right, <b>sorepaw</b> the terrorist aka Byro Bendapen--IPs already been traced. Wait n see, you braindead LDS yokel. Po' lil J**ey <br /><br /> lets hear yr explanation of Maxwell's demon, genius and "Pynchonian". a googlin' timeJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36577117395052334762011-10-30T16:35:34.575-05:002011-10-30T16:35:34.575-05:00Wow Sorepaw, I looked up Dr.Deborah Frisch, you ma...Wow Sorepaw, I looked up Dr.Deborah Frisch, you may be on to something. There is nothing scarier than when a psychologist has a nervous break down, our staff psychiatrist used to strip naked in the front lobby and be hauled off to the Psych ward once a year, like clockwork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46508687950916662242011-10-30T16:33:54.047-05:002011-10-30T16:33:54.047-05:00Lord Keynes vs the Dirt Bunny Queen!: The intro...Lord Keynes vs the Dirt Bunny Queen!: <i>The introduction of a substantial Government transfer tax on all [stock market] transactions might prove the most serviceable reform available, with a view to mitigating the predominance of speculation over enterprise in the United States.</i><br /><br />Alas, you appear to have been refuted, Miss DBQ (the evils of speculation a rather common theme in the Gen.Theory. Maybe take it on DBQ)Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.com