There was an interesting biography of Marvin Gaye on the other night and alot of time was spent focusing on the Detroit Motown days pre-1972....
Good post. The majority of the populace fail to understand that subsidies completely distort the behavior of consumers for any product whether it...
Tiger's management team and advisors really turned what could have been salvageable within a week of the car accident to a complete public...
I'm just going to throw this out there because I haven't seen it postulated elsewhere. Against the backdrop of all the pending healthcare...
The thread Misthos started earlier today titled "ponzi pensions" indirectly addresses this situation as well. Many retired public school...
And just think a retired schoolteacher, public transportation worker, etc, etc is receiving a defined "benefit" payout equal to a significant...
Yes, Misthos, this is the under the radar "public vs private" war that has been building just beneath the surface for a long time now. In good...
I think we've all seen that they are making all of this garbage up as it comes along. As one blogger puts it "the long emergency". Every effort...
That pretty much summarizes the US situation as well. There is a short lived effect of issuing massive monetary stimulus, yet we find ourselves...
One thing I will mention is that a few years ago while reading all of the user comments on Edmunds, there were an enormous number of complaints by...
And the gigantic elephant in the room are the legacy costs that are bleeding the state dry. Quinn and none of the other hacks in Illinois...
Agree, that would be the last step, to demolish all of the existing unsold homes. There is some evidence it has already started in parts of...
I think Wilburbear's take on housing during a hyperinflation is actually correct even though it may seem illogical. Basic needs would inflate the...
The question as to how these leaders are elected has already been answered in this thread. i.e. Government workers voting en masse to continue...
Did the OP forget to include a sarcastic smiley? As Edgehunter said, there is such a laundry list of dirt on the guy, he would never see the...
Great post Ralph and some much needed reality as it seems all of the bull market platitudes are making an unfortunate comeback.
And in many areas they'd still be correct. I'm sure there are pockets of activity, yet I still see high end properties sitting 2+ years after...
No PRIVATE lending is probably more apropos. It does seem that all sorts of federal programs are back into overdrive and clearly taking up the...
That argument is moot, since war spending isn't going away anytime soon.
I apologize, I'm just used to so much flaming on this board.
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