Reply #57: "Don't you see what's happening here?

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Potter isn't selling, he's buying. Why? Because we're panicking and he's not."

Of course, a large safe full of cash does tend to keep a person from panicking.

I hate to say it, but I think some of the OP is excessively pessimistic. Doom and gloom, and it has kinda been that way for decades. In 1984, Mondale was all pessimistic and Reagan was all gung ho and rah rah. The rah rah won big. Perhaps it is something that many people find out in their 30s, that the 'American Dream' is not just handed to them because they went to college. They've gotta fight for it just like every other rat in the rat race. It's hard work and stressful and risky, not the rose garden that we were sorta promised if we worked hard in school.