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Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-18-07 05:56 PM
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5. I understand your frustration but many hard working people
have their retirement money in the market. Many pension funds and retirement accounts are depending on Wall Street.
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  -I wish the Dow and Nasdaq would go to "Zero" Jack Sprat  May-18-07 05:53 PM   #0 
  - ...  ima_sinnic   May-18-07 05:55 PM   #1 
  - Yeah good idea. put most Americans out of work. That'll help.  Caution   May-18-07 05:55 PM   #2 
  - Give Them Till October  Demeter   May-18-07 05:55 PM   #3 
  - you've apparently no idea the misery that would cause.  cryingshame   May-18-07 05:56 PM   #4 
  - I understand your frustration but many hard working people  Raven   May-18-07 05:56 PM   #5 
  - Well, if that is so, Raven, and I know you wouldn't lie,  Jack Sprat   May-18-07 06:04 PM   #8 
  - Yeah! Screw all those scumbags  Demobrat   May-18-07 06:01 PM   #6 
  - Right! And inherit "Death taxes", which they  Jack Sprat   May-18-07 06:08 PM   #9 
  - yes would be nice to have a different system  bambino   May-18-07 06:02 PM   #7 
  - yeah let's put a fatwah on all stockholders, death to all of them nt  msongs   May-18-07 06:08 PM   #10 
  - Not death. Just no profit to them  Jack Sprat   May-18-07 06:13 PM   #13 
  - There goes my reitrement  Mz Pip   May-18-07 06:10 PM   #11 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   May-18-07 06:16 PM   #14 
  - Absolutely!  RC Quake   May-18-07 06:32 PM   #20 
  - I feel your pain ... I just wish the media wouldn't focus so much on NYSE  LSparkle   May-18-07 06:10 PM   #12 
  - Yeah, fuck up my 401k. That'll show The Man  LittleClarkie   May-18-07 06:18 PM   #15 
  - Why did you invest your wages in instruments  Jack Sprat   May-18-07 06:31 PM   #19 
  - My retirement  Mz Pip   May-18-07 09:34 PM   #36 
  - My thought exactly (nt)  LuckyTheDog   May-18-07 10:19 PM   #42 
  - Nice, that kills my retirement and most others  Pavulon   May-18-07 06:23 PM   #16 
  - No, don't put your money in a mattress. I have a new  Jack Sprat   May-18-07 06:43 PM   #25 
  - Fuck that!  Balbus   May-18-07 06:27 PM   #17 
  - Would you like to see 90% unemployment in this country?  slackmaster   May-18-07 06:30 PM   #18 
  - Well, I guess I might as well chew  Jack Sprat   May-18-07 06:37 PM   #22 
     - Rant forgiven, we all go off half-cocked once in a while  slackmaster   May-18-07 06:42 PM   #24 
        - Hard Times a'comin'  Allyoop   May-19-07 04:25 PM   #45 
  - Utter Foolishness  qdemn7   May-18-07 06:35 PM   #21 
  - Don't think it will come true, because of what I said.  Jack Sprat   May-18-07 06:40 PM   #23 
  - So you miss the good old days of the 1930's.  theothersnippywshrub   May-18-07 06:44 PM   #26 
  - The soup lines and the togetherness.  Jack Sprat   May-18-07 06:49 PM   #27 
     - Me too. n/t  theothersnippywshrub   May-18-07 07:08 PM   #31 
  - Over-emphasis on corporate profits and CEO bonuses and not enough on worker bees  Robson   May-18-07 06:54 PM   #28 
  - Yeah, you're right  tammywammy   May-18-07 06:56 PM   #29 
  - and HOW MANY american's have their retirement in the market???  dsa   May-18-07 07:05 PM   #30 
  - thesis: when the DJIA increases, income gaps also increase  ngant17   May-18-07 07:15 PM   #32 
  - Not Sure Wishing Such Disaster On All Your Countrymen Is A Liberal Or Even Human Thing To Desire.  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   May-18-07 07:17 PM   #33 
  - But he really hates "corporations"  tammywammy   May-18-07 08:05 PM   #35 
  - yeah, right, beggar all the old folks who put  Warpy   May-18-07 07:31 PM   #34 
  - So you are praying for another depression?  gravity   May-18-07 09:37 PM   #37 
  - Sounds like fun!  rucky   May-18-07 09:39 PM   #38 
  - At the height of US "prosperity" look at what the numbers were  SoCalDem   May-18-07 09:48 PM   #39 
  - That's okay Jack Sprat, I know what you mean, and I have an  Ilsa   May-18-07 10:09 PM   #40 
  - Thanks, Ilsa. You know that I went way overboard  Jack Sprat   May-19-07 04:09 PM   #43 
  - I was going to say something  The Inquisitive   May-18-07 10:16 PM   #41 
  - Be carefull what you wish for. This fall will be the fall of the stock market. Not to zero, but  Neshanic   May-19-07 04:17 PM   #44 
 

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