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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 12:33 PM Original message |
Buffett, Ballmer predict bright economic future |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Both men would appear to be blind to the 70% of the economy |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. They're looking to sell. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Buffett has already pledged 90% of his fortune to charity. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. they can afford the GOOD shit to smoke |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. why do you say that? |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. I was thinking the same... |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. The economy seems to be hitched to the whims and virtues (or perversions) of the rich... True banks |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Someone should tell balmer when m$ stops sending jobs to india THEN ... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Uh... Reality aside, Buffett is a very smart man. Balmer was Bill Gates' college roommate. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. The only problem is... most of the improvement will come after November... |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Billionaires are bad |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. That assertion doesn't make sense. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. It does if you are a Navajo nt |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. And after the Crash of 1929, Rockefeller said stocks were a good investment |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. of course after the crash stocks did end up going back up |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Yeah, and except for the near-universal financial ruin |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Only till March 1930, then a down hill trend til March 1933 |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Hey that sounds familiar! |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good news! |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bright for them; for us, not so much. Race to the bottom bitchez!! |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. La la la la la ...don't worry be happy ...pony for xmas |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. why would you be opposed to the economy getting better? |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
37. what a load |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. Happy talk from the obscenely wealthy. nt |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Of course they get wealthy by knowing how the economy will behave |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. They got lucky, that's all it was, they don't know shit. nt |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. they must want to cash out on some of their stock to try to fool any fool into believing that pile |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. A little reality check here.. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. How does that indicate the economy will not improve? |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's a bright economic future for rich people like them. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Not just the rich, everyone |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Oh really. Goolsbee: High unemployment likely to continue. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Not according to these very knowledgeable men |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Other than these two men, who else is saying unemployment will drop soon? |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. That does it, you can count on roses coming up for you and me and all Americans: you can smoke it |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Oops, there goes the BS "Buffet the Benevolent Billionaire" narrative? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. No, but I have seen plenty of Buffet must be evil BS |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Behind every great fortune is a great crime. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. Headline should be: Buffett, Ballmer predict bright economic future for billionaires like themselves |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
35. "...banks are lending money again, businesses are hiring employees ..." |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-14-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
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