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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:44 PM Original message |
Beating the system with Hedge Funds: this makes me sick |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ironies abound |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. i konw a few people who bet against the boom |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. And they had the benefit of the other |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. well, I was smart enough |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Valid point |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. well, I didn't have billions to bet |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Good for you n/t |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. thanks |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That is what makes me sick |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. i would too if could even pay the F'n rent.. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yeah, the biggest joke in the world: |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Bingo n/t |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Greenspan guilty of insider training? I would be shocked! |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yeah, I bet |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. hee-hee. How did you like my freudian slip? |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. That was pretty good! |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R n/t |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I have a problem with Greenspan being an |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. and i bet he didn't pay 1 cent in taxes on it.. unlike the common man who wins the lottery...we pay |
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Lou Syffire (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. No, he paid a business friendly 15% tax on it |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. that is before the loop holes, etc. bill gates paid the same amout of taxes as a worker making $80K |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. Poor Greenspan |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. He is married to |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. What's really sick is that we'd be bailing him out had he bet wrong |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yep taxpayers always lose n/t |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yep, THEY lose their money, WE bail them out. |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. interesting |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Very good point |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. After you "reap" $3-4 billion, why the heck don't you retire? |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-15-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. cause theyre mentallt ill, the suffering they profit from goes way past OCD, THEY NEED INTERVENTION |
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