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Just for the heck of it I fooled around with the "https://howmuch.net/articles/where-the-working-class-can-afford-to-live" site mentioned above. That page invites you to try their "True Cost of Living Tool". So I did.
Now San Francisco is a fairly …
"but in what way is this leftwing??"
@davidrmoran- Really now. Need I draw pictures? This left-wing propaganda depicts reality, and undoubtedly used math to draw it's obviously biased and spurious conclusions.
@davidrmoran- It should come as no surprise that all right-wing members of Congress are required to swear a mighty oath to disavow and repudiate any concept involving reality, math, or science.
One of the largest homes on our block in SF was completely remodeled about five years ago, (including an ostentatious "fountain sculpture" in front) and then put up for sale. Asian buyers paid (a very large amount) in cash. The house has sat empty e…
@Kaspa- To tell you the truth, I'm totally confused by the development of this post.
• Maurice posted a commentary seeking to make an analogy between the NFL and intrinsic value, as if from the viewpoint of Marty Whitman. OK so far.
• Ted replied …
@Maurice- don't know about you, but any article or comment which includes either the phrase "at the end of the day" or the word "stakeholders" is automatically disregarded in its entirety.
@Mark: Well, seems like Ted isn't going to answer you, so I'll take a stab at it. Ted sits there smugly in his comfy cocoon surrounded by large amounts of money... sort of like Scrooge McDuck. He knows that he has no worries about his credit... hell…
"The latest stuff I've just read makes me think that Equifax has scammed me, and millions of others."
Nah- Equifax is a highly principled consumer-oriented organization whose overriding interest is the public good. Just look at their track record- …
@VintageFreak- The new Republican tax-cut proposal specifically exempts anyone with an income over $10m from jail. (Note that I didn't say "anyone earning an income")
You can't make me believe that WB had no idea of what was going on at Wells Fargo. Maybe not all of the gory details, but he HAD to know that something was rotten there. If not, he's no manager.
I'm afraid that I still don't understand the concept of being required to pay someone else to prevent harm being done to me. This differs from mafia "protection" exactly how?
@Ted- I guess maybe I didn't make that too clear: The URL "http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussions/mine" will return you to your discussions, but will return me to my discussions, and David to his discussions.
Correction: In fooling a…
@Ted- Unfortunately, that will return David to his own discussions. What you want is:
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussions/7/Ted
Pretty cute idea, though! :)
"if anyone wants to admit to owning this fund, he or she must be terribly embarrassed to admit it."
I'm terribly embarrassed to admit that there's no way that I could even think about owning this fund. Saved from myself yet again!
@hank- Thanks much for your detailed description of what happened to you and how it happened. Much food for thought. I'm now thinking that we keep way too much cash in vulnerable checking accounts, and that we should keep better track of that and mo…
