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  • Buffet says he knows how to end the deficit in 5 minutes.

    I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.
    Buffett: “I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.” Video: Hat tip: My Investing Notebook
    US Politics in three words - Divide and Conquer

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    Congress is just as likely to pass that law as they are to invoke term limits on themselves.
    I don't like Republicans, but I really FUCKING hate Democrats.


    Sex with an Asian woman is great, but 30 minutes later you're horny again.

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    • #3
      How about no budget being passed that exceeds revenue?

      Fix it before it's a problem.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Denny View Post
        How about no budget being passed that exceeds revenue?

        Fix it before it's a problem.
        Cap it at 90% and put the other 10% towards paying off debt.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Sean88gt View Post
          Cap it at 90% and put the other 10% towards paying off debt.
          Pay it off with the blood of Congress' heaviest spenders.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Denny View Post
            Pay it off with the blood of Congress' heaviest spenders.
            Yeah I kinda wish we still did stuff like they did in ancient times. Someone pissed off the people? A lynch mob goes and gets them and hangs them without trial. Mob disperses.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by StanleyTweedle View Post
              Yeah I kinda wish we still did stuff like they did in ancient times. Someone pissed off the people? A lynch mob goes and gets them and hangs them without trial. Mob disperses.
              That is not what happens in a REPUBLIC, and is exactly what the founders were trying to avoid. That is why we are not a Democracy.
              I don't like Republicans, but I really FUCKING hate Democrats.


              Sex with an Asian woman is great, but 30 minutes later you're horny again.

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              • #8

                That would make politicians have performance based jobs, lol never going to happen.

                Originally posted by LANTIRN View Post
                That is not what happens in a REPUBLIC, and is exactly what the founders were trying to avoid. That is why we are not a Democracy.
                Let's not forget that.

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                • #9
                  Buffett
                  Originally posted by davbrucas
                  I want to like Slow99 since people I know say he's a good guy, but just about everything he posts is condescending and passive aggressive.

                  Most people I talk to have nothing but good things to say about you, but you sure come across as a condescending prick. Do you have an inferiority complex you've attempted to overcome through overachievement? Or were you fondled as a child?

                  You and slow99 should date. You both have passive aggressiveness down pat.

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                  • #10
                    Defecit and Congress

                    I have a better idea. Instead of not being able to run, fire them on the spot. That is how a company would do it. By the way, didn't Buffet, Gates, and the Apple guy all support Barry ? Figure that out. It's the old "Brother In Law" deal.

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                    • #11
                      Buffet is rumored to be buying Pep Boys next, he knows a screwed up company that'd make an absolute killing with better management when he sees it.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by BP View Post
                        Buffet is rumored to be buying Pep Boys next, he knows a screwed up company that'd make an absolute killing with better management when he sees it.
                        I'd be shocked if he did.
                        Originally posted by racrguy
                        What's your beef with NPR, because their listeners are typically more informed than others?
                        Originally posted by racrguy
                        Voting is a constitutional right, overthrowing the government isn't.

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                        • #13
                          Many people are retreating to USD, thus, the rise in the dollar index the last couple of days. Why? Fuck if I know.

                          I still think we'll see a pop in stocks before the year is over.

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                          • #14
                            Jews for congress!
                            "Any dog under 50lbs is a cat and cats are pointless." - Ron Swanson

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Denny View Post
                              Many people are retreating to USD, thus, the rise in the dollar index the last couple of days. Why? Fuck if I know.

                              I still think we'll see a pop in stocks before the year is over.
                              Equities will go up during earnings season, this reporting period that just started included. Which makes sense, corporate profits are just fine and the market is well below where it should be historically for that level of earnings.

                              People are coming to the dollar because there is nothing else. I have been saying it all along. Even if the Fed does a QE3 the dollar will be fine, it won't be worth shit compared to other currencies but why do I care when everything I have is only priced in dollars? Also when every company I own can raise prices to adjust for inflation and passes those earnings on to me? I don't care. In fact I want a weak dollar right now so that it makes sense to bring manufacturing back home. It also makes international companies I own, like Coca Cola have fantastic earnings from their foreign sales.
                              Originally posted by racrguy
                              What's your beef with NPR, because their listeners are typically more informed than others?
                              Originally posted by racrguy
                              Voting is a constitutional right, overthrowing the government isn't.

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