Seattlest: Dear Mr. President,

ruffhauser

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:59:19 -0800

Most people don't get exposed to free-market ideas, so they are usually contemptuous of them when they first encounter them. We'll work on this over time.

TroyJMorris

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:22:53 -0800

Really Ruff? You think that everything the gov't touches turns to shit? Remember why there was Social Security in the first place? Oh right... the Free Market tends to fail without proper controls and regulations. Deja Vu isn't just for naked ladies.

bilco

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:12:35 -0800

Guess you're right, ruff. The one this this last week taught us is that the capitalist system itself, and all the institutions involved in supporting it (of course, except the govt), will always be right and produce a strong, stable, reliable economy.

ruffhauser

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:40:14 -0800

Thr real rate of Social Security returns has been 1% a year for the last 60 years. Even an investing amateur could have done better than that. The lesson here is: Everything the government touches turns to shit. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

bilco

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:59:54 -0800

I'm just furious at this point that my Social Security account wasn't privatized. If it had been, I'd be taking advantage of this incredible stock market for the past 2 days. Oh, wait... I would have lost about 10% of it all this year. Damn!

Audrey

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:46:01 -0800

That's what it looks like right before Kim makes it rain.

Katelyn

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:42:28 -0800

Kim, you baller! Student loan payments in hard cash is impressive.