Posted on 03/24/2010 5:29:57 AM PDT by CharlotteVRWC
I am at a loss... are there ways to 'come out ahead financially' in a Socialist country?
No. If you are a working stiff, forget it. You will never get ahead..... ever. So just accept it and deal with it.
You can watch some of his videos and interviews on youtube. here’s one link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ImEwfCtVI4&feature=related
The book is better, get it and read it.
I suppose you can subscribe and get his updates, based on what is happening, politically.
Given his prediction for a top stock market this year of 10-11K before the next slide, I have been very cautious. His predicted timing may be off, but his reasoning is sound to me. What he predicted for real estate is exactly what has been happening to me :-(
But I could not bring myself to sell last year
Medical tourism, etc., sound good... until the Party forbids travel.
Start your own security firm that protects neighborhoods from the already rising crime rates.
Crime will get much worth and the whole police state will be a joke because many law enforcement will become corrupt-no pay,must survive-, and the same for military .
In the bigger picture, we can't take it with us anyway. Storing your wealth in the next life becomes pretty real now.
Depends where the farms are my friend. Go to Maine and they are VERY affordable. Mooersrealty.com
Illinois is a marxist dominated state
I would NEVER buy land in NY, Vermont, Maine, CA
I think I would look at places that elect sane conservatives to political office and where the work ethic and individual responsibility still prevail among the townfolk
Become a “fixer”...someone who knows how to get through the red tape basically by knowing who to bribe with gold, cognac, cigars and other contraband to get things done.
Maine is a marxist state.
1) The govt controls the capital, not the market.
2) Companies have too much bureaucracy that makes a goal of profit quite far down the list.
3) Companies are more worried about political correctness, than me the stock holder.
4) There is very little morality in company mgt. It is short term decisions for what they can get. They are not worried about me, the stock holder.
What can you grow in Maine?? (Besides rocks)
Is there 500+ acres of ground tillable?
The intention of The Democrats (and liberals generally) in this legislation is clear and impossible to hide - they intend to completely destroy private health care in favor of a fully-government-run single-payer system. The efficient market guarantees this outcome given the law they passed, and they know it.
I cannot stop this idiocy but I can sure attempt to profit from it.
I am looking to establish the largest targeted short positions of my investing career if and when the technicals confirm that this obvious arbitrage is about to, or is, taking place.
This is one place where a fistful of PUTs can easily turn thousands into hundreds of thousands, and is an extremely-high probability play.
Disclosure: No positions in the sector yet, but as discussed I will have some extremely large ones in the coming months and years!
I spoke to a Romanian man in Canada a few weeks ago. He started a business in aviation which has to be licensed. It took them 3 months to get around to his application. Then they told him “no.” He believes that a competitor in the town that he used to work for bribed the appartchiks. He has had to mortgage his home because of the delay . . . and has hired a “fixer” to help him with the paperwork. His voice was strained as he talked about it. He said he thinks it is worse in Canada than it was in Romania.
An IMMEDIATE target for brownshirts and the federal government. without appropriate permits, you’ll be a vigilante, or now - Terrorist. The A-Team was a great show, yes - but the reality is a bit harsher.
Even the Guardian Angels ran into a lot of problems, and they were welcome . (But Curtis Slywa has fallen off his rocker as of late)
You’ll wind up being a criminal. A good criminal, yes - but still a criminal.
Harry Dent bump.
Right there with you. Mine are old enough it’s important for them to understand that what the gov’t is doing is wrong, but it’s a fine line.
We are homeschooling also, although wife has to work part time now so . . . it’s not easy!
My “strategy” in talking about politics to children is to emphasize the founding and our traditions in building patriotism while discussing current politics in light of the Constitutions WORDS and the founder’s intent.
I have a friend that likes to help with disaster relief. Hurricanes, floods. She said that when she had water to deliver the Red Cross told her to go to the Guardian Angels to get it done . . . they actually had trucks and the men to use them. Red Cross couldn’t deal with a truck of water after a hurricane.
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