Posted on 02/26/2007 9:53:40 AM PST by RobRoy
Too many idiots, too little time. This rates as one of the biggest pieces of garbage you have posted from the fear-mongering goldbugs ever.
No it isn't - use some common sense.
I don't think men, in 1820 for example, had any more free time than people do today. In fact, they probably had a lot less because we didn't have welfare then and didn't promote sitting home on your butt over working your butt off. If you didn't work you didn't eat.
People also live a lot longer now, so we have millions of people who are retired and thus not working. The lifespan was shorter a century ago than it is today, so we have a lot MORE people who, if they wanted, could be politically active.
We also have people who are still students on their parents nickel at 25 years of age. We see them all the time at antiwar rallies and such. Did you see that in 1820 ? Nope, didn't think so. Why ? Because boys used to go to work around age 15-18 and girls became mothers by age 18 or so.
That's a real stretch.
I think if the gubmint ever came to a commuting suburbanite's door and tried to take his property, he'd fight just as hard as one of those people who make their living from their home.
Oh wait - we saw that with Kelo and other instances - people all over the country are fighting the eminent domain issue. Seems a lot of people are attached to the property they own, whether it's just their home or it's their business.
Your thought doesn't hold water.
Statements like that give you a good indication of the level of intelligence of the author. This piece is a joke, written by a fear-mongering goldbug who has twisted facts to make it meaningless to even debate.
>>This rates as one of the biggest pieces of garbage you have posted from the fear-mongering goldbugs ever.<<
I own no gold, nor do I own gold stocks. That said, when I see the word "goldbug" in a post, it does lower it's credibility. Gold is a good investment instrument, just as many other tangible things are. It is better than some and worse than others. But to paint someone with such a broad brush just strains credibility.
Yeah, when Social security began, the average person died before they were old enough to be eligible.
Taxes are taxes. Did you include sales tax? How about property tax?
I was joking.
I was painting this guy and this article and that website with the brush. If you go to goldbug sites like this to get you news, your are serverely misinformed. It is the same old stuff and it has zero credibility. They always tell you stocks and housing are going down the tube and the only safe place to put your money is gold. They were spewing this same stuff in 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and today. Their fear-mongering BS rarely ever comes true. Gold is doing great the last few years, but if I was a cherry-picking full of crap BS artist like Goldbugs are, I could point out that Gold was at $720 less than a year ago and is now plummeted to $668. True statement, but not an accurate picture of what gold has done. This article is just like that, completely misrepresents reality.
Bingo!
This fool author is just begging for someone else to assume responsibility for some poor person's bad decisions. That's the real issue here, covered in various colors of wrapping paper.
Moral of the story: Many people are just barely intelligent enough to figure out how to get a mortgage but are too stupid to actually be responsible with owning a home.
Sorry. I thought I could sense that sort of thing. :(
>>If you go to goldbug sites like this to get you news, your are serverely misinformed.<<
I disagree. I think a more accurate statement would be "If you ONLY go to goldbug sites like this to get you news, your are serverely misinformed". But that is true of any type of site.
What about B&O taxes, that are basically rolled up into the prices we pay for goods and services, and then we pay other taxes on that tax.
Wi-fi is free. It is the monthly cable fee that is bad, but I had that before I had wi-fi. I find the computers on Craigslist. They are all over the place.
It's okay, according to the latest sources jokes are way over-valued. I blame all the cheap laughs bought on credit.
Jeez, what sohpomoric drek. The only thing sadder than the people who write such trash are the people who believe it.
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