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Wealthy Americans Unholster Their Weapons
Townhall.com ^ | August 9, 2009 | Dan Kennedy

Posted on 08/09/2009 10:54:48 AM PDT by Kaslin

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But desperate times demand desperate measures. So I say: send a message. Join the resistance. Buy nothing.

Excellent advice imho.

1 posted on 08/09/2009 10:54:48 AM PDT by Kaslin
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment

Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

2 posted on 08/09/2009 10:57:45 AM PDT by narses (http://www.theobamadisaster.com/)
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To: Kaslin

Since Christmas we have bought nothing but gas, food, and...defensive things.


3 posted on 08/09/2009 10:57:53 AM PDT by FrogMom (No such thing as an honest democrat!)
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To: Kaslin
You got it! I'll be hanging onto my cash. In addition, I am going to scale back my work enough to get my income lower than 250k for at least the next couple of years. After reading that George Soros and the State of New York (using stimulus money) are going to be giving CASH back-to-school bonuses to people on welfare, I said, “Basta!”

I will not be a sucker any longer.

4 posted on 08/09/2009 10:58:12 AM PDT by utahagen
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To: Kaslin

The problem with this thinking is you can end up shooting yourself in the foot just to kick dirt up in someone else’s face.

As soon as one of these people loses their OWN job due to their company’s sales revenues plummeting, their tune will change.


5 posted on 08/09/2009 10:58:24 AM PDT by RockinRight (Obama: Math is hard, so we just make sh-t up.)
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To: Kaslin

I don’t know if it’s resistance as much as good policy. The minute we got back from our yearlong retirement trip we pretty much ceased spending all together and we’ve been putting more and more money into assets that can survive a currency devaluation.

Anyone who spends with reckless abandon right now is a fool


6 posted on 08/09/2009 10:58:26 AM PDT by AzaleaCity5691
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To: Kaslin

Exactly, buy nothing!!


7 posted on 08/09/2009 10:58:55 AM PDT by lookout88 (.combat rescue officer's dad,)
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To: Kaslin

“Atlas Shrugs” or “Who is John Galt?”


8 posted on 08/09/2009 11:00:07 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Kaslin

Atlas has begun to shrug.

Soon, he’s going to have to pick up a gun.

There is no Galt’s Gulch. We’re already there. We just need to get rid of the vermin.


9 posted on 08/09/2009 11:00:46 AM PDT by Noumenon (Work that AQT - turn ammunition into skill. No tyrant can maintain a 300 yard perimeter forever.)
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To: Lurker

Wow. Great minds think alike, and all that jazz...


10 posted on 08/09/2009 11:01:40 AM PDT by Noumenon (Work that AQT - turn ammunition into skill. No tyrant can maintain a 300 yard perimeter forever.)
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To: Kaslin
I'd modify this somewhat in addition to not buying anything new.

1. If you don't have a gun, get one,

2. If you have a gun, buy another,

3. Buy Spam and ammo (in sealed packs if you can get it),

4. Pay off your bills like your life depended on it,

5. Buy a truck, a Ford - nothing else,

6. If you need another car, buy a used one, if the owner you're buying it from voted for Obama, pass him by,

7. Don't do any business with Democrats, ever.

11 posted on 08/09/2009 11:01:48 AM PDT by Gaffer
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Perhaps he should have bought that Escalade in 2008 when spending by the wealthy was down ten percent.


12 posted on 08/09/2009 11:02:13 AM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: Kaslin

These productive folks might also give employees walking papers. Like that idea of looking for employees’ vehicles with Obama stickers and firing them, works for me. Elections have consequences...


13 posted on 08/09/2009 11:03:43 AM PDT by brushcop (SFC Sallie, CPL Long, LTHarris, SSG Brown, PVT Simmons KIA OIF lll&V, they died for you, honor them)
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To: Kaslin

After not having a job for a little over a year and a half, and lucky enough to be starting one soon, there are some things I need. Like building a desk and bookcase so I can get rid of the boxes I used to move almost a year ago. Then there’s dental work I need done, more surgery, a car to get me to work in a half hour vs. 2 hours with public transport...


14 posted on 08/09/2009 11:04:33 AM PDT by wastedyears (The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
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To: Gaffer

Im endeavoring to pay off all my bills.


15 posted on 08/09/2009 11:05:27 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (I think youre so full of inconsolable rage you don't care who you hurt)
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To: Kaslin

Join the underground economy, deal in cash, report nothing that doesnt have a paper trail attached to it. Starve the beast. Buy nothing that has sales tax on it, cash and barter defeats them right at the root. It stops their revenues.


16 posted on 08/09/2009 11:06:01 AM PDT by Concho ( No Birth Certificate-No Census!)
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To: Armedanddangerous

I paid off my credit cards last month....it was a sizable sum I’d let languish in the land of minimum payments for 18 months....it took a coupla good sized paychecks and some extra on-hand cash. But they’re gone now and I’m only using them for emergency buys (good deals on online ammo, etc.).


17 posted on 08/09/2009 11:07:37 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Kaslin

Go to another country to purchase items...like Mexico help them block this Kenyan. If you need to lay off employees...lay off the ones that voted the Kenyan in. They wanted change give ‘em change.


18 posted on 08/09/2009 11:08:45 AM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Gaffer

You sound like you post here...

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19 posted on 08/09/2009 11:09:03 AM PDT by American Silver Eagle
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To: FrogMom
"Since Christmas we have bought nothing but gas, food, and...defensive things."

Also this year, I am going to carefully make sure that I don't pay one dollar of federal income tax that I don't have to. A fed tax dollar is a vote for Obama.

20 posted on 08/09/2009 11:11:05 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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