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So yes, I have every reason to believe that there are politicians out there who are acting in the best interests of the people they represent. I don't have much care for the all politicians are out to get us!!1!! diatribe.

& tried to rep. The 535 D.C. Line is so felching tiresome. Like well intentioned representatives have nothing to do besides plot on Capitol Hill about destroying the world. It's not a cartoon, people.

/soapbox
 
As a student of the dismal science, I beg to differ. Even politics itself is nothing more than a variable in the Supply/Demand Curve.

Sry, bungled a quote from my boss: political science is the only science that matters [because people are mentally lazy and tend to believe the most *** backward feel good nonsense).
 
No. 1/3rd and shrinking fast. Some of my measures had it up to 400% undervalued (ie market cap to GDP growth ratio). I'm comfortable sticking with it as an out to the big Fed question that none of the bright minds have an answer to.

Nice. I just thought it looked quite tame when you compare it just straight up with how the Nikkei has moved around. You might be getting killed a little over the past few weeks, but it's more like 10% in that thing - which is not too bad. Like running into a mediocre earning's report or something after a good run up.
 
No 10%. I "dipped" on the Abe election as I said in the stocks thread and took a little time to build heavy by going straight the non-hedged etf since I never saw a good entry point into DXJ -- obviously a bad decision @ EWJ 11.2.. I'm sure when I get off vacation I'll check into some bad stuff. What I get for being greedy over 20 cents.
 
https://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/sto...nt-rathgeber-resigns-conservative-caucus.html





The analogue of an American congressman from close to my hometown just stepped down, and removed every association between him and his political party, the Progressive Conservatives of Canada.

He did this because his party is refusing every motion to try and publicize the spending of Canadian politicians making more than $180 000 a year-- he was big on trying to make the Canadian government as transparent as possible.

He will continue his position as a Member of Parliament-- only he will now be an independent.


So yes, I have every reason to believe that there are politicians out there who are acting in the best interests of the people they represent. I don't have much care for the all politicians are out to get us!!1!! diatribe.

So what you are really saying is that most politicians are selfish ******** who don't care about the public interests, although there are a few exceptions. You are not making any sense. Why do you want to base your opinion on politicians based on the exceptions and not the majority? Where did I say that all politicians are out to get us?
 
So what you are really saying is that most politicians are selfish ******** who don't care about the public interests, although there are a few exceptions. You are not making any sense. Why do you want to base your opinion on politicians based on the exceptions and not the majority? Where did I say that all politicians are out to get us?

I wasn't addressing you, and I have an innovative new phrase: go **** yourself.
 
go **** yourself is one of my favorites. it just feels good
 
So what you are really saying is that most politicians are selfish ******** who don't care about the public interests, although there are a few exceptions. You are not making any sense. Why do you want to base your opinion on politicians based on the exceptions and not the majority? Where did I say that all politicians are out to get us?

How about you don't make sweeping judgements about municipalities you have no connection to, or on individuals you have never heard of?


Or you can, if you want to continue to make an utter fool of yourself.
 
How about you don't make sweeping judgements about municipalities you have no connection to, or on individuals you have never heard of?


Or you can, if you want to continue to make an utter fool of yourself.

You are the one who provided the evidence of how great politicians are by telling us that one politician thought all the other politicians were so bad that he left his party. So I was just looking for some clarity on what the hell you were talking about. It sounds to me like your evidence proves exactly the opposite of what you are trying to prove.
 
You are also the one making sweeping generalizations of politicians that you have no connection to.
You seem to have some sort of syndrome that makes you think that if one politician is good that this proves that all policians are good, without having any apparent ability to fathom the possibility that some are good and some are bad.
And you keep making the same accusations about me over and over , that I said something I did not say, even though I have repeatedly asked you to show where I said these things, and you ignore these requests.
 
So lets start a new debate.

Given the state of the economy...the market...the possible impending second real estate/flipping bubble...

Growth stocks, or dividend stocks, and why? :)
 
You are the one who provided the evidence of how great politicians are by telling us that one politician thought all the other politicians were so bad that he left his party.

Wrong. I said that politicians commonly have the goal of doing what they think is best for their riding, or their country. Their actions could have positive, or negative consequences-- but that is not my point. My link is a perfect example of this.




Quit making a fool of yourself, and give up arguing such a preposterous point.
 
Wrong. I said that politicians commonly have the goal of doing what they think is best for their riding, or their country. Their actions could have positive, or negative consequences-- but that is not my point. My link is a perfect example of this.
Quit making a fool of yourself, and give up arguing such a preposterous point.
what did I say that was preposterous?
If the politicians are so noble in purpose, your hero would have wanted to stay on the team, not to quit his political party and be a lone wolf.
 
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So lets start a new debate.

Given the state of the economy...the market...the possible impending second real estate/flipping bubble...

Growth stocks, or dividend stocks, and why? :)

I'll address the secondary real estate bubble. I don't see it. In 2004 - 7 banks were lending unlimited amounts to unqualified buyers and it created a false real estate reality.
When the economy tanked, the real estate holders defaulted because they couldn't pay the loans. This next group are cash buyers, at a record-breaking clip.. greater net worths.. too much to be foreclosed on (too collectible).

This real estate economy is one of the most 'real' I have ever seen, IMO.
 
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