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That ain't bad. Plugged drain. One plumber,
1/2 hour, $165. My attorney gets $450 per hour. Yet foreign born can
do very well in this relatively free economy and the owe me
generation is having a problem.
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>From:
Mark Simms
To: <A title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="">realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 8:40
PM
Subject: RE: [RT] sp500/nasdaq top
That's right
Bob, it's the OVERHEAD that's killing American efficiency and
competitiveness....government paperwork, insurance, healthcare, union demands,
utility monopolies, banking fees, etc.
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Witness this:
recent bath
drain problem, took 30 minutes of effort, 2 guys from the local plumbing
contractor....
cost ?
$195.
Do the
math.
Neither plumber
had a law degree.
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size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Bob
[mailto:BHEISLER@xxxxxxxxx]Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 6:57
AMTo: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: [RT]
sp500/nasdaq top
Yeah, the same mantra was heard in CA over
the past 5 or so years to justify the tax and spend liberal policies that
resulted in such a roaring success for that state. And what did the
folks who created this debacle then propose as a solution to the mess they
created - more of the same "tax the rich/redistribution of wealth" nonsense
that caused the problem.
I share your sentiment towards the Wal-Mart
ilk as you put it, but I'm not sure it's accurate to say that
they've accounted for the "major job growth" in this country. Granted
the hundreds of thousands of dot.com bubble jobs created in the late 90's
are gone never to return, and the manufacturing sector is certainly
struggling but that's caused in large part to poor management and a much
higher cost of doing business due to litigation costs, unions, etc.
But the millions of jobs created directly or indirectly by the tech
boom in the 90's are not gone nor are they "bad" jobs.
Four years ago the largest financial bubble
in history popped and 18 months later we had 9/11. Is it any wonder
that we don't have a "roaring" economy right now with millions of "good"
jobs being created? And while I don't know what the exact solutions
are (aside from time) we do know what won't work from recent history in CA
and the failed tax and spend socialistic policies that Hoover instituted
following the 1920's bubble.
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>From:
EarlA
To: <A
title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="">realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 6:25
PM
Subject: Re: [RT] sp500/nasdaq
top
The same 37,000 also own well over 50% of the assets in this country.
They've not only done an incredible job of accumulating the wealth and
minimizing their income and estate taxes, but they've convinced many of
the other 250,000,000 people that taxing that wealth might deprive them of
the opportunity to accumulate the same wealth. In the meantime, we have
millions of people in this country who can barely care for their families
on paltry wages and lack basic medical coverage. Just in case nobody
noticed ... the major job growth in this country has been in Wal-Mart and
its ilk.
I'm fortunate to be financially very comfortable, but there's
something wacko about a society which tolerates these extremes.
Earl
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>From:
Rascal
To: <A
title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="">realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 4:37
PM
Subject: Re: [RT] sp500/nasdaq
top
The richest 37,000 people in this country have, in
aggregate, the same income as the poorest 61,000,000. Maybe it's
OK for them to pay some
taxes.
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