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Economy

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16. Yup,

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 12:26 PM

Oct 2018

When I see that the stock market is up, I know the handful of uber rich royal families in the US are happy. When it is down they are are nervous.

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how much of the stock market is a ponzi scheme? [View all] rampartc Oct 2018 OP

The whole damn thing. democratisphere Oct 2018 #1

i don't trust wall st with my money. rampartc Oct 2018 #3

2008 was only a hint of what is now and what is to come. democratisphere Oct 2018 #11

Essentially all of it. shanny Oct 2018 #2

i think the bank robber was willie keeler rampartc Oct 2018 #5

bank robber sounds right--I couldn't remember the name shanny Oct 2018 #10

the 1929 crash is the reason social security exists rampartc Oct 2018 #6

don't get me wrong, i own stock rampartc Oct 2018 #8

Doing "well" one day and "going to hell" the next. democratisphere Oct 2018 #12

It's not perfect, but not nearly as bad as others are suggesting unblock Oct 2018 #13

Inflation is bad we are told... sanatanadharma Oct 2018 #14

Yup, Farmer-Rick Oct 2018 #16