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Personal Finance and Investing

Thunderbeast

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1. Trump and his Republicans are determined to bankrupt states.

Reply to progree (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2020, 05:16 PM

May 2020

They smile with glee at the prospect if defaulting on pension funds. I have no confidence that they will honor muni obligations.

Remember WPPS in the State of Washington. Millions wiped out with that nuclear project failure. Many losers were small investors who thought the bet was safe.

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Municipal bond funds - is the risk worth the little reward? [View all] progree May 2020 OP

Trump and his Republicans are determined to bankrupt states. Thunderbeast May 2020 #1

Letting one particularly mismanaged one go down is a lot different than letting hundreds progree May 2020 #2

I happened to hear Richard Wolfe on Thom Hartmann show this afternoon gibraltar72 May 2020 #3

What I've seen tells me that the safest investment right now... lastlib May 2020 #4

I'm old, but still would like to make a little, so safeinOhio May 2020 #5