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baldguy
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:04 PM Original message |
Still want to put your SS funds in the stock market? |
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blitzen
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Another reason: the stock market hasn't done squat for the past 6 years |
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stepnw1f
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Great Economy for the Rich Folk |
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Squatch
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Whatchoo talkin bout? I'm up 18% this year. |
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Greyhound
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. 10,500 actually. And once it got almost back to where it was |
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dcfirefighter
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'll bet heads rolled on that one. |
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leeroysphitz
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. In the words of David Cross..... |
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Traveling_Home
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes - I'd like the option to decide for myself n/t |
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Squatch
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm with you. |
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Union Thug
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. SS isn't an ira - it's social insurance... |
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TahitiNut
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Do you also try to tell your Homeowner's Insurance company ... |
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Squatch
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. How is paying for a service through a business transaction |
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TahitiNut
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. What part of the word "Insurance" confuses you? |
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Greyhound
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Because there is no service rendered. n/t |
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Squatch
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. There's not? |
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Greyhound
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Talk to me when your area has a disaster and the insurance |
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Squatch
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Talk to me when you reach retirement age and the FICA |
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Greyhound
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Fri Dec-09-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Exactly. I have no doubt that will happen, it's all the same thing. |
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ProfessorGAC
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Fri Dec-09-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. Please Addess This Question |
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Squatch
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Fri Dec-09-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. A different branch falls on your house a year later and flattens it... |
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Boredtodeath
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Everyday |
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TahitiNut
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yep. It's like a plague. |
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Greyhound
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Financial issues alway show who are the 'haves', even here. n/t |
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Boredtodeath
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Fri Dec-09-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Not just haves and have nots |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. So if you "have" you can't be a Democrat? |
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Greyhound
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Fri Dec-09-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Nobody ever said that. Do you really want to go there? |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. What were you saying then? |
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Boredtodeath
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Fri Dec-09-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. What *I* was saying...... |
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Greyhound
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Fri Dec-09-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Add the corporate memes and that about sums it up. n/t |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. What "corporate memes" are you talking about? |
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Greyhound
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Sat Dec-10-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Good morning. There is a whole litany of them that we've been subjected |
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LondonReign2
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Mon Dec-12-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. None of those came from posters in this thread |
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Greyhound
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Mon Dec-12-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. So? You asked the question. |
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LondonReign2
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Mon Dec-12-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I know *what* a corporate meme is |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. No one even came close to "I got mine, fuck you." |
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Boredtodeath
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Fri Dec-09-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. That would be your opinion |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Really? Point out *even one* such post. |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. You do have the option to decide for yourself |
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Greyhound
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Sat Dec-10-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. Aren't your options are limited to what your company gives you? n/t |
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LondonReign2
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Mon Dec-12-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Within a company sponsored plan, yes; outside, no. |
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prolesunited
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. So, I take it you don't pay taxes? |
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walldude
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Never play the stock market.. might as well go to Vegas |
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Squatch
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I invest in the stock market and make very good returns. |
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walldude
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Well is it gambling for you or do you work at it? |
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Squatch
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I do not "play" the market. I invest in it. |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Errr, that is simply wrong |
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walldude
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Too late now, I quit my job and now work for myself. |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. That is great for you |
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walldude
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Cool thanks! I may pester you sometime in the future |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Any time. PM me if you have questions. |
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hfojvt
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Fri Dec-09-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. as far as I could tell |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It would be very odd not to have a stable value fund |
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Yavin4
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Fri Dec-09-05 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
37. If You Put SS Money on Wall Street, They Will Steal It |
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LondonReign2
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Fri Dec-09-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Yes, the only ones who will benefit |
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bleedingheart
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Fri Dec-09-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. Diversity is the key to financial security |
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Yavin4
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Fri Dec-09-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Yep. Good Strategy |
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KC_25
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Fri Dec-09-05 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. I would put mine in... |
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kineneb
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Sat Dec-10-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
52. hell, no |
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