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Topic: Age of Reason
ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Mon 08/06/07 11:16 PM
I am in the middle of "Age of Reason" by T. Paine.

Any opinions?

shortizpapi's photo
Mon 08/06/07 11:21 PM
T. Pain the sinqer? who sinqs buy yu a drank?

ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Mon 08/06/07 11:25 PM
huh? That is almost throwing salt on a wound.

I am talking about Thomas Paine, Americas Unsung Patriot.

ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Tue 08/07/07 01:54 AM
no responses. let's rock!!!!

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Wed 08/08/07 11:11 AM

T. Paine is overrated.

Now, about Warren Buffet...laugh

ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Wed 08/08/07 12:00 PM
Huh? :tongue: What kind of tangent is this?

I like Warren Buffet. He is very charitable

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Wed 08/08/07 12:16 PM

laugh

It not an economically sound tangent, for sure. But so what? Since when were JSH message forums logical?

laugh

Berkshire stock is overrated. :wink:

ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Wed 08/08/07 12:54 PM
I have not followed stocks in awhile. I have had Ecolab for years, and am happy with them.

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Wed 08/08/07 01:06 PM

Ecolab. Hmmm...

You need to diversify. laugh

ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Wed 08/08/07 01:11 PM
I have a Roth IRA that is tied up in mutual funds. Thanks for the tip :wink:

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Wed 08/08/07 01:20 PM

Just a roth? Do you have 3-6 (or more) months in liquid savings?

And a company matching 401k? laugh

Oh wait. You probably have one of those education fund thingies, right?

ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Wed 08/08/07 01:36 PM
Roth IRA. It is funded solely by my poor ass. I am a perpetual grad student. I probably won't get my first real job until my early 30's :smile:

Paine is not overrated. As James Monroe said, "Washington's sword would have been weilded in vain had it not been for the pen of Paine"

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Wed 08/08/07 01:47 PM

Who said this?

"Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness. "

ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Wed 08/08/07 01:51 PM
Paine. Does that quote come from Common Sense?

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Wed 08/08/07 01:54 PM
Wow - you really DO love Paine! laugh laugh

I think so...not sure. ohwell

ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Wed 08/08/07 02:00 PM
He is the man! Without him this country would have been founded on a different set of principles. He has such a strong character and never comprised it, like many hypocritical politicians and others. That is one of the reasons Paine is not remembered as a Fouding Father and a true American Patriot.

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Wed 08/08/07 02:03 PM
I agree. T. Paine did contribute a lot to the foundation of our economic system.

What your opinion of John Maynard Keynes?


ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Wed 08/08/07 02:11 PM
That is a tough question. Like any Macroeconomic school of thought, I cheery picked certain ideas.

I like Keynes and he was certainly a character. He brought a lot of revolutionary ideas to the table during the Great Depression era and his is book Theory of...Money.


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Wed 08/08/07 02:15 PM
Yup. I "flipflop" on my feelings about him. :wink:

Good quote on short-run policy: "In the long-run we are all dead" laugh laugh

Did you read "Economic Consequences of the Peace"?

ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Wed 08/08/07 02:19 PM
Clever "flipflip" :smile:

The evolution of macroeconomics is fascinating and Keynes was the impetus.

I have not read any of Keynes works. Have you?

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