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I am in the middle of "Age of Reason" by T. Paine.
Any opinions? |
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T. Pain the sinqer? who sinqs buy yu a drank?
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huh? That is almost throwing salt on a wound.
I am talking about Thomas Paine, Americas Unsung Patriot. |
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no responses. let's rock!!!!
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T. Paine is overrated. Now, about Warren Buffet... ![]() |
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Huh?
![]() I like Warren Buffet. He is very charitable |
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![]() It not an economically sound tangent, for sure. But so what? Since when were JSH message forums logical? ![]() Berkshire stock is overrated. ![]() |
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I have not followed stocks in awhile. I have had Ecolab for years, and am happy with them.
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Ecolab. Hmmm... You need to diversify. ![]() |
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I have a Roth IRA that is tied up in mutual funds. Thanks for the tip
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Just a roth? Do you have 3-6 (or more) months in liquid savings? And a company matching 401k? ![]() Oh wait. You probably have one of those education fund thingies, right? |
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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
![]() 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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Who said this? "Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness. " |
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Paine. Does that quote come from Common Sense?
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Wow - you really DO love Paine!
![]() ![]() I think so...not sure. ![]() |
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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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I agree. T. Paine did contribute a lot to the foundation of our economic system.
What your opinion of John Maynard Keynes? |
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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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Yup. I "flipflop" on my feelings about him.
![]() Good quote on short-run policy: "In the long-run we are all dead" ![]() ![]() Did you read "Economic Consequences of the Peace"? |
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Clever "flipflip"
![]() 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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