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SeattleVet

(5,468 posts)
34. "And if *you* work really hard...
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 03:27 PM
Jan 2020

and drive up productivity...
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and help drive the company's profits higher...
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I will be able to buy another one next year!"

That's great. Did something similar with a relative over the holidays. Pacifist Patriot Jan 2020 #1
I'm getting to the point where cruelty to assholes is a "normal" response... Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #2
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind RAB910 Jan 2020 #3
I Bet You Could Write a Song Along Those Lines! The Roux Comes First Jan 2020 #4
I think you were just pointing out reality to a person who was TNNurse Jan 2020 #5
For someone to be gloating despite his own job loss etc., about the stock market is unreal ... SWBTATTReg Jan 2020 #24
K&R ck4829 Jan 2020 #6
Oh, Sweet Jesus...you have NO idea how close this hits to home in terms of bullwinkle428 Jan 2020 #7
The stock market went up 270 percent under Obama. padfun Jan 2020 #8
Blank stares? I got outright denial. Mister Ed Jan 2020 #9
Yep Cosmocat Jan 2020 #52
When I point that out TheFarseer Jan 2020 #11
The 401K is important, but I try to eat today as well. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #12
The right-wingers in my family insist that Obama destroyed the economy. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #20
I know NewJeffCT Jan 2020 #44
You're right that the market did well under Obama, but people don't care about % increases onenote Jan 2020 #45
The inevitable market correction is going to be brutal Politicub Jan 2020 #10
That is why the xxqqqzme Jan 2020 #41
Come out East to GA! You can rent a 1500ft home for about 900.00 oldsoftie Jan 2020 #55
Maybe you could about 15 years ago Politicub Jan 2020 #63
I'm in Mid Ga, so we're a good bit lower than ATL. But Metro IS expensive to us! oldsoftie Jan 2020 #66
That makes sense... Politicub Jan 2020 #67
My husband is from the Bay Area. His best friend moved to Atlanta... Politicub Jan 2020 #64
Friend worked for a privately held company for about 10 years, untill she got cancer. 3Hotdogs Jan 2020 #13
401k is not a good solution for retirement. Joe941 Jan 2020 #14
How so? Would you expand on that point please? irisblue Jan 2020 #25
Because only the rich get them. Joe941 Jan 2020 #33
You HAVE to know thats not true. Over 70% of workers are eligible to have one. oldsoftie Jan 2020 #57
You have to have extra money to do this! Joe941 Jan 2020 #60
You said "Only the rich get them". Thats false. Now you change the subject. oldsoftie Jan 2020 #62
Actually, a 401k is vastly better than no PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #26
it is the only tools for most people AlexSFCA Jan 2020 #35
I know it is. And so many Moore simply cant participate for many reasons. Joe941 Jan 2020 #36
Obama's stock market did better bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #15
About the same at this point Major Nikon Jan 2020 #17
Uh, not quite bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #21
Pretty close Major Nikon Jan 2020 #27
actually, the market did only a bit better in Obama's first year than Trump's first year onenote Jan 2020 #46
The gains in Obama's first year are the same as 2 years under Trump Major Nikon Jan 2020 #48
Most people don't care about the percentage onenote Jan 2020 #49
I don't agree Major Nikon Jan 2020 #50
Most people who invest in the stock market do so through 401Ks or similar arrangements onenote Jan 2020 #54
Percentage increases are given on every 401K statement I have ever seen Major Nikon Jan 2020 #56
Yes they are. onenote Jan 2020 #59
That's just not my experience Major Nikon Jan 2020 #61
This is all I have to say regarding this issue Snake Plissken Jan 2020 #16
K; R CatWoman Jan 2020 #18
It's also like giving a BOGOF coupon for a fancy chain restaurant to a homeless person. Hugin Jan 2020 #19
i really wish some good journalist would find out who is getting rich. mopinko Jan 2020 #22
Yep Cosmocat Jan 2020 #53
That would be good to know ck4829 Jan 2020 #69
Mercedes? sandensea Jan 2020 #23
trump cultists often brag about the "huge" increases in their 401Ks supposedly due to trump. mwb970 Jan 2020 #28
My STUPID BIL tried this on Xmas and I said yeah like it's been doing for the last 10 years and UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #29
And the Auto bailout.... SergeStorms Jan 2020 #32
I had a boss who actually did that to me. murielm99 Jan 2020 #30
LOL DENVERPOPS Jan 2020 #40
Jewellers don't like picking vomit out of Ilsa Jan 2020 #43
It's also worth rebutting their contention that Trump is awesome on stock growth. Snarkoleptic Jan 2020 #31
"And if *you* work really hard... SeattleVet Jan 2020 #34
My Pop who was a farmer always said... Ziggysmom Jan 2020 #37
That's about right! n/t PatrickforO Jan 2020 #38
Better: Show the Trump cultist these charts jmowreader Jan 2020 #39
high percentages of gain and stability. Aussie105 Jan 2020 #47
The only thing keeping the stock market up is the tax break OnlinePoker Jan 2020 #42
A KEEPER! calimary Jan 2020 #51
Pretty much Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2020 #58
2019 was a good year, but barely made up for the steep decline in 2018 wishstar Jan 2020 #65
Good year? Medical bills piling up for me, more debt. Oh... for the stock market. Never mind ck4829 Jan 2020 #68
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