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calimary

(81,238 posts)
17. MAJOR difference. myth wrongney is nothing but a HOARDER.
Sat Oct 20, 2012, 01:45 PM
Oct 2012

It strikes me that anyone with his kind of money, anyone with Wall Street's kind of money, has NO BUSINESS whining about "uncertainty." When you have that kind of money in your back pocket, or stashed away somewhere that only you can reach, YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAINTY IN YOUR LIFE!!!!! PERIOD!!!!! NOT THE SLIGHTEST FUCKING BIT!!!!!!!

I'm sick and tired of hearing the fat cats and high rollers whining and sniveling about how they can't possibly do anything about investing in the economy or creating jobs because of "UNCERTAINTY!!!!!"

I'm even SICKER and MORE tired of hearing this new trend of fat-cat mega-rich CEOs sniveling and whining in emails to their employees that they're not sure what's gonna happen to THEIR business if YOU don't vote the way THEY want you to - or else.

Do you know what "uncertainty" is?

"Uncertainty" is when you're not sure you'll have enough money to buy food and your meds, and still have money left over to cover the house payment.

"Uncertainty" is when you're not sure if you'll be able to send your gifted child to college - when you still have to pay out of pocket to care for an elderly relative.

"Uncertainty" is when more and more people in your office are getting pink slips in your paycheck, and you're not sure if you'll be next - and no one's talking to you from upstairs, much less telling you the truth.

"Uncertainty" is when the phone keeps ringing. And you're afraid to pick it up because it's probably another bill collector for whom you have no satisfactory response. And you don't know what they're gonna do to you - or what they CAN do, or how ruthless they'll be.

"Uncertainty" is when you're not sure how long it'll be before you are realistically living in your car.

THAT is fucking damn-ass UNCERTAINTY!!!! When you have more money than God, you DO NOT have ANY "uncertainty" in your life, and there is NO trouble, NO wolf-at-the-door, NO threats, and NO dangers - from which your money can't buy you a way out.

None of them seems to remember that The Christ - that very same Savior they claim to worship - drove their kind OUT of the Temple in one of the very few times the Gospels say He actually got royally pissed off and threw a temper fit. None of them remembers how they're nothing but camels facing the Pearly Gates - that are the size of the eye of a needle. And I'm sure they think they're far more Christian than the rest of us, too.

oh please cali Oct 2012 #1
he isn't investing Enrique Oct 2012 #2
And integration of the world economy is something to encourage RB TexLa Oct 2012 #5
it is something we have always wanted to stop people from doing Enrique Oct 2012 #12
Investing isn't working to find the cheapest labor possible. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #35
Those investing in these ventures should be criticized fadedrose Oct 2012 #51
+1 nt Live and Learn Oct 2012 #6
Yes, if estate taxes worked, it'd discourage people from hoarding cash for their heirs. n/t ReasonableToo Oct 2012 #10
There's a difference between legitimate investment that isn't undermining American jobs at home... ellisonz Oct 2012 #3
And the OP shld know better than conflate the two. bettyellen Oct 2012 #8
Seems like a case of the cold feet to me... ellisonz Oct 2012 #13
MAJOR difference. myth wrongney is nothing but a HOARDER. calimary Oct 2012 #17
I feel your rage. ellisonz Oct 2012 #19
I really am enraged by all this. "Uncertainty????!??!!?!??!!?!?!?!?" WTF????? calimary Oct 2012 #46
Seems pretty evident to me you are absolutely right... Kalidurga Oct 2012 #27
Yes. I've been through quite a bit of that in the last few years lunatica Oct 2012 #29
Thanks for your concern. Hutzpa Oct 2012 #4
So, do you think it's okay to lay off American workers and close US plants.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #7
OP despises American workers and Union Labor. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #26
I guess as long as the OP.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #30
Sorry, but I'll attack any candidate who wants to lead this country justiceischeap Oct 2012 #9
I have your back. nt bluestate10 Oct 2012 #37
Hmm, I think we just might want to do precisely that while our Live and Learn Oct 2012 #11
Mitt DESERVES to be attacked on this. tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #14
I'm fine with the attacks, I've made many hypocritical attacks before. RB TexLa Oct 2012 #15
Especially if one is on pintobean Oct 2012 #16
Willard has his money parked --------- Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #18
You're against tax credits for children, so you don't mind discouraging children CreekDog Oct 2012 #20
You sound like you want to coddle investing in other countries lunatica Oct 2012 #21
No because people used to invest in foreign companies that benefit the U.S, now they invest in JaneyVee Oct 2012 #22
Deliberately confusing two different things entirely. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #23
The President does not make those investments personally. his thrift savings plan does. pwb Oct 2012 #24
What is wrong with Barclays having that account? RB TexLa Oct 2012 #28
Did you finish reading my post?. pwb Oct 2012 #32
OMG! kentuck Oct 2012 #25
Somebody do pass the popcorn nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #31
I say fuck those americans when they "invest" with the intent of taking away american jobs. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #33
Right, make sure you never do anything that benefits a non-American RB TexLa Oct 2012 #34
I try my damnedest not to. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #36
LOLz laundry_queen Oct 2012 #38
and unfortunately, our trade deals like NAFTA screw both us AND Mexico (I don't know about Canada) yurbud Oct 2012 #40
Exactly. laundry_queen Oct 2012 #41
we don't want people in the Cayman Islands or Seychelles to starve yurbud Oct 2012 #39
derp datasuspect Oct 2012 #42
I wouldn't mind discouraging Saudi government from investing here, given their involvement in 9/11 yurbud Oct 2012 #43
Why this Anti 99%er poster ... 99Forever Oct 2012 #44
This isn't anti anything. We should encourage the world economy to be more integrated by all. RB TexLa Oct 2012 #47
Says you. 99Forever Oct 2012 #49
DU need a policy requiring at least three sentences in an OP Coyotl Oct 2012 #45
You thought long and hard about your precise wording, did you not? Sad that it fools no-one. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #48
No, I just typed it RB TexLa Oct 2012 #50
So it comes naturally? aandegoons Oct 2012 #52
What do you think is fascist about international financial transactions? RB TexLa Oct 2012 #53
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