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Old 03-04-2018, 06:31 PM   #1441
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Old 03-04-2018, 06:34 PM   #1442
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Did they (or you) post memes of how the market was on a ROCKET MAN ride straight up from the moment the "Donnie Dotard" was elected?

Oh, they didn't? How quaint.

You realize we haven't given back all that much of the ROCKET RIDE UP yet...since he was elected...you realize that, right...even despite this "FREEFALL" LULZ LMFAO

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Old 03-04-2018, 06:34 PM   #1443
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You guys keep feigning shock and trying to be funny while doing nothing to refute my point that the party has abandoned some of its old tentpoles.

It's shows a lot of you really have nothing of substance to say.

When is the last time Fox has showed the debt clock?
Refute your point. I could care less your point other than you said the Republican Party is soon to be over. That is utterly nonsense.

The rest of the crap you write about I can't respond to because I don't read it. This however got my eye as I was glancing at the thread.
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Old 03-04-2018, 07:06 PM   #1444
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Refute your point. I could care less your point other than you said the Republican Party is soon to be over. That is utterly nonsense.

The rest of the crap you write about I can't respond to because I don't read it. This however got my eye as I was glancing at the thread.
Did the GOP used to be the party of small government and fiscal responsibility? Yes or no.

Is it now? Yes or no.

We are on pace for a Trillion dollar deficit this year.
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Old 03-04-2018, 07:27 PM   #1445
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Old 03-04-2018, 07:44 PM   #1446
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Worth watching.

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Old 03-04-2018, 08:03 PM   #1447
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Old 03-04-2018, 08:50 PM   #1448
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Do you not know who “stockholders” are?

Your graphic is not only inaccurate, it’s churlish towards common people who carry stocks and bonds in their retirement accounts.

It’s also directly in line with the Dem theme of drawing lines between the so called rich and the less than rich. Americans are finally figuring that out. Blacks especially. Keep beating that drum......it’s working so well
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Old 03-05-2018, 02:21 AM   #1449
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Do you not know who “stockholders” are?

Your graphic is not only inaccurate, it’s churlish towards common people who carry stocks and bonds in their retirement accounts.

It’s also directly in line with the Dem theme of drawing lines between the so called rich and the less than rich. Americans are finally figuring that out. Blacks especially. Keep beating that drum......it’s working so well
From the Forbes Magazine website, the last 4 paragraphs of an article entitled "The Ugly Truth Behind Stock Buybacks", dated February 28, 2017. The key point is in italics below:
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...It’s gotten so bad that I literally keep a “Hall of Shame” list of buybacks offenders on a whiteboard in my office, and the list grows every day. Buybacks are supposed to be funded with excess cash that the business doesn’t need for innovation or expansion. But Rule 10b-18, the rule proposed in 1982, gives executives total power (and a blank check) to determine their own incentive-based compensation

Now, it should be mentioned that I don’t believe that all buybacks are bad. In some cases, a company may truly have an undervalued stock, and using excess cash to repurchase shares is actually a prudent, if not potent use of that shareholder cash. But right now, without shareholder approval, corporate boards freely swap a safe asset (cash) for a risky asset (stock).

In the end, it’s not the executives who get hurt. It’s the rank-and-file employees, as well as the investors who will see their pensions and 401(k)s decline. What I’m proposing is pretty straightforward: Not that companies should be prevented from authorizing stock buybacks, but that decisions to do so should simply go to shareholders for a proxy vote.

Where’s the controversy in that?.

link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/aalsin/.../#45fd8d436b1e
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I just love it when stupidity reigns supreme, and the lemmings on the left buy into it hook-line-and sinker.

Only about 8 per cent of all companies are large publicly traded corporations.

The rest of them, tens of millions, are made up of Mom and Pop businesses ... coffee shops, landscaping companies, bakeries, gas stations, accountants, insurance offices, and numerous other small, individual enterprises.

These are the millions of companies and individuals that are benefiting from the Trump Tax cuts in even greater ways than the Fortune 500.

But those that work in these large publicly traded companies benefit greatly as well for those stock buybacks and dividend raises increase the value of their pension plans and 401(k), of which company stock is held.
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With all of the cash that a lot of INCs are spending on employee, stock buy back programs and tariffs on the horizons. I think that the prudent invester would wait at least a couple of earning periods for the lay of the land to take shape before making any new investments.
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Old 03-07-2018, 08:57 AM   #1452
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I'll take the 'incompetent' Trump over the supposedly brilliant Obama or the corrupt Hillary every day of the week

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog..._the_week.html


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Trump is so incompetent and lacking of skills that:
  • He has given us much stronger economic growth that Obama ever did.
  • He gave a tax cut to almost 100% of the people and has made businesses much more competitive than at any time in decades.
  • He is taking out ISIS.
  • He has talked NATO countries into paying more toward their defense.
  • He is making progress toward securing our borders. It is good to have a president who wants to enforce laws Congress passed.
  • He has helped move the U.S. toward energy independence.
  • He has opened pipelines.
  • He is bringing back manufacturing jobs and businesses.
  • His economic policies are helping to lower Hispanic and black unemployment. Women's employment and median income are also going up.
  • He is giving the people back freedom of choice for health care.
  • His policies have lifted consumer confidence, home-builder confidence, and business confidence to higher levels than any time during Obama's eight years.
  • It appears that North Korea may be blinking on nuclear weapons.
  • He is helping Ukraine defend itself instead of caving to the Russians.
  • He has kept the promise of the last few presidents (that they reneged on) to move our embassy to Jerusalem.
  • He has reduced a lot of expensive regulations.
  • He is moving the power and purse back to the people as fast as he can, where it belongs.
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I'll take the 'incompetent' Trump over the supposedly brilliant Obama or the corrupt Hillary every day of the week

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog..._the_week.html


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Trump is so incompetent and lacking of skills that:
  • He has given us much stronger economic growth that Obama ever did.
  • He gave a tax cut to almost 100% of the people and has made businesses much more competitive than at any time in decades.
  • He is taking out ISIS.
  • He has talked NATO countries into paying more toward their defense.
  • He is making progress toward securing our borders. It is good to have a president who wants to enforce laws Congress passed.
  • He has helped move the U.S. toward energy independence.
  • He has opened pipelines.
  • He is bringing back manufacturing jobs and businesses.
  • His economic policies are helping to lower Hispanic and black unemployment. Women's employment and median income are also going up.
  • He is giving the people back freedom of choice for health care.
  • His policies have lifted consumer confidence, home-builder confidence, and business confidence to higher levels than any time during Obama's eight years.
  • It appears that North Korea may be blinking on nuclear weapons.
  • He is helping Ukraine defend itself instead of caving to the Russians.
  • He has kept the promise of the last few presidents (that they reneged on) to move our embassy to Jerusalem.
  • He has reduced a lot of expensive regulations.
  • He is moving the power and purse back to the people as fast as he can, where it belongs.
yes, but has he apologized to the world for American imperialistic policies yet?
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Old 03-07-2018, 09:55 AM   #1454
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yes, but has he apologized to the world for American imperialistic policies yet?
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