tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post7224311633987936510..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: The business of the federal government is redistributionScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-26398050707573899712012-09-14T10:12:21.882-07:002012-09-14T10:12:21.882-07:00Come on TBT !! 5% move up, biggest in eons !! Let&...Come on TBT !! 5% move up, biggest in eons !! Let's show Scott that we also know how to make money, it's just that we never lose sight of those less "lucky". Long from 14.50, next stop 20.50.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-30505860323887850122012-09-13T17:26:31.641-07:002012-09-13T17:26:31.641-07:00"The way a launch of a mobile telephone can b..."The way a launch of a mobile telephone can bore, thrill, anger, and completely divide people, demonstrates profoundly how engulfed in consumerism we are. Whether Apple has cynically helped create this environment, or simply capitalised on it in masterful fashion, is open to debate. But the speed in which disgust at the latest exposé on working conditions in its factories was shunted from Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-54934676022299851862012-09-13T11:17:32.123-07:002012-09-13T11:17:32.123-07:00well we got Q3E till infinity today so we should b...well we got Q3E till infinity today so we should be good to go! god help us all.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218368702832658780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-65326596211082258012012-09-13T10:57:19.242-07:002012-09-13T10:57:19.242-07:00Like I said Daniel, let's do this !! Let's...Like I said Daniel, let's do this !! Let's go !!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-48391801029675306732012-09-13T10:33:22.511-07:002012-09-13T10:33:22.511-07:00REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE: Took Scott's advice and ...REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE: Took Scott's advice and bought AAPL in '08 for $97, sold it at $360, and bought a house. <br /><br />put that in your pipe and smoke it, Rob.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218368702832658780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-43709087038356979682012-09-13T10:05:17.387-07:002012-09-13T10:05:17.387-07:00Scott, please ignore trolls like me and don't ...Scott, please ignore trolls like me and don't be put off. We your regular readers are extremely grateful for your sharing a lifetime of accumulated financial and economic wisdom. You were right on the money with Apple and you were even right with JC Penny, which is up almost 50% from its recent low ! Personally I'm betting that your timing was just a little off with the treasury yields Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-72105677836093431402012-09-13T09:25:42.442-07:002012-09-13T09:25:42.442-07:00Rob is transparent. He doesn’t think success is f...Rob is transparent. He doesn’t think success is from anything but luck. He is anti-republican because they espouse hard work to get ahead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-89321773062285538592012-09-13T05:06:00.684-07:002012-09-13T05:06:00.684-07:00@Rob, the good news is that "luck" is al...@Rob, the good news is that "luck" is all around us these days -- low hanging fruit all over the place -- all we have to do is pick and bag -- now is the time to acquire world-class skills that convert into premium wages for investment into cheap equities -- rents and dividends are rising -- there's no time to look back -- wow, the future looks so bright -- gotta wear shades.<br /><McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-71704960596071403722012-09-13T02:31:30.333-07:002012-09-13T02:31:30.333-07:00Clearly ive hit a nerve Scott. You make wildly ina...Clearly ive hit a nerve Scott. You make wildly inaccurate assumptions about me and my financial status. Im actually quite comfortably off and able to buy Apple products, as Ive mentioned before. I'll make you a deal: i will stop responding to your blog but in return you try to make your concerns a bit wider and stop thinking you've got answers to everything just because you've been Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-65937526454016136102012-09-13T02:13:25.074-07:002012-09-13T02:13:25.074-07:00Rob: I encourage you to stop visiting this blog. H...Rob: I encourage you to stop visiting this blog. However, I would also encourage you to get serious about working harder, saving, and investing, if your goal is to improve your standard of living. It's not easy, I know, since I was once dirt poor, but it is possible. Your first step along that path will be to stop envying others and coveting what they have. Focus instead on doing it yourself.Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-34227521132620822392012-09-13T02:06:18.672-07:002012-09-13T02:06:18.672-07:00Scott, now its valuable, free advice whereas previ...Scott, now its valuable, free advice whereas previously you've said its free so dont expect anything from it. You fluctuate wildly in many ways and havr given plenty of duff advice that would have lost people money. Amd like all bloggers you write this blig as ,uch for yourself as anyone else. You want a platform and to feel connected, relevant, not just a fading retiree. No man is an island,Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-64430480479625424452012-09-12T19:32:44.306-07:002012-09-12T19:32:44.306-07:00Yes, life sure is sweet, especially when you have ...Yes, life sure is sweet, especially when you have a blog that offers valuable and free advice. I've been recommending AAPL for almost four years now, and if you'd followed that advice you would be sitting pretty right now.Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-78738835911761582122012-09-12T15:19:13.465-07:002012-09-12T15:19:13.465-07:00The new iphone is out. Scott will write a blog pos...The new iphone is out. Scott will write a blog post about it saying how exquisite it is and how he has already ordered one, since money is no object. Life sure is sweet aint it ?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062180895899998738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-19208077146180256052012-09-12T06:53:43.735-07:002012-09-12T06:53:43.735-07:00Hi Joseph Constable -- I agree completely that any...Hi Joseph Constable -- I agree completely that anyone with excess cash can win big by investing those dollars into equities now -- absolutely -- on the other hand, ceteris parabus, most cashiers do not have $5,000 laying around to invest -- I advocate investing whatever one has, but I also advocate increasing one's disposable income in order to have more to invest with larger gross results atMcKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-83747561026191589142012-09-11T20:36:49.252-07:002012-09-11T20:36:49.252-07:00Dr. William McKibbin? Why does one need to be an ...Dr. William McKibbin? Why does one need to be an accredited investor? Why can’t the young retail clerk at say Whole Foods Market who has $5,000 in his 401K program invest and profit.<br /><br />My friends! With Obama there is no improvement. I will never be happy with Romney because I am in favor of massive radical reform and that won’t happen but there will be improvement. Obama and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-26224635911626241032012-09-11T11:20:14.408-07:002012-09-11T11:20:14.408-07:00Yes, we have to keep all the geezers and infirm fr...Yes, we have to keep all the geezers and infirm from rioting in the streets! Obviously, that is why Social Security and Medicare, despite driving the USA into a fiscal danger zone, are sound investments in social harmony!!<br /><br />On the state level, I totally agree with you - gov't spending is a jobs program, employing the vast swaths of unemployables that spew out of our subpar public Donny Baseballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-29569631597009643942012-09-11T10:05:09.466-07:002012-09-11T10:05:09.466-07:00Yep, we should spend more on defense, since the tr...Yep, we should spend more on defense, since the track record is so great.Gloeschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10705125909506053628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-33243534436068481772012-09-11T05:59:31.371-07:002012-09-11T05:59:31.371-07:00Unfortunately at this time, a vote for Ron Paul is...Unfortunately at this time, a vote for Ron Paul is a vote for Obama. <br /><br />I agree with making a statement, but the internet's a much better venue for that than the ballot box?<br /><br />Things definitely need to change.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cabodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299113185481067179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-8126382054466459032012-09-11T05:49:28.566-07:002012-09-11T05:49:28.566-07:00@Benjamin, a write-in vote for Ron Paul might must...@Benjamin, a write-in vote for Ron Paul might must be what I do as well -- the choice between big government Democrats and military-industrial Republicans is nauseating...McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-49544028349757031662012-09-10T23:25:56.184-07:002012-09-10T23:25:56.184-07:00Still, as of this year, federal agency and debt sp...Still, as of this year, federal agency and debt spending are still larger than entitlement spending. <br /><br />Moreover, while entitlements are loathsome, they essentially take money out of one pocket in the private sector, and transfer the money to another pocket in the private sector.<br /><br />When you are taxed and your money goes into a federal agency, it goes into a black hole of waste Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-20560113346804283362012-09-10T19:50:07.217-07:002012-09-10T19:50:07.217-07:00PerformanceSpeaksForItself is right -- transfer pa...PerformanceSpeaksForItself is right -- transfer payments avert civil unrest, which is (or should be) the greatest fear of the elites -- unfortunately, the beneficiaries in the public sector have become a new problem -- and the problem is that the US can no longer afford to pay for everything that the big government Democrats and military-industrial Republicans want to buy -- my vote is still for McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-25125046787694557082012-09-10T17:32:26.206-07:002012-09-10T17:32:26.206-07:00Seriously Performance, why would you want to set u...Seriously Performance, why would you want to set up a system where you are dependent on somebody else’s budget.<br /><br />Say you depend on the budget for your healthcare and the money is running out, meaning the budget can’t borrow enough money any longer. The bad news is the teachers union wants the same money you want. You think you are a better crony than the teachers union?<br /><br />YouFleximonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300541928880132795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-18716566665258929332012-09-10T17:15:28.916-07:002012-09-10T17:15:28.916-07:00I deserve it and somebody has to pay.I deserve it and somebody has to pay.Fleximonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300541928880132795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-11942517189210800742012-09-10T15:02:05.212-07:002012-09-10T15:02:05.212-07:00Believe it or not, the transfer payments prevent c...Believe it or not, the transfer payments prevent civil unrest. Globalization (for the benefit of Wall Street) has hollowed out the blue-collar jobs sector - not everyone is college material! Asset price inflation by our central planners (for the benefit of Wall Street) keeps housing more expensive than it should be (even after the bubble burst). An outrageous school funding system (based on PerformanceSpeaksForItselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02710385857829942329noreply@blogger.com