that would be one big baloney statement then . your portfolio value is all yours each and every day . it would be ludicrous to think that anything different transpired except a taxing event if instead of selling each night and re buying another investment in the morning is any different then choosi...

So the US can improve minimum wage by lowering median wage?

Consider: Some wise poster on this board once made the assertion that capital gains (i.e. a component of total return) do not compound unless realized.  Dividends that are reinvested do.

Discuss.

I have bought and sold junk silver on Ebay, but not for a few years. My recollection is that US junk goes for a good bit above spot, Canadian a bit lower, and others a bit lower still. A quick, non-scientific survey of the bay shows a roll (20) of 1964 Kennedy Half Dollars recently sold for $151 (wi...

[quote="WiseOne'] They'll mostly just explore and chew on greenery and throw up. [/quote]

I sort of envision retirement kind of like that.  At least the later stages...

I prefer Heinlein's list.

Hilariously, it's considered a historical landmark and can't be torn down and rebuilt! and how does that not drive the value down to squatter shack prices? it would mean the land cant be used.. I am sure it can be torn down, after completion of a $850,000 cultural resource study and a $1.5 million ...

Places that are "...dense, liberal urban..." control a bunch of electoral college votes. So if the presidency is the ultimate prize, that is the market you pander to. Places that are "...dense, liberal (but i repeat myself) urban..." control a bunch of electoral college votes. So...

[quote=WiseOne]Of course there is!

W23.0.XXS - Sequela of being caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between moving objects.[/quote]

I must say I am disappointed that combines do not get equipment-specific codes, but water skis apparently do. 

I suppose there is a code for one of my favorite lines from the Police Squad/Naked Gun Series - "Getting caught in the teeth of a combine..."

I don't know, but "Soaring Silver Sales" is almost as good a tongue twister as "Six Slippery Sliding Snakes" 

So about $130,000 went to "taxes and savings".  Can't pay much in tax with $100K in charitable contributions.  So they really kept $15K plus "savings".

Thanks!  (Slapping forehead with palm!).

[quote=Coffee]I couldn't agree, more. That part made him the greatest actor to have ever lived, in my opinion.[/quote]

Movie?  I can't come up with it.

[quote=TennPaGa]But this sort of behavior is *everywhere*.  Whether or not something is sleazy is in the eye of the beholder, and whether it is accepted as such depends very much on culture.[/quote] Please note that my response was based more on the OP's bringing Medicaid into consideration to suppo...

[quote=Pointedstick]We all benefit from less poverty among senior citizens that's enabled by Social Security. Etc.[/quote] But we all don't benefit when someone fraudulently claims disability to gain Social Security disability payments, or otherwise gains benefits that are not truly warranted. Let's...

[quote='Pointedstick]When you are "paying into" a system like Social Security or Medicare, you're not putting money aside in some kind of segregated fund to pay for your own future expenses; the money you are paying goes straight to other people, and later in life when you receive money, i...

All well and good.  ACA is welfare for everybody at certain income levels, Medicare is welfare for everybody 65 and over, Social Security is welfare for everybody over 62 and over, etc. But Medicaid (included in the OP as an option) IS targeted at very low income folks. Basically, as I understand th...

I think I'm with clacy on this. If you want to manage your affairs to reduce taxes, have at it.  Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one'...

[quote='TennPaGa']I guess I just don't see the Redskins ruling as impacting free speech, and I'm not finding your slippery slope argument very persuasive. [/quote]

I find the Boston Celtics mascot very offensive to my Celtic heritage.  Lather, rinse, repeat.

Gillette Super Speed from the late 1940s through 1950s.

Blades are practically free. 

[quote=Mountaineer]Drink more.  It will kill off the weaker brain cells and leave the stronger ones to assimilate more knowledge.  The more you drink, the smarter you will feel.  This is a key evolutionary "survival of the fittest" strategy, I think from Cheers.  ;)[/quote] I am already do...

Geez, I had to google Latverian and Vibranium. I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was... No worries WAH. I'm 27 and fast seeing my descent into obscurity not understanding kid-lingo these days. I look forward to telling youngsters to get off my lawn. Well, I'm 62 and don't consider...

Geez, I had to google Latverian and Vibranium.

I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was...

Ah, computer nostalgia! I didn't realize that Corel was still selling Quattro. I used a bunch of Borland products in years past - Turbo pascal, Turbo C, Turbo Assembler, etc.  Great tools.  I still have a 2-D Turing machine I wrote in Turbo C (with Turbo Assembler parts) that, last time I checked, s...