although i have STOCKS in companies, HARDLY makes me an owner, nor does it mean a DAMN bit of money... not today at least, and who knows if the golden honey future ill be there, as promised... im not so sure, that he was talking about me... i think he was talking of the corp. fat cats... and the shit around their maelstrom ...
-- tony Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lincoln was right, and wrong. More Americans than ever before own stocks > through pension funds, 401K plans, and direct investments. So when we say, > "The corporations", we're really talking about the public. > > But look at wealth distribution by age and you will see that older Americans > own the vast majority of those assets, they stand to lose out big time, and > they don't have decades to re-build their portfolios like younger Americans > do. > > So who is the bailout for? Older Americans. > > Who votes? Older Americans. > > There you have it. > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Tony wrote: > >> "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and >> causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations >> have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will >> follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong >> its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all >> wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." >> -- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 (letter to Col. >> William F. Elkins) >> >> makes me think >> >> -- tony >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271882 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
