I'll be personally lobbying AGAINST the porkbarrle bill. Giving more money to the liars, cheats, and thieves that trashed consumer (stock market investors and purchasers) confidence in the first place isn't going to help anyone. In fact it's likely to make people hold on to their money even tighter.
After nearly a decade of having a LOT of money on credit cards (some as high as 30%) we're paying off the first one in the next few days. Another one should fall in 2 or 3 months. By the end of the year, all things staying as they are now, we'll have nearly all of it paid off. Till now I've been building and building and building. Now I'm gonna pull that back a bit and go into survival mode. Even though things are NOT tight for us right now. If things really do go to hell in a hand basket I want to be ready for it. If they only go to hell I want to be ready to pick up my competitors at the fire sales. More government debt and/or money to my competitors won't make me spend money. And spending is what it'll take to get things rolling nicely again. So here's my plan. I'm gonna try to get this abomination stopped. If (actually when) I fail at that I'll work to make sure that I get as much of it as I can. They WILL spend it. Might as well come my direction. In the old days our forefathers ran to America to get away from oppressive government. Where are we supposed to run? Anyone want to help me start a colony on the moon? deep sigh Marlon (509) 982-2181 (408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services 42846865 (icq) WISP Operator since 1999! o...@odessaoffice.com www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Bartosch" <ch...@clarityconnect.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] OMG... > > On Jan 30, 2009, at 12:03 PM, RickG wrote: > >> But...IF it collapses, your $200k is worthless :) > > That's what I meant by "tails I win, heads you lose" ;-). > > Chuck > >> >> Also, you didnt say what time frame for the collapse to happen. >> Just my silly obsevation :) >> -RickG >> >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Chuck Bartosch >> <ch...@clarityconnect.com> wrote: >>> Tell ya what Mark. I'll bet you $10,000 the collapse won't happen. >>> No, >>> let's make it $100,000. Now, I'm serious! I'll even give you 2:1 >>> odds. >>> I'll give you $200,000 if it collapses. Deal? >>> >>> (Of course, ha gotta love these "tales I win, heads you lose" kind of >>> bets ;-). >>> >>> Chuck >>> >>> On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:58 PM, rea...@muddyfrogwater.us wrote: >>> >>>> Some of the financial and economic advisors I read from time to time >>>> are in >>>> deadly serious mode and I believe them. They're saying that unless >>>> all >>>> this debt and spending is stopped and stopped NOW, we're going to >>>> face a >>>> currency collapse as our currency depreciates to worthlessness. >>>> >>>> I can't believe a single one of us would be in favor of any of the >>>> pork >>>> barrell bills in Congress, much less raising money to lobby FOR >>>> them. >>>> >>>> You want to lobby AGAINST there being any pork bills, I'll donate if >>>> I can. >>>> If you're going to lobby for them, I can only surmise than none of >>>> you care >>>> about our future so long as you get your handout NOW. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> <insert witty tagline here> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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