Wallstreets response

Johnny Retro said:

I also didnt mention bonds, treasury notes, emini nasdaq, emini s&p, emini dow, and currencys. Because that wasn't the argument. And if you fail to see that, well, you simply don't know what YOU'RE arguing now.
So you "grow pretty flowers" are you saying all you do is grow and sell weed, man YOU'RE a stand up guy. You are helping the economy a lot! You pay taxes on that money? Your credibility is slowly shrinking here.
And please, direct me that post where i said i won the argument. quote it for me please. I would LOVE to see where i said that. me calliing you out for not backing up your argument is not me saying i "won"

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i like turtles.

labradoodle.

seventeen dollars.

unlike the CME, i have never swindled anyone, nor has anyone in my family, nor my wife's family.

and if we did, we wouldn't write a letter bragging about it and exalting ourselves and post it for the public to read.

but, if we did, i take solace in knowing that you would be there to defend us.

capitalism is only good when everyone plays fair.

/debate

All the smartest kids from college went on to work on wall street or good positions at big corporations or started their own business. The mediocre students found what they could and the shitty students all got Government jobs. Is it any surprise that the people on wall street working 120 hours a week have better performance and somehow can stay 10 steps ahead of the governments regulators? Don't get me wrong, there are smart people in government and elsewhere, but they aren't in the majority.

"I don't think he could do my job. I don't think he could do his own landscaping - at least not well. I don't think he's ever killed what he's eaten in his entire life. That takes a measure of knowledge, patience and skill that this person clearly lacks. And it takes respect for what you have been given, which is beyond his ken. But please, anonymous sir, come on out to the prairie and try to knock us out of our lives. When you fail terribly, we'll bring you casseroles so you don't starve, because that's what we do out here, even for unrepentant assholes."

i'll be posting a few more replies to this letter which i have found on the interwebz.

"Oh, you won't be taking my job or eating my food. Not with your soft, inexperienced hands. Not with your computer skills and your greed or your lack of experience in real world work. You're not going to take my food because years of your abuse has made me strong, and even tho your attitude is jaded and simple, I am driven and ready to fight you for all I've earned, down to the last potato chip. Not only are we stronger, we outnumber you 100 fold. So bring it on. To do my job I will first be your boss and you will scrub toilets, hump block, scrap sheetrock, sweep floors, scrub grease. You will be MY bitch, and only...ONLY if you can do my job better than I, then you will take my spot, because then you have earned it.

Whenever you're ready to rise to the challenge of being at my level, wall street. Anytime, anywhere."

"to the author: the dinosaurs are all dead, fucker, annihilated by a massive force of nature. Guess what - I, too, am a force of nature."

"Attitude of the 18th century French Aristocrats....Marie said "Let them Eat cake....you know what happened next"

"Actually... investment trading skills are not transferable to pretty much any other field. Their ability to take anyone else's job would be entirely coincidental.
It does reflect, however, the very widespread delusion among traders that they *matter* to the economy and matter big time. Our economy would survive just fine -- probably better -- if the only way to invest money were in bank accounts and the only way to fund businesses were through bank loans. Equity markets are pretty much the least efficient means available to get money from those who have it to those who need it.

Also, spending by the wealthy, dollar for dollar, creates far fewer jobs and far less wage income than spending by the bottom 90% does. One $20,000,000 home is worth nowhere near as much to the economy as 100 $200,000 homes. 5 $15,000 cars employ far more people than one $80,000 car does."

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