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JCoeur commented on an article. 12:18 PM

The Biggest Takeaways From Apple's Tax Grilling

Is anyone fooled any longer by the US Congress? I think everyone has a sense that most of the problems congressmen try to pin on others are really their own doing, directly or indirectly. They are just no doing their jobs, and won't

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JCoeur commented on an article. 11:46 PM

The Biggest Retirement Myth Ever Told

When I started out working, it was assumed that retirement was covered by Social Security and probably a pension. But at least Social Security. It's only in the last five years or so that people are waking up to the fact that the

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JCoeur commented on an article. 11:42 PM

Warren Buffett Speaks: The 5 Key Takeaways From the Woodstock for Capitalists

Good pump, marks64. Too bad it has nothing to do with the article.

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JCoeur commented on an article. 11:25 PM

Should GM Kill the Chevy Volt?

The right-wingers hate the Volt because it works and is still available because of government action. They would rather have seen GM and the domestic suppliers industry go under so they could get on with their program of turning the

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JCoeur commented on an article. 1:11 AM

How Banks Became Too Big to Fail

Too big to fail is one thing. Now our Attorney General has acknowledged before Congress a policy of Too Big to Jail for the management of these institutions. And Congress, knowing who controls the campaign coffers, didn't bat an

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JCoeur commented on an article. 1:08 AM

How Banks Became Too Big to Fail

What's really too big to fail is the public's trust and confidence in their government. But it is failing.

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JCoeur commented on an article. 1:07 AM

How Banks Became Too Big to Fail

This article seems to assume that too big to fail represents reality. Isn't it possible that 6 years later, if we had let those guys fail in 2007-2008, we would be in pretty good shape by now?