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mircea_popescu: n his retirement. Instead he was one of
the
thousands who got nothing because
the incompetent mill management and corrupt union (not
to mention
the government) raided
their pension funds and stole
their retirement. All she had was social security
to live on."
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller> and enron ruined pensions for everyone << if only. "My neighbor was an elderly retired woman (80+ seemed ancient
to me at
that age) who was
the widowed wife of a retired steel worker. Her husband had worked all his life in
the steel mills of central Pennsylvania with promises from big business and
the union
that, for his 30 years of service, he would have a pension and medical care
to look forward
to i
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform 40% or 90% is purely a wordchoice matter, much like
the zhim
thing. 5%ish is where it matters.
mircea_popescu: PeterL being prepared.
there's definitely going
to be one.
thestringpuller: "The
total amount of United States Currency seized from
the stops is: $13,647,160" <<
they just want new
toys
thestringpuller: "The F.I.N.D. Unit has made forty-eight (48)
traffic stops
that resulted in
the detection of bulk cash smugglers."
thestringpuller: the "evidence" is probably auctioned off under
the
table somewhere
thestringpuller: US just wants
their cut (not like it helps since we are bankrupt)
trinque: yeah, I'm referring
to a former friend of mine
thestringpuller: d00d would just sell high end weed, and claim it as "consulting services" and would
tax
that
thestringpuller: so
tru story: buddy from high school was
telling me about d00d who was a drug dealer but setup "consulting" llc for "professional coaching"
thestringpuller: asciilifeform: hey you're
the one who can't spend benjies without setting off alarms.
trinque: what do you
think is going
to kill us off?
trinque: asciilifeform: even
the fall of
the soviet union didn't kill off all
the former soviets
decimation: asciilifeform: what are you gonna do? withdraw your retirement with penalty and move
to mexico?
decimation: I was just looking at
the 'mid-cap value' fund from vanguard
decimation: asciilifeform:
that's not even counting
the fact
that usd in your 'savings' account is continually
thieved
thestringpuller: this is how I imagined QE
though, some d00d at Fed
typing "FUNDS FUNDS FUNDS" over again on his computer.
danielpbarron: i could never get everyone happy even when i used
to glitch
to get "MAXINT" currency units
mircea_popescu: any system where
taxes exceed maybe 6 or 7% is de facto a command economy,
decimation: moldbug has a post about why central banks spend most of
their
time
trying
to figure out how
to not move
the market
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you will remember we're discussing markets here.
the phenomenon of alleged "prices" in a situation where
the government is
the largest economic actor is laughable anyway.
adlai: i'm not sure
the constructive uses of friction have any parallel either... beyond maybe as a cost of manipulation (when you don't control
the
tape)
mircea_popescu: "how
the fuck am i supposed
to do any scioence in here!111"
decimation: adlai: it's probably impossible
to do something positive
to emacs without pissing off stallman
assbot: Logged on 05-03-2015 22:07:20; danielpbarron: asciilifeform's got a good point
though, with such little amounts you aren't going
to move
the market -- might as well just pretend
trade in a
txt file
mircea_popescu: the www soup is scarcely
to be pinned on one man, and if one man were
to be found it's likely not
this one.
adlai: (for
the curious/brave -
http://dwim.hu (requires javascript and much searching as it's impossible
to link into
this 'website'))
mircea_popescu: yeah he has a disco in la he's been fighting
the gobmint forever over.
adlai: he seems
to want free
tech support
mircea_popescu: the crowning nonsense of all nonsense, seriously. why is it not obvious
that if you give up agency you also give up... agency ?
mircea_popescu: not
the past, as
this never existed, but a magical future where
things work by
themselves in
the way ~you~ want
them
to.
decimation: apparently jwz wants
to live in
the past
mircea_popescu: the entire "i want government
to just work by itself and let me
to my affairs" has worked splendidly in
the us, 70s
to 2000s.
decimation: mircea_popescu I
thought you were just making a point about "I use
this
thing and it works" is so 90's
mircea_popescu: if one is willing
to
take
this
tack, i wonder why one's not going
the whole nine yards and
throwing out
the keyboard.
assbot: Logged on 05-03-2015 22:00:28; asciilifeform: i kinda wonder why poor folks are even interested in mpex (or, for
that matter, schwab)