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Sounds as if you're a wage slave with lots of expenses. With the imposition of the ACA, you'd need to keep your taxable income below the cap which is reasonably high (400% of the poverty line); if you have expenses and are forced to (probably through working) have too much income, well, there's your problemo, compadre.
You can always move to another state, it's a free country. I like California, and where I decided to live is the best part of the state imho. So yeah I'm forced by the darn socialist state government here to get excellent medical care very cheaply.
Clark, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good, because a few years ago I stumbled onto income avoidance.
I got wise at exactly the right time; the last president talked frequently about taking advantage of what the law allows and I copied his strategies (well, it wasn't just my following in the footsteps of the greatest president in U.S. history, but also that law school course I took in Federal Income Tax) and so I limited my income during my silver years approaching that darned socialist medicare at 65, now only a few years away. I sure hope they don't raise the long term capital gains tax!
--Maybe your neighbors need a good tax attorney.
Say, do you think Weisselberg is gonna flip?
And yet he was able to steal the election from the self declared smartest guy in the room at '4D Chess'...or is this all part of the 'Secret Plan' to destroy the 'Deep State'?
Everything is permitted and nothing is real
"Do what thou wilt" shall be the whole of the Law
“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.”
--Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
"we hear very little, and understand even less."
To the tune of that auld Liverpool tune "Maggie Mae":
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
Treasury's stolen them away
And they never pay handsome dividends anymore
No judge has guilty found them
Of stealin' up the GSE profits
In Treasury's dirty no good robbin'of Freddie and Fannie Mae
It's part of HERA rules judges keep returning to
And all Treasury does is delay...
Thanks, Bryndon!
--Interesting how the media is ignoring SCOTUS' pending decision in Collins, a case that has ramifications far beyond the treatment of shareholders, in that the decision will likely spell out how limited the government will be or how far they may go in taking over private companies that are profitable.
If the plaintiffs lose, one can easily envision a future Congress imposing a conservatorship on Facebook or Twitter, until they do the governments' bidding, or placing Walmart in conservatorship until they stop sourcing products from China, etc.
So it's a watershed moment for individual and private enterprise property rights in America, and we get crickets from all major media corporations.
Bill Ackman hired Jones Day, but they are no longer representing them; there was a change of representation several years ago (and I can't remember the current firm).
My mom is doing great; she can walk two miles no problemo. She's always pissed but never bitter, and when she wins she will do a victory dance.
Seven years ago, my mom filed her lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury; she will be 98 years old this December.
She's owned 50,000 shares of FNMA since 1982. When the suit was filed, I reviewed the complaint and asked the attorneys to insert a prayer for damages into the requested relief; what do you think that amount should be, given her lost equity value, stolen dividends, the time value of money and lost opportunities during the greatest bull market in history?
We're not gonna stop fighting (no matter what the Collins outcome may be), so the government might as well do what it's known for the world over since the end of WW2; giving up.
Q: What it is called when the innocents are on one side and the guilty on the other, when everything has been lost but you are still breathing and the sun is still rising?
A: Daybreak
2.57 Beta
When asked what he thought the stock market would do next, legendary financier J. P. Morgan replied "it will fluctuate".
in the absence of news, William of Occam would say it's a down day in the broader market
[yawn]
The truth hurts
“Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.”
--Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
“Fear never builds the future, but hope does."
- Joe Biden
Fabian: "More matter for a May morning."
Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 4.
– William Shakespeare
"never being able to hang on to any real gains"
Er, the common shares traded in a range from twenty to thirty cents for a period of about 2 1/2 years, so the air up here seems pretty clear to me. Of course, in trading, as in life, "YMMV".
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to post nonsense and remove all doubt
I was certain it would resonate with you in a special way, and I was not disappointed.
Something is causing downward pressure on prices today, but not that.
When asked what the stock market would do next, financial legend J. P. Morgan replied 'it will fluctuate".
I'll take 'potential favorable SCOTUS decision on Thursday for $100', uh Alex
That being said, it isn't, at least presently.
But action has been favorable recently.
Push must come to shove eventually here; what gets pushed determines who gets shoved.
Senators and Congress loading up on shares
When you're talkin' $2.2B for an Infrastructure bill, Housing should be a priority as it's the essence of infrastructure.
What's $100B for Housing as part of a Grand Gesture to launch GSE Recap?
Word on the Street is Biden Admin wants out of CONservatorship, and now's a window of opportunity, as they want to get infrastructure done by end of June.
Collins decision coming by the end of June, hard to see this court ruling for the government, but we'll find out soon either way. If in favor of shareholders, a multi bagger catalyst in only ninety days.
Ackman letter again calls the shares a valuable perpetual option at what was about two bucks a share.
Timing is everything. As Blue points out today, these shares are obviously undervalued.
Breyer talked about COMPROMISE; it's likely to be the Infrastructure bill's theme song...
GSE Hotel California
I did it better:
[y/t]
"I'll take JPS have a contract, and a superior position in the Capital Structures for $1,000, Alex"
I didn't say I'm going to buy the common shares
The entire market is on sale, plenty of better places to put your money to work
I'm gonna borrow $100K of TBTF Bank money when we hit bottom, I get six offers a month in the mail that adds up to that...
haha two can play at that game
Dow 17K
next stop
Post the links or it's BS
I call BS on you, stop spreading lies and misinformation
https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-tempers-trumps-optimism-on-chloroquine-use-for-coronavirus-181035811.html
President Trump and the leading scientific expert on infectious diseases on his coronavirus task force offered starkly different views Friday about whether Americans should feel hopeful that the antimalarial drug chloroquine could be used to stop the spread of COVID-19.
One day after Trump said chloroquine had shown “very encouraging early results” treating COVID-19 and would be rolled out to patients “almost immediately,” Dr. Anthony Fauci was asked at a briefing in Washington whether there was any evidence to suggest that taking the drug would help prevent a person from coming down with COVID-19.
“The answer is no. And the evidence that you’re talking about, John [Roberts, Fox News correspondent], is anecdotal evidence, so as the commissioner of FDA and the president mentioned yesterday, we’re trying to strike a balance between making something with a potential of an effect to the American people available, at the same time we do it under the auspices of a protocol that would give us information to determine if it’s truly safe and truly effective,” Fauci said. “But the information that you’re referring to specifically is anecdotal; it was not done in a controlled clinical trial, so you really can’t make any definitive statement about it.”
There have been reports from France and China that chloroquine has helped some COVID-19 patients, but there has been nothing like a large-scale clinical test in which, ideally, thousands of patients are treated with the drug and their outcomes compared with those of others who did not receive it. Such trials cost millions of dollars and can take months to run but are considered the gold standard in scientific evidence.
Typically such a trial would be conducted before the FDA approved a drug for use against a specific disease. In the case of chloroquine, it is already approved for use against malaria, and doctors can legally prescribe it for so-called off-label uses, which could include treating the coronavirus. Trump appeared to be encouraging this practice, based on his being a “big fan” of the drug.
After Fauci’s answer, Trump returned to the briefing room podium and continued to promote the idea that chloroquine could be a “game changer” in the fight against the coronavirus, which, as of the hour the briefing was held, had infected more than 15,000 Americans and killed more than 200.
“I’m probably more of a fan of that [chloroquine] maybe than anybody, but I’m a big fan, and we’ll see what happens. We all understand what the doctor said is 100 percent correct, it’s early. But I’ve seen things that are impressive — we’ll see; we’re going to know soon,” Trump said. “We’re going to know soon, including safety, but, you know, when you get to have safety, this has been prescribed for many years for people to combat malaria, which was a big problem, and it’s very effective. It’s a strong drug. So we’ll see.”
Trump was then asked by Roberts whether chloroquine had been shown to be effective against SARS during the 2002-03 outbreak of that virus.
“It was very, as I understand that,” Trump said before turning to Fauci. “Is that a correct statement? It was fairly effective against SARS.”
Fauci then stepped to the podium to throw cold water on that characterization.
“You’ve got to be careful when you say ‘fairly effective.’ It was never done in a clinical trial that compared it to anything. It was given to individuals and felt that maybe it works,” Fauci said.While Trump deferred to Fauci’s expertise, he also seemed to push against it at times during the briefing.
“Let’s see if it works. It might and it might not. I happen to feel good about it, but who knows? I’ve been right a lot. Let’s see what happens,” Trump said.
The FDA has yet to approve chloroquine for prescriptions to treat or prevent COVID-19, but Trump has been pressuring officials at the agency to speed up that process.
“We’ll use it on people who are not doing great, or even at the beginning of not feeling well,” Trump said, adding, “What do we have to lose? It’s been out there for so long. We hear good things. Let’s see, maybe it works and maybe it doesn’t.”
Despite an apparent divergence with the president on how to regard the potential for chloroquine to end the pandemic, Fauci insisted that his science-based conclusions were compatible with Trump’s “feeling about it.”
“There really isn’t that much of a difference in many respects in what we’re saying. The president feels optimistic about something, his feeling about it. What I’m saying is that it might be effective; I’m not saying that it isn’t,” Fauci said. “It might be effective, but as a scientist, as we’re getting it out there, we need to do it in a way that while we are making it available for people who might want the hope that it might work, you’re also collecting data that will ultimately show that it is truly effective and safe under the conditions of COVID-19. So there really isn’t a difference; it’s just a question of how one feels about it.”
Asked if there is any reason to believe chloroquine is not safe to take to combat the coronavirus, Fauci again tried to temper Trump’s optimism.
“Any drug, John, has some toxicities. The decades of experience that we have with this drug indicate that toxicities are rare, and they are, in many respects, reversible. What we don’t know is, when you put it in the context of another disease, whether it is safe.”
Sure, whatever you say
okey dokey
All one has to do is go back and read your posts, and they'll see you are a contrarian indicator
That means do the opposite of what you say
selling their shares secretly is a bipartisan activity
Hang 'em high
The Brits shot Admiral John Byng for failing to "do his utmost" to prevent Minorca falling to the French.
"in this country, it is good to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng
They should all be shot, in order to encourage the others
so where are the links to these "independent studies"?
laughable
SORRY
I spent twenty years as a hit man for three Fortune 100 companies, during which time I met and interacted with each of their leadership teams...
I can gar-ron-tee they will steal as much of the government money for themselves, and provide only crumbs to their workers, that is to their workers that still have jobs.
"I can hire half of America's Working Class to kill the other half"
--Jay Gould
YMMV <eom>
Chloroquine Side Effects
https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-8633/chloroquine-oral/details
Blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, headache, and diarrhea may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: bleaching of hair color, hair loss, mental/mood changes (such as confusion, personality changes, unusual thoughts/behavior, depression), hearing changes (such as ringing in the ears, hearing loss), darkening of skin/tissue inside the mouth, worsening of skin conditions (such as dermatitis, psoriasis), signs of serious infection (such as high fever, severe chills, persistent sore throat), unusual tiredness, swelling legs/ankles, shortness of breath, pale lips/nails/skin, signs of liver disease (such as severe stomach/abdominal pain, yellowing eyes/skin, dark urine), easy bruising/bleeding, muscle weakness, unwanted/uncontrolled movements
(including tongue and face twitching).
Precautions
Before taking chloroquine, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to hydroxychloroquine; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: a certain enzyme problem (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency-G6PD), vision/eye problems, hearing problems, kidney disease, liver disease, regular alcohol use/abuse, psoriasis, a certain blood disorder (porphyria), seizures.
"" Comment:
I lost most of my vision from this medication. At the time, their was no proper guidelines on visual testing or the progression of the disease. Over the years they have found the damage does continue. The use of the medication was not worth the loss of vision. ""
https://www.webmd.com/drugs/drugreview-8633-chloroquine+oral.aspx?drugid=8633&drugname=chloroquine+oral&conditionFilter=-500
Report: Adults Under 45 Years Old Make Up 20% of U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/03/19/report-adults-under-age-44-make-up-20-percent-u-s-coronavirus-hospitalizations/
ridiculous
you are in denial of what is happening
What are you talking about?
"No one seems to be sure about anything about COVID-19 at this time."
No one?
I listen to medical professionals and epidemiologists, not lying political blowhards
One Harvard epidemiologist told the Wall Street Journal he expects 40 to 70 percent of the global population will be infected this year; a biostatistician who consults for the World Health Organization projected two-thirds of all people will eventually contract COVID-19.
Use your math
even with an.01 death rate (and it is many times higher than that so far), that's eyepopping numbers