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For a guy with a "background" in finance, you really have no !@#$ing clue what makes those markets move and how insignificant the equity markets actually are in relation to the economy.

Look at EII wanting to give unlimited control to the government. How transparent of you

Anyone who uses the Dow as an indicator of how the economy is doing is an idiot. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-03/u-s-july-payrolls-rise-more-than-forecast-unemployment-8-3-.html

Obamacare

It's always about presentation. I have plenty of conversations with friends/colleagues who believe the health care system we have here is a sacred cow that must never be touched until you present them with the actual costs that most likely come out of their pocket. The situation here is dire and it's sad that people are paying both public and private simply because it's so badly managed.

I live in Canada and I believe we have the same system that you guys have. On our side, there has been increasing issues with regards to 1) Being able to get treatment in a timely matter (long wait periods for major surgery) 2) Hospital emergency rooms constantly at overcapacity 3) Impossible for people to get a family doctor unless you had one for a very long time 4) People opting to pay for semi-private since they can't get a family doctor or important tests a doctor might deem unnecessary. This after I'd estimate at least 40% of tax revenues (federal/provincial) are set aside for healthcare. To help reduce abuse of the system, the province tried to implement a $25 fee for every hospital visit which led to protests and a lot of pressure. They eventually scrapped the idea and just added a mandatory $200 medical fee on tax returns. Have you had the same issues?

The comments in that article say it all. People are idiots.

Someone else made that happen.

What's the capital of Israel?

I really believe comedy has gone into the "whatever works" mode and from what I recall, older generation comedians had limits. Oh well, plenty of people will make jokes about this guy once he blows his brains out.

I agree. But Dane Cook sucks so I don't think he's relevant.

Canadian and in one of North America's weakest economies but I think we have hotter women here

Fair enough. As I said, I actually agree with you but I don't think we'll ever hit the bottom*. I think, the more and more North American society is swamped in debt, cost of living will just get harder and harder for those that don't have old money. I'm already seeing it now where most people in my age group are strongly depending on their parents to be able to purchase homes, etc and it will become more difficult for upward mobility as the cost of living keeps on getting higher, similar to what my cousins in Italy are going through. Note: I live in Canada so it's a different situation entirely but I think both countries share the same fundamental flaws.

I don't necessarily disagree with you but I think complete lack of participation generally makes the situation even worse.

The famous everyone sucks argument.

It's like you're living in your own world imagining that you're pissing people off

The British media is still trying to explain how they lost to dagos in the Euro this summer (sorry just felt like throwing that in there)

You're an idiot.

Gee Liberal media bias? Cameron didn't run the Olympics. He had help.

The Guardian is a leftist rag and is also the same newspaper that "leaked" the anglo saxon story. You're so !@#$ing transparent it's laughable.

Is this what you call a stomping? Try harder little man.

It's three exams and I got a special letter bypassing me from that question Especially since calling it an exclusive awesome group is a violation of the code of ethics.

If he ever tries the CFA he could join me and Jauronimo in our exclusive awesome group.

You never know man, I mean he did pass his series 7 & series 63.