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12-05-2013, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by merrylander
A time honoured American tradition, if you have an unfunded defined benefit pension plan find a judge who will let you declare bankruptcy and you can ditch the plan, The list of corporations that have gotten away with this would stretch from coast to coast.
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Yeah, but it's for our own good. You see, the less rewarding work is, the better off we are. Only pussies expect to retire some day, anyways. Haven't you heard?
Dave
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12-05-2013, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by djv8ga
Now that they can clean up the mess, their real estate offerings are intriguing.
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Grab it quick, the wolves are already there feasting on the carcass, buying up entire neighborhoods and clearing them.
Dave
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12-05-2013, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
Yeah, but it's for our own good. You see, the less rewarding work is, the better off we are. Only pussies expect to retire some day, anyways. Haven't you heard?
Dave
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In two more years I will have been drawing my pension for the same number of years that I worked for the company.
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12-05-2013, 10:39 AM
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Possibly admin. Maybe ;)
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Rob, that's fantastic! I figure I'll die in the traces.
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
Grab it quick, the wolves are already there feasting on the carcass, buying up entire neighborhoods and clearing them.
Dave
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You mean SOMEONE is going to do SOMETHING in Detroit?
Pete
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12-05-2013, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
You mean SOMEONE is going to do SOMETHING in Detroit?
Pete
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I'll bet the greedy bastards even have the audacity to pay their PROPERTY TAXES!!!
And if we let 'em get away with that, I'll bet they even try to turn a PROFIT!!!
Chas
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12-05-2013, 05:01 PM
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But they're wolves, and must be stopped!
Unless they're actually wolves, then they must be protected!
Unless the carcass they're chewing on is Fido, then they must be stopped!
Unless its the neighbor's dog that barks too much, then let those wolves eat it!
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12-05-2013, 06:55 PM
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"Kick the straw man only 5˘"
^ see what a capitalist I am?
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12-05-2013, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99
"Kick the straw man only 5˘"
^ see what a capitalist I am?
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Define the straw man, don't know which one to kick.
Chas
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12-05-2013, 10:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles
Define the straw man, don't know which one to kick.
Chas
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For one, whoever it it that supposedly says
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"I'll bet the greedy bastards even have the audacity to pay their PROPERTY TAXES!!!
And if we let 'em get away with that, I'll bet they even try to turn a PROFIT!!!"
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You don't say who that is, precisely, so you tell me.
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12-05-2013, 10:27 PM
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Area Man
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piece-itpete
Rob, that's fantastic! I figure I'll die in the traces.
You mean SOMEONE is going to do SOMETHING in Detroit?
Pete
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The land is nearly worthless. There is little property tax to pay on worthless land. They are gambling that, in time, the city will rise again.
Believe it or not, Pete, some people still take the long view and gamble on the future.
Just because the city is in the mess it's in today, doesn't mean it will be forever.
Dave
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