XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general
From: nospam@thanksalot.com
Canuck57 wrote:
> On 06/07/2011 10:47 PM, merlin! wrote:
>> John Fleming wrote:
>>> On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:28:35 -0700, while chained to a desk
>>> in the scriptorium "merlin!" wrote:
>>>
>>>> $And you two clowns have a crystal ball to see the future, and
>>>> mind-reading $abilities so you always know when you are being
>>>> defrauded. How nice for $you! No wonder your financial plan worked
>>>> out so well.
>>>
>>> Nobody can foresee the future. But a persona can take steps
>>> to mitigate risk.
>>
>> Of course they can, and I agree it is prudent to do so. But it is not
>> guarantee of anything, certainly not in this country.
>
> Funny, your like a helpless rabit without a brain. Life is what you
> make it.
Tell that to people who were starved by Stalin, or robbed by Canada, or
whatever misfortune was visited upon them by corrupt greedy governments.
Oh, that's right... you deny that any of this ever happens to anyone,
because you and your buddy have done okay for yourselves.
>>> In personal finance, you do this by having a budget, a
>>> reserve fund, appropriate insurance, and minimizing your
>>> debt.
>>>
>>> In a relationship, you do this by making sure the woman you
>>> build a relationship has a good head for personal finance
>>> and isn't hooking up with you because of your wallet. Not
>>> because she has nice tits and a good ass.
>>
>> Seriously? You size up a woman's financial acumen prior to asking
>> her out? That's wierd, dude.
>
> Not prior to the date silly, but before sleeping with her without
> protection and moving in, you bet your sweet jewels I did. We
> expressed each others life goals, ambitions, needs and came to some
> mutual long term objectives. Lots of communication. Once proven for
> a few years, we married and obtained those goals.
There is someone for everyone, apparently.
> Nice and conservative and assured like, I know. But low risk, high
> success rate. No liberal screwing whatever moves and making a mess of
> things.
Lovely. And as long as neither of you change your mind about any of that,
the relationship should be financially advantageous.
>
>>>> $> You reap what you sew.
>>>> $
>>>> $Maybe, if the locusts don't eat the crop.
>>>
>>> I'll echo Canuck57's statement. You reap what you sow.
>>
>> Unless the crop is stolen, then other people reap what you sow. That
>> happens a lot in Canada, and if it's the government who steal it
>> then you are SOL.
>
> If you mean current rates of taxation is really tax-debt-slavery, I
> agree. But the rules are the same as you and I. Stop voting for big,
> fat, inefficient expensive government at the polls.
Oh.... I didn't see that option on my ballot. I really should a better
pair of rose-colored glasses like the ones you wear.
> But you sound more like a delinquent whiner.
You sound like a self-righteous, arrogant, smug prick.
>>> You build a strong financial foundation, and you are better
>>> able to weather life's storms. Thing of it as building your
>>> house on rock, not sand.
>>
>> yeah yeah... we know. The point is, you can do all of that and lose
>> it all through no fault of your own - at the stroke of a pen. It
>> does happen, and you need to understand that and stop assigning
>> blame where none is warranted.
>
> Hey, anytime things get screwed up, you have to look at why and learn
> from your mistakes. It is how every human being learns.
>
> Just some learn faster than others.
Keep studying then, and one day you might catch on.
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