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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 8 years, 10 months ago
    Europeans are getting a sample of this, now that negative interest bonds are the "latest thing." As the money-printing impact hits, expect to see fees on deposits and zero or negative interest in US banks CDs. Cyprus (and soon, Greece) are blatantly using depositor's money to stay afloat with exorbitant fees and withdrawal limits. It's beginning to sound like the banks have become so married to big business and the government that we "little people" are of little interest to them. Credit Unions are becoming more attractive, and more people should think about what items of value they could collect to use for barter when the dollar collapses.
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    • Posted by 8 years, 10 months ago
      Okay, weird... this is almost verbatim what my husband said to me about 5 minutes before he sent me this link. I feel spied on, but that's pretty much how I feel all the time anymore.
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  • Posted by Zero 8 years, 10 months ago
    For my money, South Park is some of the smartest TV on TV.
    (If you can get past the poop and vulgarity.)
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    • Posted by 8 years, 10 months ago
      Yes, the smart talk is coated with poop and vulgarity so it is presented as if the talk is coming from stupidity so it gets dismissed. As if the truth can only be talked about in the form of parodies... it feels communist. Am I nuts?
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 10 months ago
    My mattress is the type that doesn't allow me to stuff anything in it. I have a safe, but I haven't opened it for several years. It's a pretty small safe anyhow. The value of the money is decreasing at a rate so fast that it might actually catch up to the losses in investments.
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  • Posted by MinorLiberator 8 years, 10 months ago
    Dark humor, too accurate to be really funny. Though not a fan of regulations, I propose one more for all financial institutions: people must watch this clip before they open an account...Aaaaaand,,,they're gone...
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  • Posted by johnpe1 8 years, 10 months ago
    on the advice of a friend, years ago, I speculated in
    the currency exchange rate market and lost 14k. fast.
    that was the harley which wasn't. . aaaaand, it's gone. -- j
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  • Posted by fotoldy 8 years, 10 months ago
    I didn't find it funny
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    • Posted by 8 years, 10 months ago
      Maybe I shouldn't have posted this under entertainment. Economics? Philosophy? Culture? We need a "we're screwed" category.
      Let me start over.
      Maybe I shouldn't have posted this-
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      • Posted by MinorLiberator 8 years, 10 months ago
        I still liked it, had never seen it before, and thanks for posting. It is definitely black humor, but sometimes that's needed to make a point, especially to those who aren't or never will be, ability-wise, scholars or degreed economists.

        (I'm the latter, although I don't teach. If I did, I might still show this clip to first year students, especially in Banking 101. And then explain why the current system is an immoral house of cards [or, paper])...
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