Is it wrong that the optimist in me thinks it’s a positive sign that there are enough people with $10,000 to spare to crash the #treasurydirect website? @wesbury@TreasuryDirect
@leadlagreport Was shooting craps at Atlantis in the Bahamas New Year’s Eve 2007 with a trader from Goldman Sachs. I asked him if he had any stock tips and he said “yeah, get the fuck out of the stock market”. Didn’t realize he was serious.
Work and saving are delayed gratification. Eating less, driving an older car, cleaning your house, keeping things repaired…they are all delayed gratification. They create benefits, most of the time. Government programs often interfere with these decisions and create problems.