[DeTomaso] NPC - Investments

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

In a summary of my post, the govenment's effort to move toward taking not
just income but the wealth of people, this actually supported keeping or
buying a Pantera vs traditional monetary investments. It does not however
bode well for companies needing investments.


>
> I added the "NPC" in front of investments, because this is going to get
> out of hand.  I was talking to a friend this weekend and to summarize:  If
> the government is going to take money from me to pay other people to
> (trying to be nice: to be shirkers to the 200 year old American ethic)
> "freeload" then there should be a compromise.  The government needs to do
> something to shrink that class of people.  Legalizing abortion is a good
> example.  Or, pay them $50,000.00 to be sterilized, etc.  I'm reading an
> excellent book about the 1% class in America, they also refer to them as
> those who live in the super-zips:  COMING APART, by Charles Murray.
> ---Bill Lewis
>
>> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:10:53 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Investments
>> From: gow2 at rc-tech.net
>> To: lotus0005 at hotmail.com
>> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
>>
>> There is a push in the direction of our government to not only tax your
>> income but to tax what you have.
>>
>> I know some wealthy people who continue to move many of their holdings
>> into things which are difficult to track or value by the government.
>> Cars,
>> exotic paintings, art, are examples. It is easy for the government to
>> see
>> what you own in stock holdings. It is difficult for them to calculate
>> your
>> worth on items which are not summed up with numbers.
>