[DeTomaso] NPC - Investments

hoppe1 at cox.net hoppe1 at cox.net
Mon Jun 25 16:11:50 EDT 2012


My pantera has more than doubled in value.

Of course I bought it in 1981 and have spent 3 or 4 times the value

Does that count as a good investment?

To me a pantera is a toy for men and like all toys you buy and play with them without thinking of it as an investment.

Rich
---- gow2 at rc-tech.net wrote: 
> 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.
> >
> 
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