[DeTomaso] NPC - Investments

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

Inflation is inevitable at this point. Riding the wave with assets of
value would be a good move.



> With interest rates really low, house prices down, and huge inflation
> ahead, it's a great time to buy a new house with a bigger garage for our
> hobby.
>  
> Ken
>
> From: "gow2 at rc-tech.net" <gow2 at rc-tech.net>
> To: hoppe1 at cox.net
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Investments
>
> If you were not spending time on a Pantera, you have to subtract the
> amount of money you would have spent on things such a golf. That money
> would have been spent whether you played golf or played with cars. At
> least with cars, you get to keep some of what you put in it.
>
>> 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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