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@jlwarner7 Sorry about the stuff on Warren, I mixed up two discussions.

I guess if you refuse to recognize the irony and insist on your insane interpretation, that she was declaring herself a supporter of Mao at an American high school graduation, I'll probably never get through to you.

If t...

Her use of polar opposites - in this case, one greatly admired person and one widely despised - is an old speech-writer's trick for keeping the interest of the audience. She wouldn't have picked Mao if she did not think he was "evil" enough to provide a dramatic contrast with the "divine" Mother...

@templar2016 Since most never started a company, your data on the F 400 must include those who buy and sell companies.

One of the problems we have is that mobility is virtually gone. If you're checking data on the Forbes list, check where the members started out. Almost half were born very ...

@7j8i9m As a child of the South, I can reveal another secret. Sorghum molasses (not blackstrap or any other variety available up north or made from sugarcane) is wonderful on hot, buttered biscuits. Wikipedia calls it "sorghum syrup".

@Timelords137 i dont like any of those bands?

@buffalobill507 dont fall for the troll god you idiots

@crayolapencils247 it isnt out yet?

@stoicsquirrel By IRS rules, income is capital or ordinary. Wages, bank and bond interest, and net profits of small business are ordinary. Sales of stock and qualified dividends are capital, but so is profit made on the sale of a business asset or a home.

Short-term capital gain is 28%, whic...

@fwanksajerk "Buffet makes almost no income" Correction ..almost no *ordinary* income. Investment earnings *are* income, and are taxed, just at a different rate.

The simple version: Stocks gains and dividends are taxed at capital gain rates, 15% for Buffet and peers.

Bond and account inter...