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Yeah, when you're old enough to remember when 10%+ yield was the norm, it seems hardly worth the time it takes to walk your money to the bank any more.

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It's not even paperwork any more, it's a stroke on a keyboard.

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I hope they've made their balloon payments.

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Yeah, but a guy with his experience knows very well how fast even the most stable-looking banks can tank during a crash. Self interested doesn't necessarily equal stupid.

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We have already seen it with the rushed shitty tax law and ham fisted attempt to repeal the ACA.

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I saw this in the On Demand listing, and may need to watch it soon.

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Until the steampunk arch-villain starts shooting all the balloons with a needlessly overly complicated steam powered balloon popping device!

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Only rubes keep cash in their mattress. I converted mine to gold and have buried it in small caches all around my backyard.

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And to think that Donald Trump couldn't get a loan from any American banks in those days (that's why he's up to his orange ferret toupee in Russian debt) - that's how toxic he was/is.

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Imma try that.

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Trudat.

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I do too. I'm donating money to his campaign in honor of one of our fellow Wonkers who lives in Wisconsin. I know It's probably a futile gesture, and a lost cause, but at least it will show Ryan how much the little people hate him.

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Yeah, but in the past we haven't had a president as hated as Trump. I disliked GWB intensely, but i didn't consider him to be an actual traitor and criminal. I KNOW Trump is a traitor and a criminal.

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But they are the smallest of the biggest banks, right?

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A while back, someone up in the gold country in NorCal was digging on his property and found tin cans full of gold coins from late 19 to early 20 centuries.Gotta remember where you put 'em.

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