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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: knighttof3   😊 😞
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Subject: Freeloaders
Date: 10/02/23 1:46 AM
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yahoo.com - Gov gavin newsom vetoes wga

Workers who strike want free money from taxpayers.
Get in line.
People who voluntarily took on debt to pay for college want free money from the government (i.e. me, the taxpayer) and are getting it.
Bankers who gambled with clients' funds and got million dollar bonuses already got their free money in the GFC. And have and will, again and again, before, and after (like the LTCM crisis so long ago, and recently JPM buying failed First Republic bank but with FDIC backstop).

It's ironic that Democrats crib about people keeping their own money - oooh, look at Trump lowering taxes, but understandable, because they can't spend it on giveaways. I am glad Newsom showed some spine for once.
(Republicans did it too, but reluctantly. In the GFC, at first they voted against the bailout before Bush realized that this sucker could go down.)
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