Mr. Bush, what do you mean by "the economy will be fine in the

Raven

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Mon Sep-15-08 02:14 PM
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Mr. Bush, what do you mean by "the economy will be fine in the

long run"? I'm 62. I would like to retire before my 80's and I need the income from my investments in order to live. You sort of have a history of ruining other peoples' finances...will these "adjustments", as you call them, ruin mine as well?

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alsame

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Mon Sep-15-08 02:17 PM
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1. Junior always forgets that we're not all

trust fund babies.

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hfojvt

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Mon Sep-15-08 02:23 PM
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2. remember, the closer you get to retirement, the less risky your portfolio should be

Not that anything is totally safe if the whole financial system goes down.

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Jim__

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Mon Sep-15-08 02:30 PM
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3. "In the long run, we're all dead" - John Maynard Keynes.

Edited on Mon Sep-15-08 02:30 PM by Jim__

A much better analyst than junior.

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beac

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Mon Sep-15-08 02:32 PM
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5. Wait... I thought we were "all Georgians".... it's SO confusing,

;)

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MrsCorleone

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Mon Sep-15-08 05:56 PM
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8. LOL

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leftofthedial

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Mon Sep-15-08 02:31 PM
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4. if you are not a billionaire and you plan to live on your investments...

you might want to reconsider

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Raven

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Mon Sep-15-08 02:35 PM
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6. Well, then I guess we all need to reconsider... I don't imagine

that I'll be able to continue working into my 80's so I'll have to live on something and we all know that SS doesn't cut it. Why is it that I have been saving all of my life?????

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leftofthedial

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Mon Sep-15-08 02:37 PM
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7. our country is being looted.

I don't know how any of us will fare.

I'm not quite as old as you, but nearly, and my savings are already all gone. 40 years of working my ass off and I have nada.

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