Re: Obama's Remarks on Retirement Security

On Jun 19, 9:01 pm, Rumpelstiltskin
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:25:52 -0700 (PDT), allan.san...@xxxxxxxxx
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On Jun 19, 6:19 pm, Islander <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
allan.san...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Jun 19, 3:15 pm, Rumpelstiltskin
<PleaseDoNotReplyByEm...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:26:43 -0700, Islander <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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Nope. You still don't get it. But that is OK. I'm happy with with I
do and you are only wondering if you missed something important. As
long as you are happy with your investment strategy, you should stick
with it.
I probably shouldn't stick my nose in here, but I get the
impression you were talking about reducing your taxes
to zero for a given year, whereas Allan was talking
about making a profit. Two completely different things.
If so, you've had a long exchange talking past each
other without resolving that, but maybe I'm missing
something and shouldn't have stuck my nose in.

You are always welcome to comment even if I may not agree with some
things you say.

I think Islander has painted himself into a corner and is unwilling to
admit it. If he can't explain how a 3 dollar gain offset by a 3
dollar loss somehow got him tax free income but can do it, it is too
good to be true. And you know what they say about things that sound
to good to b e true.

al

I have made a serious mistake here and it didn't have anything to do
with my math. The mistake was talking too much on usenet about my
personal finances. You seem like a decent person, but there is another
here who is attempting to cause me trouble. I've been audited, don't
like it, and while everything that I do is legal, jousting with the IRS
is time consuming, annoying, and can be expensive. So, I am dropping
this topic and will be more careful in the future.

Meanwhile, be careful of those who reveal personal information on
usenet. You never know what they will stoop to.

Congratulations on the consummate cop out. If I tell you I'd have to
kill you.

When you started I should have known better - my bad. Won't happen
again.

al

Oh, you haven't been around here long enough. There are
at least two people here quite capable of doing something like
that, though one of them might be out of commission since he
seems to me to be on the run from US law now, and he might
be leery of any dealings with the US government.

Well if the Islander is doing something illegal to avoid taxes he
deserves what he gets. I don't have a lot of confidence that he is
doing anything new or different than what any savvy investor does.
And his inability to describe what he does at all makes me even wonder
if he is in the savvy category.

al
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