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> Even if you only count the downpayment, $2400 a year on $90k is a 2.6% return; you therefore are getting the majority of your return from appreciation. I would also getting the i…

> If you pocket 500 per month, you are looking at around 35 years to break even on a $200k down payment. Not sure your definition of break even. After 30 years, I will have paid of…

This isn’t really a source though, it’s requiring the other commenter to prove the point you made. Anecdotally, I know people who buy single family homes and rent them for profit. …

I didn't decide not to count anything nor have I used the term collusion. Are there particular excerpts in the letters that prove the campaign didn't work closely with Russians? Be…

> Yes, the article didn't explicitly say he was a Manchurian Candidate, but that's the implication, and it's a bad read. The article is inconsequential, the report it is describing…

The Senate Intelligence Report was released by a Republican-led committee and clearly outlined the many connections between the campaign and Russia. That committee and it's finding…

> But, no, Trump isn't some clever Manchurian Candidate taking over our country on behalf of another country. A claim neither I nor the article made. The Trump Campaign, however, h…

> a result of the whole “Russia Russia Russia” thing. Can you explain who the "boy" was and how they "cried wolf"? Did you read the Senate Intelligence report? PBS: Senate panel fi…

I didn't see where you developed the bulletproof case that GDP was a bad measure. If you've proven that at some point, I'm happy to adjust my understanding. In lieu of that, I'll g…

Maybe it's a by-product of the broader trend towards distrust of experts?

> It has limitations in its ability to measure that Nobody has denies this, so why is it a talking point? > as we both agree it’s not a good indication of any individual persons ex…

I don't follow, can you please clarify? Edit: Reread and understand now... The point is that GDP is a measure of how much the economy in the US grows or contracts, just as CPI is a…

If GDP goes up 5%, but you only get a 3% raise does that make GDP a bad measure of the economy?

> Quite a lot of people are starting to say Who? What are their credentials? What improved measure have they created?

> Personally I have seen prices go up well above 10%. For what goods/services? Have you been tracking the same goods/services over the past year to make this analysis? > Inflation …

> It sounds like you might want to slow down a bit and give people the benefit of the doubt, maybe take the time to read and understand what people write. I have the same afflictio…

> Did you do any of those things, or are you just pointing fingers at people for not doing the same things you did't do? I protested, donated, wrote letters to voters, and contacte…

> Whether is it rising prices or community that gives people joy in crypto I have no data on - are there any infomative studies around? I'm not sure about there being "joy" in cryp…

> Everyone I've talked to said it was a horrible act and those officers deserve legal charges. That's great for the people you talked to, the comment was about the NRA or any other…

> With a lot of art just stored tax efficiently, not sure how relevant "enjoyment" currently really is at the upper end of the market (maybe enjoyment of possession?). On the flip …

> Why shouldn't the government provide these services for the taxes people pay? It is very common for government's to tax exchanges of money/property/goods. We see this in the sale…

> Well of course Disney future theme park earnings were going to increase from zero. You aren’t considering the actual E/P ratio. This isn't how investors think. If you know that f…

The article is proof that investors were correct. Stock prices are a present value of future earnings. In 2020, after the stock price had already tanked due to COVID and the bailou…

> One of my favorite things to highlight was that following the Fed receiving taxpayer funds to prop up the stock market Disney had their greatest single day stock gains in history…