Romneycare is at the state level and Obamacare is at the federal level. One is much smaller and can be customized to the state, one is huge and tries to make one size fit all 50 states...that while bleeding cash...

A lot of people are assuming gold is bad investment based on current market economy and value. Though I play both the short and long side of gold/silver, owning physical precious metals is a hedge against economic disasters which a lot of people think are only going to get more severe. Just because the S&P Index or ...more

After spending trillions of dollars you'd hope the market would be much better off! I don't have to pray for a market crash, the government has made sure it will happen. I just pray it's during Obama's term so he gets the full blame! :P

Wall Street is made up of numerous private businesses and somehow you're wanting them to all change somehow and at the same time just because you think they're being unfair...boo hoo :( It's your government, owned by Obama's "Change" and democrats from 2008-2010, and still by Obama and mostly democrats from 2010 t...more

I think you misunderstood what he wrote or didn't read the article entirely. He said: "..bonds are close to risk-free at the moment, the thinking goes."  Then he said it reminds him of the thinking before big busts  "..mortgage-backed securities created out of the riskiest tranches of subprime mortgages was OK...more

Maybe in your industry that's the case, but I've seen it in reverse plenty of times.

I know, offer universal healthcare that companies are forced to pay for and that will make it easier for people to get full time jobs! I mean, Europe does it, and they're doing great, right?

I know everyone wants a comfortable desk job, but there are plenty of oil drilling related jobs in North Dakota.

Wait...isn't Europe the Utopian model of industrialized nations offering universal healthcare? And it's not working as everyone hoped?  I don't understand, this is the route all industrialized nations are supposed to take...