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I love your anti-crush on

Orlando — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:26:20 +0000

I love your anti-crush on David Brooks. I think I might have a crush on your anti-crush (not on David Brooks, you understand--on your not-crush on David Brooks). I don't read anything he writes because I think he's an idiot. I just love reading what you write about the fact that he is.

I laud your brevity, Michael.

acanuck — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:56:56 +0000

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I laud your brevity, Michael. Brooks is being an ass, and you are not.

Uh uh, Michael; not if it had

Ramona — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:43:45 +0000

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Uh uh, Michael; not if it had anything to do with money. I don't understand money matters at all.

You would just have to make an ass of yourself without me. Sorry. (Lord knows I've done it alone plenty of times. )

However, even an economics idiot like me can see that Brooks is digging a deep, deep, very deep hole. How mortifying for him. And deliciously satisfying for us. (Let's just let him keep on digging.)

Potential shame is a powerful

Michael Maiello — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:24:29 +0000

In reply to Yes. And the rest of us would

Potential shame is a powerful motivator.

Yes. And the rest of us would

trkingmomoe — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:20:27 +0000

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Yes. And the rest of us would point out the stupidity to you. Mr. Day would give you his daily dumb ass award. You would never live it down. LOL

Happy New Year, Res. (But,

Michael Maiello — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:15:16 +0000

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Happy New Year, Res. (But, seriously... Mona would tell me.)

I'd like the think that here

Resistance — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:52:43 +0000

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I'd like the think that here at Dag,

Fuhgeddaboudit. I suspect they'll tell you once "You're a professional, you should know better"

Me, I'd forgive you, because your a good addition to Dagblog.

Maybe Brooks is trying to get

Resistance — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:31:53 +0000

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Maybe Brooks is trying to get people to ask, "Why not privatize"?

He takes an absurd position in the hope, you'll analyze the situation, and come over to his deeply held position.

Brooks doesn't only pretend

A Guy Called LULU — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:24:34 +0000

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Brooks doesn't only pretend to be stupid, he gets paid to teach others how to pretend to be stupid. Give him some credit for using what he's got.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/the-10-most-pretenti...

On further thought, I'm being

Michael Maiello — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:17:46 +0000

In reply to Still Can't Quit Brooks

On further thought, I'm being way too generous to Brooks with this calculation.

For one thing, it's not inflation adjusted. So, knock off 2% a year for a 4.5% annual return on this taxed money.

But, even worse, the money isn't paid out all at once over 30 years. The real return of around $210,000 is paid out, as needed over another 15-20 years after retirement.

This is some very expensive "free" money.