Wall Street Protests

[Stormieweather]

So scams are fine? Making money is fine no matter how it is derived, whether it be through dishonesty, misleading advertising/statements, or outright cons? If anyone is stupid enough to fall for it, it's their own bloody fault? Really??

[Pete Zicato]

I think you're just spouting here, quirk. The client referred to above was not an individual but another institution. The people harmed by the transaction had no say.

[henry quirk]

"So scams are fine?...Really??"

I didn't say scams were 'fine'.

But scams happen all the time...and many (perhaps, most) are legal.

Buyer beware.

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"I think you're just spouting here, quirk"

Probably.

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"The people harmed by the transaction had no say."

I imagine each had the choice, from the beginning, of whether or not to transact with the particular institution.

Again: Buyer beware.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

"The people harmed by the transaction had no say."

I imagine each had the choice, from the beginning, of whether or not to transact with the particular institution.

Again: Buyer beware.

Do you know all the institutions your 401K funds contain?

[henry quirk]

I don't have one.

I self-employ: I'll never retire: I'll just die.

*shrug*

Am I mistaken in assuming that 401k programs are voluntary?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

Am I mistaken in assuming that 401k programs are voluntary?

I think it depends on where you work and what level your income is. All the companies I have worked for (3) it was voluntary and I chose to just send money to my own investment plans. I still do that.

[Lamplighter]

Just an update ...

The [Occupy Portland] activists have settled into Chapman
and Lownsdale Square parks with no announced plans to depart.
Organizers estimate as many as 500 people have be living there.

"I think each city (nationwide) is experiencing something a little
different with this movement," [Police] Chief Reese said,
" We're taking it day by day."

A man was removed Tuesday afternoon from Chapman Square Park
on an accusation of dealing marijuana.
A nine-year-old girl was reported missing for about 40 minutes Tuesday evening.
Parks crew put up a mesh barricade around one statue
and some fragile landscaping in Lownsdale Park.

A scary thing for the Mom, but otherwise ho-hummmm.

Unfortunately, the KGW headline on this story is:
"Police Crack Down on unruly element in 'Occupy Portland' camps."
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