Posted by dizzy on March 26, 2007, 10:34 pm
Michelle Steiner wrote:
>> We might as well. The Dims certainly do not want the fight our world
>> wide war with the radical Islamic terrorist, over there.
>The invasion and occupation of Iraq has nothing to do with the war on
>terror, despite the Repugnantlicans' lies to the contrary.
"Mike Hunt" has been repeating this lie for a long time, despite being
corrected on many occasions.
>> They prefer to wait till the terrorist hit us over here again before
>> taking seriously the fact they want to kill all Americans.
>That is total bullshit. Or rather, it is total Bushit.
It's a bald-faced lie, is what it is. "Mike Hunt" is a bald-faced
liar. "Mike Hunt" is a piece of shit.
>> Today, for the Dims, the most important thing to do to is to get
>> everybody to hate Bush so they can win the Presidency.
>And to think that there really are people so stupid that they actually
>believe this crap.
Kill-file the troll.
Posted by Cathy F. on March 25, 2007, 3:34 pm
> mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:
>> > 'Cause it costs a whole lot less in the long run to pay cash up
>> > front, rather than take out a loan - which involves interest.
>>
>> Ah, but what would that cash be earning? I took a loan at 3.79 APR
>> when I bought my Prius in September, 2004. My investments have
>> performed better than that since that, plus I have a savings account
>> that earns about 5% interest.
> In the not practicing what I preach department: If you have to finance
> a car, then when the car is paid off, put the amount of your payments
> into a savings account of some kind to accumulate interest. When the
> amount gets high enough to buy a new car, buy one if you want.
That is exactly what I'm going to be doing this time, but it will go into my
TSA/403(b) plan, re: retirement savings.
Cathy
Whether
> or not you buy one, keep making that monthly payment to yourself. The
> longer you put off buying that car, the more you will have towards its
> replacement.
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Posted by richard schumacher on March 25, 2007, 2:47 pm
mikePOST@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:
> Ah, but what would that cash be earning? I took a loan at 3.79 APR when
> I bought my Prius in September, 2004. My investments have performed
> better than that since that, plus I have a savings account that earns
> about 5% interest.
You would be making more on your investments if you had borrowed money
to buy a used car, because you would have had more cash-in-pocket to
invest.
Posted by Mike Rosenberg on March 25, 2007, 2:56 pm
> You would be making more on your investments if you had borrowed money
> to buy a used car, because you would have had more cash-in-pocket to
> invest.
Yes, absolutely. My response was meant purely in the context of the
previous poster's, which was only talking about paying interest.
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Posted by richard schumacher on March 25, 2007, 2:45 pm
> > Why not borrow money for a new car?
>
> 'Cause it costs a whole lot less in the long run to pay cash up front,
> rather than take out a loan - which involves interest. But not everyone has
> that much cash hanging around that can be spent all at once on a car (or
> anything else).
People in that position should buy a used car, because they will have to
borrow a lot less.
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>> wide war with the radical Islamic terrorist, over there.
>The invasion and occupation of Iraq has nothing to do with the war on
>terror, despite the Repugnantlicans' lies to the contrary.