Dow'n'NASDAQ

:-).

so, those Points are the highest they have ever reached ─ i r'member back when DOW/Jones was below 10,000 pts.

they're as high as they've ever been..
..but, as lewis black sagely commented: "[you know that someone is getting rich], but it ain't-fuckin'-you."



y'know?
i hope that the per-barrel Price of Oil keeps getting higher'n'higher; ´because when that condition gets met, then, presumably, even fewer people will be so liberal with their Dollars.
and when that happens, then, The Retail Industry will begin to lose more money.

It can increase all Its prices in response to OPEC's Activities all It wants to; if That happens, i do, unbelievably, think that The Average Human Being will have actual sense enough to know that he should just simply SAY FUCK IT: when The Working Stiff just can't afford them prices they're askin' for,──even for the minimum of types of goods,──anymore ... when what once was finally relegated to being Standard Fare (for modern times) will indeed be once again considered Items of Luxury, well, Retailers can either cave in, and restart charging Customers more reasonably, or ... They can hold steady, and, consequently, allow BEDLAM to ensue.


even at my mere 25-years of life, here, i already possess enough statistical knowledge to enable me to see that No Good Can Come from This Situation.




this is why i really, really despise Capitalism.
friend-and-foe alike,──i'm not givin' a fuck about It, right now,──one of the other ways i am betting we can begin to stem some of these other Finance Problems we have (especially the Haves and Have↕Nots one) is if a Personal Income Cap gets established: no one person, who is of Sound Body and relatively-Functional Mind, needs to have more than $500,000, annually, or a life↕time total of more than, say $2,200,000.^(♫)
any money he earns in excess of That will need to go directly to the appropriate governing bodies, so They may apply the funds to Improving The Land & Human Condition, of his immediate jurisdiction, and the Overall Presiding Body (basically, taxes that go to his [city], the [state], and The Federality).

what that means for me is, if/when The Words that I Write ever gets me the moolah that i believe i want, then i will indeed be compelled to immediately direct all That which goes over $500,000/$2,200,000 to all sorts of Charities, and Disease-fighting Campaigns.

~↕↕~

:-).

what the fuck am i going to do with A Mansion? i ain't gotta prove my motha↕fuckin' Worth-n-Value to you muther↕fuckers through Material Goods.

´to a degree.

as far as i can tell, all i need is just a reasonable-sized house to accommodate My Peeps, a coupla "Toys" here'n'there to keep [us] entertained, some decent food, and a simple [{fuel-efficient/environmentally-friendly} truck] that mutha↕fuckin' runs when i tell it to..
..and This should be enough for me to feel that i've met the condition of establishing relative-Personal/D'mestic Security.

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but.. ..will i still be able to do That, a few years from now, if the mother↕fucking System has already long ago c'lapsed?
because, in considering The Track We, globally, Are On...
...i'm not entirely sure i'll be able to even establish that Minimum of Comfort for m'self.

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(♫) (by extension, no one person really has the right to create more than 3 children; i will leave it at That, for now, although obviously there has to be more to it than just That.)