Although I have always invested "long" on our Constitution and a protector of those Constitutional rights, recent events have forced me to alter my investment (mostly time) to a "short" of our Constitutional values, and bet against their future existence. As they appear... More
It is incredible to watch the transition of the automakers from the worlds most respected investment, reserved in every case to assure the wealth of widows, to an investment reserved to the UAW, after the UAW squeezed last dollar of cash flow out of the industry. Likewise, it was incredible to watch what the bully-tactics of the UAW could accomplish in less than 6 months when joined by the bully-power of our lopsided Federal Government, run now by a single party repaying political debts.
As a result, I have changed by investment in this County from "long" on Constitutional values, to short - as I watch the Constitutional values that protected the free market forces that made this County so incredibly wealthy eroded to the point of insolvency. Just as shorting General Motors was a good idea last year, shorting constitutional values may be the only investment strategy with a positive outlook.
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From Widows to the UAW
It is incredible to watch the transition of the automakers from the worlds most respected investment, reserved in every case to assure the wealth of widows, to an investment reserved to the UAW, after the UAW squeezed last dollar of cash flow out of the industry. Likewise, it was incredible to watch what the bully-tactics of the UAW could accomplish in less than 6 months when joined by the bully-power of our lopsided Federal Government, run now by a single party repaying political debts.
As a result, I have changed by investment in this County from "long" on Constitutional values, to short - as I watch the Constitutional values that protected the free market forces that made this County so incredibly wealthy eroded to the point of insolvency. Just as shorting General Motors was a good idea last year, shorting constitutional values may be the only investment strategy with a positive outlook.
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