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The Worst Case Scenario (Someone Has to Say It)

Patent law would be pretty sweet for you. Guaranteed 180k income for several years at least, at a top law firm. Go for it!

On May 06 03:33 PM Gross Profits wrote:

> I have a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and do research on micro/nano
> technology, which is said to keep the US competitive in the global
> economy. I hear from the politicians that the future lies with high
> tech innovations. Most of the students in my graduate program were
> foreign born. Many are now going back home. My wife is an employment
> lawyer and makes three times my salary. I'm looking to switch into
> patent law or put my quantitative skills to a more selfish use with
> an investment firm.

The Worst Case Scenario (Someone Has to Say It)

I'm sympathetic, but maybe you should have read up and understood your 401k before getting laid off?

On May 03 11:23 AM OldFordTruck wrote:

> Since being laid off in January, I have been home reading extensively
> trying to understand what has happened to my 401k and what was going
> on in the markets. I spent all my time before trying to become the
> best Manufacturing Manager I could be and assuming the buy and hold
> stagey for retirement would work. Being an "average Joe" in terms
> of the stock market, this author hits the nail on the head as far
> as I am concerned.
>
> I have lost all faith in the markets, banks, government, and the
> dollar! I have worked my entire career investing my time and retirement
> money into companies that make stupid decisions with that hard-earned
> money. I now understand why and how the federal reserve is devaluing
> the currency and feel completely betrayed as a result. If I ever
> do return to a good paying job, I will invest my family’s financial
> future in gold and silver that I hold. Never again will I feel like
> a victim of the system! I might not have the biggest nest egg, but
> I will be able to purchase food for my family when the author’s scenario
> above comes to pass.

The Worst Case Scenario (Someone Has to Say It)

haha.. I guess someone is bitter about the election.

Boohoo.


On May 06 02:14 PM The Original Iconoclast wrote:

> Dealbreaker 5/5/09
>
> It is time to really expose this poser. Liberal "smart money" (a
> new oxymoron!) that backed Obama deserves their no lube a$$ fcking.
>
>
> Wake up and lets buy up the media while its cheap and expose the
> Halfrican-American for what he is. A fascist.

The Worst Case Scenario (Someone Has to Say It)

Lawyers, the American legal system, and the Constitution are key to this country's greatness and economic prosperity.

Think twice before characterizing lawyers so poorly. If you look at America and its historic rise of the past few centuries, you will notice that it has been lead by lawyers -- of America’s forty-three presidents, twenty-five have been lawyers.


On May 03 10:11 AM Doc 224899 wrote:

> "...people will have less money to spend on lawyers..."
>
> Finally. We actually need about 5% of the lawyers we now support.
> Lawyers feed off the carcasses of just about every person and corporation
> that is productive. Lawyers make money off people with personality
> disorders, the individuals who would have been kicked out of the
> wago train 130 years ago, or chased away from the cave and fire 20,000
> years ago.
>
> It's time to subject the legal profession to the same critical reviews
> we apply to health care (a service we can't live without), to reduce
> wasteful spending on legal services (which we can hardly tolerate).