Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0

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  1. TallJoe

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    I believe in Gold when I hold it and when I touch it. Gold certificates are just as good as fiat money. If I were to buy gold, they would need to give me gold bricks.
     
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  3. Midwest Trucker

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    LOL. Ok, come your birthday let
    Me know and I’ll buy you some top quality flip flops. :)

    Yes, I would gladly accept the money. I had some real problems applying for PPP last year but my Dad said I should put pride aside and take what’s being offered. Many many more companies that are way better off are going to milk it for all its worth so I’d be foolish not to recoup some tax money I’ve already paid in like you said. Now that I’m used to the gov tit I want MOAR!

    That is how some of these politicians work is setting up the loop holes so that their companies or their family/friends companies can enrich themselves. Us little people have to watch for the opportunities.

    Edit: I’m just kinda tweaked that it seems like everybody else is raining in free money while I’m on the outside looking in because of some arbitrary numbers set by some lobbyist or congress group. I maybe made over the threshold but I also paid taxes on that and also have very high expenses. I’d actually prefer nobody got anything and everyone is responsible for themselves.
     
  4. Scooter Jones

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    Besides, right now I'm investing some of my cash, cash I've acquired by the great rates I got last year, money I've saved through discipline of not overspending in my personal/business life, money received through the "welfare" programs established by the gubmint, into a couple of other side ventures that are paying off for me.

    It's cash money being circulated right back into the economy, and in one venture I'm involved in, is providing a much needed service for people on the lower end of the economic scale.
     
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  5. TallJoe

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    The way I see it is that the best we can do is to vote for the system we want. Now, if your vote is lost, swindled or some think it should not count then there's not much else you can do but to work best the system the others want.
     
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  6. Scooter Jones

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    Alright, I'll send you a badge of honor that you can wear around your neck, I can't afford real gold, so fool's gold will have to do ;-)
     
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  7. p608

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    YES, this
     
  8. TallJoe

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    Like I said, with time no numbers are needed to read someone's state of mind. I think that mostly annoyed are those who think that they are doing good and they are doing good on their realm of business but they try to compare their results in absolute terms.
    You see...I can be comfortable making a living on 100 000 miles per year on 2 dol per mile while someone else can't.
    Of course the more the better so having a clue from others of where the potential is can help a lot.
     
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  9. Scooter Jones

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    With truck and trailer paid off, low insurance premiums, fuel costs relatively controlled, etc., making over 100k a year (before personal income taxes) on $2.00 a mile @100k miles a year is easy, man. Knowing how to structure one's self business wise by taking advantage (legally) of our tax system, is even more beneficial for the owner operator.
     
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  11. SteveScott

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    Don't feel tweaked about not getting the stimulus money. Wear it like a badge of honor. I haven't gotten a dime either, and I'm proud of that. Besides, most people don't realize that they'll owe taxes on that money at some point. I think the EIDL grant is the only part that's exempt, but the rest of it is taxable as income. My dad and grandfathers all lived through the depression, and none would ever think of taking money from the feds, or living on the dole as they called it.

    Anybody thinking of buying gold right now should probably wait a few months. It may skyrocket, or it may drop like a rock depending on what Wall Street does after Biden starts handing out trillions in devalued currency, and if you can't afford the loss, don't make the investment. The last time I bought gold was in late 2002 when the price was around $250 per ounce. My dad talked talked me into buying a lot of the South African Krugerrand coins which are 1 troy ounce each, and just put them in a safe deposit box which is where they're sitting to this day. We bought bags of old Morgan dollars at the same time for almost nothing and they're with the gold. By his reasoning, if we ever get hyper-inflation and the dollar becomes worthless, gold and silver will be something to barter with. I hate to say it, but it's looking more like his prediction was right the longer I'm alive. Dad is pretty disgusted how things in our government are playing out, and he's glad he won't be around too many more years to see our county fall. We seem to be heading in that direction.
     
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