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To: damainman who wrote (48614)	2/16/2006 4:07:43 PM
From: KM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Envious is the wrong word. Contemptuous. Any idiot could make money under those conditions. Try making it consistently every day when you only have about 10% of the information available and professionals with 1000 x your money are out there trying to screw you over. Then talk to me.

To: damainman who wrote (48614)	2/16/2006 6:31:52 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 306849

I like this idea: ".. you could hold stock for 2 years and not pay taxes and or defer profits if you do a 1031 exchange with another stock." It would encourage people to actually hold stocks. The money would be at work in the economy. This idea seems like just increasing margin, and not a good idea: "Layer on the ability to buy in dollar terms stock worth 10-20 times your salary with no money down." I think the second part works with houses because a dwelling is a necessity and people live in them, and they are actual tangible assets that are less volatile than stocks.