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    Do You Trust These People to Save the Economy?
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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    03/08/09

    In reply to Do You Trust These People to Save the Economy?
    That's it. This post has pushed me over the edge. I am building a compound where we will raise our own food and have the means to defend ourselves. We will even develop our own language, a mixture of Italian, English, and gawker type slang.

    "That's a buon torre that you have built for the watchmen to guard the compound with a machine gun! Your payment is a Commie!"
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    03/07/09

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    How old is Ev?
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    03/07/09

    @MrInBetween:


    36 according to wikipedia

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    03/08/09

    @siliconvalleydropout: Did he write his wikipedia page? He looks 46.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/07/09

    In reply to Do You Trust These People to Save the Economy?
    The only thing leading about Ivanka Trump is those big artificial hooters of hers.
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    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    03/07/09

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    You know whats sad? that this reminds me those dumb corrupt populist governments of south america, when the president just invites anyone whos famous to "advise" him (read: a nice press photo-op).


    At the end they dont do shit, mostly because that guy he invited is a corrupt bastard who lives off all kinds of scams, with or without the complicity of the government.


    I seriously don't want this administration to go anywhere near that way.

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    Image of Ken Layne Ken Layne
    03/07/09

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    Is this the same Ivanka Trump who fucked over so many Southern California people who paid big deposits to own condos in the Trump Baja tower that never happened? None of these people got their money back. Ivanka said, when these ghost condos were on sale, that her dad was "the boss" of this project. All true.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    03/07/09

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    All this talk of shoes -- has political ramifications.
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    03/06/09

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    Wow, there were alot of shoe people at the young people's economic conference. Here is a shoe tip: if you get a hole in the sole and you can't afford to fix it, get a piece of stiff cardboard and place it inside. Dab some shoe polish on the exposed piece. Also, learn the basting stich for holding your rags together for job interviews. Ivanka is pretty though.
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    03/06/09

    In reply to Do You Trust These People to Save the Economy?
    You mean THIS Ivanka Trump?:


    [www.breitbart.com]


    Well, I guess that is sort of a model for our economies future.

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    03/06/09

    In reply to Do You Trust These People to Save the Economy?
    Are you actually saying something? Here's an idea: Say it.
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    03/06/09

    In reply to Do You Trust These People to Save the Economy?
    In answer to the headline, a question: "In what pluperfect hell do a group of trust fund kids and internet startup starters--lingering, or perhaps, malingering from the bubble burst nearly a decade ago--know about managing money, exactly?"
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    03/06/09

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    Ivanka is hot, but Zappos has discounted athletic shoes with free shipping.
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    03/06/09

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    Maybe Ivanka will preach her fathers method of continually going bankrupt while remaining relevant.
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    Image of mew mew
    03/06/09

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    Shouldn't economic saviors be able to understand cash flow. The question to ask is how does each of these people make money?


    Ivanka Trump: Dad

    Ev Williams: he doesn't


    Conclusion: Ivanka has a better business model than most startups, quite frankly.


    Neither are scalable to country or global level, so I don't believe economic salvation has come. Does that make me Jewish? Or a Republican?

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    03/06/09

    @mew: Truly tired part about Ivanka's money making abilities is that her dad's money wasn't earned either--he got it from his dad, too!


    I've been doing it all wrong.

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    03/06/09

    @PaisleyPajamas: Would that make it a ponzi scheme?
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    03/06/09

    @PaisleyPajamas: Family inheritance. I've heard the widow of a WWII vet proclaim "We fought and died for our country." He died of cirrhosis many years after, while she still tarried.


    And tRump himself commented, while strolling along the Lower East Side with perhaps this one's mother, and spotting a homeless troll on the street: "This gentleman is worth two billion more than I am."

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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    03/06/09

    @mew: Ponzi Inheritance...wait until Ivanka finds out there's nuttin' in the bank.
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    03/06/09

    In reply to Do You Trust These People to Save the Economy?
    I would trust Ivanka with my most treasured possession.
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