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Old 08-18-2017, 06:54 PM   #282 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
we... squandered the essentially 'free' energy on idling our car at the stoplight, on the way to our job selling insurance — or worse yet, selling advertising for insurance.
Or worse, selling insurance (credit default swaps) of collateralized debt obligations.

Let me sell you nothing (or worse than nothing), hire my own auditor to certify that nothing is worth something, and then insure it.
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