Quotes Entirely Relevant to Investing 03-01-2009
by Mr JugglesIf I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.
-Abraham Lincoln
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What kind of tree? How thick is it? Why not spend 1 hour bullying/convincing someone else to do it for you and the next 4 sitting around drinking beer watching them work from your lounger?
Silly man, how does that create work and stimulate the economy? I mean, major Krugmanian and (insert beltway/college enonomist) props to Lincoln for starting the fiat currency gravy train with the greenbacks, and being an authoritarian sociopath over the free choice of states to shrug, but this is a slip up.