By all accounts, I was a real smartass as a teenager.

By all accounts, I was a real smartass as a teenager.

 

There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.-Lady Gaga

 

By all accounts, I was a real smartass as a teenager. 

One favorite and reoccurring smartass remark I remember well is that whenever my parents blamed something on, "they," I would inevitably ask them, "who is they?"  The conversations would go something like this.

Mom: "I can't believe how much we spend on gas.  95 cents a gallon!  Unbelievable." 

St. Louis Fed Slams Draghi, Kuroda - "Negative Rates Are Taxes In Sheep's Clothing"

St. Louis Fed Slams Draghi, Kuroda - "Negative Rates Are Taxes In Sheep's Clothing"

"At the end of the day, negative interest rates are taxes in sheep’s clothing. Few economists would ever claim that raising taxes on households will stimulate spending. So why would they think negative interest rates will?" Those are the shocking words of St.Louis Fed Director of Research Christopher Waller whose brief note today will be required reading for everyone at The Bank of Japan, The ECB and every other central banker on the verge of NIRP...

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