Liberal stockbroker...Am I a walking contradiction?

[phillybri]

I know I'm not, but I wonder what you folks think....

[truebrit71]

1. No, because I am one too....

..Kinda thought I was unique though.....;)

[phillybri]

3. Hey, I'm not the only one!

What firm?

[GOPisEvil]

2. Of course not...nothing partisan about wanting to provide for one's family

:-)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. No, I'm an assistant at a brokerage.

No contradiction, can't abandon the whole business to the right-wing, can we?

[Mountainman]

5. No, if liberals had money to save they would have stocks

There are stocks in companies that do good. If had money to save I would invest in them provided it was pretty safe to do so. I would like to invest in alternate energy companies like wind turbines and solar and, photovoltiac.

[pagerbear]

7. What little savings I have

...is in a socially responsible mutual fund.

[woofless]

6. partly truth and partly fiction

takin' every wrong direction

on your lonely way back home.

Thank you Kris Kristofferson.

[AngryYoungMan]

8. Can I take this opportunity to ask you a serious question?

I live in New York and have many friends in finance. They are all conservative.

My friend (who is a Democrat) is married to a financier (who is a Republican). When I first found this out, my friend explained, "you have to understand; she reads the Wall Street Journal; she's into finance and the economy."

So here's my question: why do finance people -- those people most directly connected to the nuts and bolts of our economy -- equate Conservative/Republican governance with a good economy?

I point out that the economy is ALWAYS bad under Republican rule and ALWAYS improves under Democrats. (except Carter but that's another whole story).

I don't understand why someone who works on a trading floor can experience the Clinton years, experience the Bush years...and then vote for Bush. It defies logic.

Can you explain it to me? (acknowledging that I'm asking a big question).

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. It's a lazy myth. People equate less regulation with better management.

That is not always the case.

[phillybri]

14. A big part of it is taxes...

People view the GOP as the party that "puts money into people's pockets". Too bad what they actually do is steal it from your kid's pockets...:grr:

[tom_paine]

10. No.

[cally]

11. No

I work in a typically conservative field, also. There are liberals everywhere. :bounce:

[TXlib]

12. I work in the energy industry, in Houston

I work on the trading floor of an energy-trading company. Am I a walking contradiction? :)

[thom1102]

13. Got any hot tips for us?

[phillybri]

15. Southwest Airlines (Symbol:LUV)

Awesome company. Awesome business model. Only airline that didn't need a gov't bailout after 9/11...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

16. CP Ships also (can't remember code - not really my dept)

[DinahMoeHum]

17. No. I know of such people in "socially-responsible investing"

also known as "SRI"s.

A couple of links to help out:
www.socialinvest.org

www.sustainablebusiness.com
then click onto "progressive investor"


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