Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Watch Alert and a Maserati?

[Rick (Forza355]

I might pick up a few as soon as I land one of these " stimulus " jobs that 
pays  $ 246,000.00 a year with your tax money .
Rick




Cost-benefit analysis of jobs stimulus
DEC 7, 2009 12:23 EST
STIMULUS | UNEMPLOYMENT
Hopefully any new plan will have a better ROI than the current stimulus 
package. Economic analyst  Ed Yardeni runs the numbers:
The Obama Administration is touting that their stimulus program has saved or 
created 640,329 jobs since it was enacted back in February through the end 
of October. This number is updated and posted on the Administration's 
recovery.gov web site. That amounts to $246,436 per job based on the 
$157.8bn that has been awarded so far! Total compensation earned by the 
average payroll employee during October, on an annualized basis, was 
$59,867. If the government had simply used the funds awarded so far to pay 
for a year's worth of labor, that would have paid for 2.6mn jobs!
James Pethokoukis is the money and politics columnist/blogger for Reuters 
Breakingviews. Previously, he was the economics columnist for U.S. News & 
World Report where he wrote the monthly Capital Commerce magazine column. 
Pethokoukis was also the managing editor of the magazine's Money & Business 
section. He has written for many publications including the New York Times, 
the American, USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, and TCS Daily. 
Pethokoukis is also an official CNBC contributor and appears frequently on 
that network's Kudlow & Company, Power Lunch, and The Call shows. In 
addition, he has appeared numerous times on MSNBC, Fox News Channel, Fox 
Business Network, CNN, and Nightly Business Report on PBS. A 1989 graduate 
of Northwestern University where he double majored in Soviet politics and 
American history and a 1991 graduate of the Medill School of Journalism, 
Pethokoukis is a 2002 Jeopardy! champion.james.pethokoukis [at] thomsonreuter 
s.com
http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/12/07/cost-benefit-analysis-of-jobs-stimulus/


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From: "LtWacko" <ltwacko [at] aol.com>
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:25 PM
To: "Rick" <Forza355 [at] verizon.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: [Ferrari] NFC:  Watch Alert and a Maserati?

> The list is doing so well with car content, I hate to break it but I know 
> there are some watch connoisseurs/fanatics on the list.  Finlay/Bailey 
> Banks & Biddle is going through their final liquidation - finally why I 
> purchased my watches.  I thought I'd pass on that Breitlings were 35%, 40% 
> + 10% and 70% off, Zenith is 40% + 10% off, Tags at 50%....  etc.  Watches 
> that were $15k to $20k are below $10k!  If I didn't buy that darn M5, I 
> would have picked up another watch.  No diamonds left above 1.5 carats. 
> No more Mont Blanc pens - damn.  Oh well, back to car stuff...
>
> My 2000 740iL is getting tired and needs replacing soon.  I've looked at 
> E60/02-08 7's, S-Class, Infiniti, Lexus, etc.  Nothing really excites me 
> or stands out.  I was thinking maybe a Bentley but now those are common in 
> my area as if there was a 2 for 1 sale and it really didn't stir my soul 
> (neither does my current 7 but that's another story).  I need a somewhat 
> daily 4-door and spotted a few Maserati Quattroporte's that interested me. 
> I know absolutely nothing about them.  Getting a newer luxury car means 
> maintenance costs dictating I just hand over the credit card and don't 
> complain.  I don't mind that but if the Maserati costs the same to 
> maintain as an Audi A8L, why not just get it instead.  Are there years to 
> stay away from?  Any more finicky than other luxury marks?  Preferred 
> years?  What if any items were options?  It will be used all year round. 
> I do have other cars to satisfy my cheap side/self-maintain (I just bought 
> a car that costs less than "1" wheel on my 7, hehe).
>  This purchase would be in addition to those so I don't need hear about 
> get a different car or another low mile E38.  This would be my "big buck" 
> car.  Just need to decide do I get newer 7, MB, Bentley,etc or a Maserati. 
> Prices for Quattroporte's are now starting below $40k and sparked my 
> interest.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rodney
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