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

[jashburne (jashburne]

You're only eligible if you haven't paid your taxes for at least 3 years!  :-P

John

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From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:00:29 
To: <jashburne [at] aol.com>
Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC:  Watch Alert and a Maserati?

you wrote <<one of these " stimulus " jobs that pays  $ 246,000.00 a year >>

is that a real job of do you just get appointed and then paid?

LarryT

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From: "Rick" <Forza355 [at] verizon.net>
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:40 PM
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC:  Watch Alert and a Maserati?

> 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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