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" While many of Mr. Obama's ideas warrant skepticism, conservative opposition to any expanded role for government is a mistake. "
Paul Singer
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" What you have in legacy countries is long-term insolvency. "
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" Governments need to be authorized to provide 'open bank assistance.' The convolutions of Dodd-Frank aimed at 'avoiding' this tactic are ludicrous and will prove to be extremely costly to the system. "
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Bank
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" There's a feeling among some people that the Republican party is harsh on some things. "
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People
Feeling
" Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state. "
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American
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" In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate. "
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Up
Debate
" In the workplace, employees should be judged on their merit and hard work and not on aspects that are irrelevant to their performance. "
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Hard Work
Employees
" There is no more reason to believe that Bitcoin will stand the test of time than that governments will protect the value of government-created money, although Bitcoin is newer, and we always look at babies with hope. "
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Money
Value
Time
" Successful hedge funds will be entrepreneurial; it is the essence of the craft. "
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Will
Craft
Successful
" Obviously, the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed. "
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Institution
America
Marriage
" I've never let my guard down by saying, 'I don't need to be hedged.' "
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Never
Saying
Down
" What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts. "
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Like
Nuts
Look
" A great deal of stupidity has chipped away at the massive advantages of Western civilization, which could terminally decline if it remains on the current path. But these problems can be solved - and swiftly - if the right leaders emerge. "
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Path
Stupidity
Right
" There is no safe haven in today's markets. "
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Markets
Haven
Today
" Imagine how much capital a country like Argentina might attract - if instead of defaulting seriatim and affecting a pose of anger toward creditors, it borrowed responsibly and honored its obligations. "
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Anger
Like
How
" It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans. "
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Long
True
Policy
" If you want an alternative currency, check out gold. It has stood the test of thousands of years as a store of value and medium of exchange. "
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Want
Currency
Gold
" The building block of every community is family. "
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Community
Block
Building
" Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank. "
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Anywhere
Extreme
Including
" Resentment is not morally superior to earning money. "
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Superior
Resentment
Earning
" America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family. "
Paul Singer
America
Family
Freedom
" Given the typical fee structures of hedge funds, they need to do something different to make money in a consistent way. "
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Need
Way
Consistent
" Margin is a customer concept. "
Paul Singer
Customer
Concept
Margin
" 'Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider that their own policies, which put the entire burden on central bankers to print money and drive up stock, bond and other asset prices, are actually exacerbating income and wealth disparity. "
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Own
Time
Bond
" The bottom line is that the euro is a failed experiment. "
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Bottom Line
Line
Bottom
" My concern as a citizen and as a money manager is, Oh my God, at what point does a 'whoa' moment happen to these people who own $30 trillion fixed income instruments? "
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People
Manager
Own
" I know people who are always freeriders and will never get into a fight. "
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Know
Always
Fight
" Capital is kind of a banking concept. "
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Capital
Concept
Kind
" In both the U.S. and Europe, the budget and balance sheet numbers do not work. When 'off-balance sheet' promises are taken into account, the U.S. and most countries of the Euro zone are insolvent. "
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Promises
Balance
Budget
" Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses. "
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Possible
Much
Standardized
" What I think about derivatives is if every institution that owns or trades them is properly margined and marked to market, including end-users, including every institution, including sovereigns and multilateral institutions, then the system would be safe - if people were margined the way customers of investment banks are margined. "
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Way
Safe
People