Comments on: Invest In Anti-Terrorism Mutual Funds http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds personal finance blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:07:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Love & Hate are not like Black & White - Tech Soapbox http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/comment-page-1/#comment-4795 Love & Hate are not like Black & White - Tech Soapbox Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:17:16 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/#comment-4795 [...] I was a little … taken aback when I read about investing in anti-terrorism mutual funds. It wasn’t the general distaste - the idea of investing in such a fund (and the subsequent [...] [...] I was a little … taken aback when I read about investing in anti-terrorism mutual funds. It wasn’t the general distaste – the idea of investing in such a fund (and the subsequent [...]

]]> By: AhmedF http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/comment-page-1/#comment-4793 AhmedF Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:54:27 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/#comment-4793 Actually it was more against congress/politicians in general - the hypocrisy when a company is basically working with Iran in the open :) I agree that cutting off funding will make things harder for them. But while that may remove the 'big' ones, little ones (eg single suicide bombings) are very low-cost and not really dependent on the flow of money. I see terrorism as analogous to cancer in metastases. You can get rid of the tumor (ie Al-Qaeda) with radiation (choking money/attacking directly), but eliminating terrorism that has spread needs a different strategy. Anyway starting to ramble, as long you agree I don't hate America, I can agree that cutting off funding to terrorism would have an impact. Actually it was more against congress/politicians in general – the hypocrisy when a company is basically working with Iran in the open :)

I agree that cutting off funding will make things harder for them. But while that may remove the ‘big’ ones, little ones (eg single suicide bombings) are very low-cost and not really dependent on the flow of money.

I see terrorism as analogous to cancer in metastases. You can get rid of the tumor (ie Al-Qaeda) with radiation (choking money/attacking directly), but eliminating terrorism that has spread needs a different strategy.

Anyway starting to ramble, as long you agree I don’t hate America, I can agree that cutting off funding to terrorism would have an impact.

]]> By: erik.folgate http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/comment-page-1/#comment-4792 erik.folgate Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:15:33 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/#comment-4792 I edited my last comment, because it was unfair for me to assume you hate America, however, your implications are obvious. Whenever someone brings up references to Haliburton and Bush's ties with them, it sometimes leads people to coming to the conclusion that we went to war in the Middle East so that Haliburton could fatten their pockets. I think we went over there for a noble cause, to spread democracy to an area that is plagued with tyranny. Democracy has worked out much better for countries in history rather than dictatorships. However, I believe the administration screwed up the campaign. I wish they would admit it, but they won't. They did not calculate the costs, and they did not calculate the worst case scenario, and ironically enough, we are living out the worst case scenario right now. And if Haliburton deals with Iran directly and helps fuel their economy, then the entire point of my post is to stop putting pension and retirement plan money towards their cause. I am sure there are mutual funds out there that do not invest in Haliburton. We can do something by quietly boycotting the companies that deal economically with Iran. I edited my last comment, because it was unfair for me to assume you hate America, however, your implications are obvious. Whenever someone brings up references to Haliburton and Bush’s ties with them, it sometimes leads people to coming to the conclusion that we went to war in the Middle East so that Haliburton could fatten their pockets.

I think we went over there for a noble cause, to spread democracy to an area that is plagued with tyranny. Democracy has worked out much better for countries in history rather than dictatorships. However, I believe the administration screwed up the campaign. I wish they would admit it, but they won’t. They did not calculate the costs, and they did not calculate the worst case scenario, and ironically enough, we are living out the worst case scenario right now.

And if Haliburton deals with Iran directly and helps fuel their economy, then the entire point of my post is to stop putting pension and retirement plan money towards their cause. I am sure there are mutual funds out there that do not invest in Haliburton. We can do something by quietly boycotting the companies that deal economically with Iran.

]]> By: AhmedF http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/comment-page-1/#comment-4791 AhmedF Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:06:03 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/#comment-4791 What? 1. This isn't a conspiracy theory, its a fact. They *are* moving their HQ 2. This boilerplate about hating George Bush == hating America is getting tiresome. I never even mentioned George Bush. In case you haven't realized, there are over 300,000,000 people in the US. Even if I did hate George Bush, it is a logical fallacy to assume that hate for one person parlays into hate for 300 million people (and the country). Regardless, my point is simple: when a company that gets major US government contracts moves their HQ offshore to evade taxes, all the while doing business with Iran for years (which has been 'illegal' for a long time), this is simply bandwagon hysteria. What?

1. This isn’t a conspiracy theory, its a fact. They *are* moving their HQ
2. This boilerplate about hating George Bush == hating America is getting tiresome. I never even mentioned George Bush. In case you haven’t realized, there are over 300,000,000 people in the US. Even if I did hate George Bush, it is a logical fallacy to assume that hate for one person parlays into hate for 300 million people (and the country).

Regardless, my point is simple: when a company that gets major US government contracts moves their HQ offshore to evade taxes, all the while doing business with Iran for years (which has been ‘illegal’ for a long time), this is simply bandwagon hysteria.

]]> By: erik.folgate http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/comment-page-1/#comment-4790 erik.folgate Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:32:40 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/#comment-4790 Again, I thought I made it quite clear in the post that I was not asking for people to express their ideological conspiracy theories. Your reference to Halliburton implies that Bush took our country to war over making more profits on oil. There is not a shred of evidence that these were his motives, and if there were, you can be SURE that every liberal newspaper and tv network would have reported it by now. This is not a political blog. I just thought that everyone would be able to find a common denominator in the fact that terrorism is real and a threat to our country and there are small ways for us to make a big impact on stopping it. Again, I thought I made it quite clear in the post that I was not asking for people to express their ideological conspiracy theories. Your reference to Halliburton implies that Bush took our country to war over making more profits on oil. There is not a shred of evidence that these were his motives, and if there were, you can be SURE that every liberal newspaper and tv network would have reported it by now. This is not a political blog. I just thought that everyone would be able to find a common denominator in the fact that terrorism is real and a threat to our country and there are small ways for us to make a big impact on stopping it.

]]> By: AhmedF http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/comment-page-1/#comment-4789 AhmedF Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:41:57 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/invest-in-anti-terrorism-mutual-funds/#comment-4789 Sorry - when Haliburton moves their HQ to the UAE and no one blinks an eye, this is just a way for them to capitalize on hysteria. Not to mention Haliburton has been doing business with Iran for a long long time (even Forbes magazine has talked about it). Sorry – when Haliburton moves their HQ to the UAE and no one blinks an eye, this is just a way for them to capitalize on hysteria.

Not to mention Haliburton has been doing business with Iran for a long long time (even Forbes magazine has talked about it).

]]>