Buy or sell, folks? It seems to me that the current spate of TV ads urging us to sell our gold to them for some quick cash may not be the good deal they are leading us to believe. When
Buy or sell, folks?
It seems to me that the current spate of TV ads urging us to sell our gold to them for some quick cash may not be the good deal they are leading us to believe. When you think about it, one might conclude that the reality of this situation is actually reversed.
Investment counselors are telling us that now is a wise time to buy gold, not sell it. Or, at least hang on to any gold we now possess.
This could explain why the TV gold buyers are in near overkill in their TV marketing blitz that offers this tempting, quick cash … minus their 20 percent, of course.
Now, here’s the zinger: I’m also hearing radio ads to BUY gold now because, as the value of the dollar declines in the world markets, gold will continue to appreciate in value. Some are even predicting that the value of gold will double by the end of 2012. From the little research I have done, it appears that the wise choice for most of us is to hang on to our gold for the present, following the dictum to buy low and sell high.
That’s one man’s opinion. What say you out there in letter-land: Buy or sell? Caveat emptor.
Don Bremer
Keaau
Excessive handouts
Regarding the Section 8 county housing story (Tribune-Herald, Feb. 26): I can see this is good for families that really need help. But how can the county continue to pay for families who can’t pay their electric bill for almost four months, and yet the county continues to pay their rent? Better yet, they don’t have any income.
(I know of a) family of two that got into a subsidized apartment because where they live it’s not subsidized housing. And the county housing is paying all the rent except for $36 out of the whole $940.
So don’t say the county is paying ($650) and the tenant pays only the rest. That’s a lie.
HELCO even had the electricity turned off completely for almost four months, and you guys continue to pay the rent. So what’s up? There are families out there who need the help and can pay their electric. You guys aren’t doing your job.
Jean Julian
Hilo
It’s not a crime
In the spirit of “A Modest Proposal,” and in the wake of the news of the homeless catatonic woman left on a bench by the police: Someone said that being mentally ill is not a crime.
Well, clearly it should be. Then that woman would have been taken to jail and given a bed and food, instead of being propped up on a bench with the admonition to take the bus.
Come on, lawmakers. You can make us all criminals for growing an ancient healing herb, for growing our own food, for building our own home and for choosing not to wear a helmet or seat belt, so why not make mental illness a crime?
Oh, yeah, it would cost money, and you cannot extort fines from these indigent people.
Jeri Rose
Papaikou
