{"id":29089,"date":"2012-08-04T15:43:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T21:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/04\/why-betting-on-the-stock-market-is-bad-public-policy.html"},"modified":"2012-08-14T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T15:33:22","slug":"why-betting-on-the-stock-market-is-bad-public-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/04\/why-betting-on-the-stock-market-is-bad-public-policy.html","title":{"rendered":"Why betting on the stock market is bad public policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And, by extension, why privatizing Social Security is, too.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20120803\/03465719922\/california-bet-2-its-budget-facebooks-stock-price-remaining-high.shtml'>California Bet 2% Of Its Budget On Facebook&#39;s Stock Price Remaining High | Techdirt<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia, a state that has had budget problems for years, apparently bet approximately 2% of its budget on the idea that Facebook&#39;s stock would remain at or above $35 and that a bunch of insiders wo&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/Z4AP8vdeseo' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And, by extension, why privatizing Social Security is, too. 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