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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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All posts by Rubic✧Shrewdness 4
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automod feature for naked urls
RubicShrewdsmith508/06/26
automod feature for naked urls
RubicAny Missing Board Requested Here208/06/26
Re: Updates on ExPat living?
RubicLiving Abroad1705/02/26
Re: Short Thesis
RubicDollar General404/07/26
Re: Had me for about a half hour
RubicShrewdsmith304/01/26
Podcast with Connor Teskey
RubicBrookfield Corporation303/22/26
Re: LULU
RubicFalling Knives102/07/26
Constructing a legacy portfolio
RubicIndex Investing502/07/26
Re: Don't delay your retirement, anything could h
RubicRetirement Investing1301/04/26
Re: Electricity rate payers are subsidizing AI
RubicMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-12/08/25
Goldman economists: ‘Jobless growth’ is probably t
RubicMacroeconomic Trends & Risks110/15/25
Re: US Trump $1 is real
RubicMacroeconomic Trends & Risks-10/06/25
Re: Making slow progress in Portugal
RubicLiving Abroad609/17/25
Re: What recent Berkshire security do you like best_QM
RubicBerkshire Hathaway-09/11/25
Re: Ban user button
RubicShrewdsmith208/21/25
Re: Crypto week in Washington, DC
RubicMacroeconomic Trends & Risks507/17/25
Enshittification: Cory Doctorow
RubicDigital Hacks307/10/25
Welcome
RubicDigital Hacks107/10/25
Re: Does AI boost productivity?
RubicMacroeconomic Trends & Risks806/28/25
Digital Hacks Board?
RubicAny Missing Board Requested Here606/28/25
Re: Best “escape” country for a US citizen
RubicLiving Abroad206/13/25
Re: Best “escape” country for a US citizen
RubicLiving Abroad606/12/25
Re: Best “escape” country for a US citizen
RubicLiving Abroad406/12/25
Re: Best “escape” country for a US citizen
RubicLiving Abroad706/11/25
Re: OT: I feel like I’m experiencing the US collapse
RubicBerkshire Hathaway1006/11/25
Re: Benkea
RubicBerkshire Hathaway206/04/25
Re: PE Lending & Bank Lending
RubicBerkshire Hathaway405/29/25
Re: Transferring assets to the next generation
RubicRetirement Investing305/15/25
Transferring assets to the next generation
RubicRetirement Investing2005/15/25
EU bazooka
RubicAlphabet504/08/25
Ban user button
RubicShrewdsmith604/01/25
Re: Tax treatment of "old shares" after immi
RubicLiving Abroad203/30/25
Re: What are we missing?
RubicBerkshire Hathaway1103/27/25
Re: Residency by Investment in EU for US citizen
RubicLiving Abroad102/17/25
Re: Road to recovery?
RubicDollar General602/06/25
Motley Fool video on DG
RubicDollar General401/21/25
Charitable Giving / Philanthropy Board?
RubicAny Missing Board Requested Here212/12/24
Re: IRA profit-taking issues for expats
RubicLiving Abroad512/09/24
Re: Passive investment options in the EU
RubicLiving Abroad311/18/24
Re: OT: Bitcoin FOMO
RubicBerkshire Hathaway311/15/24
Howard Marks on Ownership vs. Debt
RubicBrookfield Corporation211/08/24
Re: 401k
RubicRetirement Investing410/15/24
Re: 401k
RubicRetirement Investing110/15/24
Re: 401k
RubicRetirement Investing310/15/24
GEICO ending coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks
RubicBerkshire Hathaway610/07/24
Re: Good expat brokerages other than Schwab, IBKR
RubicLiving Abroad308/07/24
Re: Good expat brokerages other than Schwab, IBKR
RubicLiving Abroad208/06/24
Re: Roth Conversion Strategy for BRK.B Shares
RubicRetirement Investing107/27/24
Re: Just sold
RubicBerkshire Hathaway-07/27/24
Roth Conversion Strategy for BRK.B Shares
RubicRetirement Investing207/27/24
Re: Easiest, best ways to move from US, USD?
RubicLiving Abroad807/25/24
Re: Medical insurance for France?
RubicLiving Abroad207/25/24
Re: Best way to get USD into Wise?
RubicLiving Abroad107/21/24
Re: Best way to get USD into Wise?
RubicLiving Abroad107/21/24
Re: Just sold
RubicBerkshire Hathaway607/16/24
Re: Residency by Investment in EU for US citizen
RubicLiving Abroad307/13/24
Re: Residency by Investment in EU for US citizen
RubicLiving Abroad407/12/24
Re: Residency by Investment in EU for US citizen
RubicLiving Abroad707/10/24
Re: USA to Portugal (Sabbatical)
RubicLiving Abroad307/09/24
Re: Residency by Investment in EU for US citizen
RubicLiving Abroad307/09/24
Re: Welcome!
RubicLiving Abroad707/08/24
Living Abroad / Retiring Abroad
RubicShrewdsmith207/06/24
Re: Social Security
RubicRetirement Investing405/08/24
Re: Div stocks
RubicBerkshire Hathaway201/30/24
OT: Howard Buffett on Kyiv Post
RubicBerkshire Hathaway1301/09/24
BlackRock's Defined-Maturity TIPS ETFs
RubicRetirement Investing-12/26/23
Guy Spier remembering Charlie Munger
RubicBerkshire Hathaway311/30/23
BlackRock TIPS ETFS
RubicRetirement Investing210/09/23
3 minute video presentation
RubicAlibaba509/09/23
Re: OT: Schwab for primary brokerage
RubicBerkshire Hathaway509/06/23
Re: OT: Schwab for primary brokerage
RubicBerkshire Hathaway709/06/23
Re: Sell BAM, buy BN?
RubicBrookfield Corporation308/30/23
Re: BNRE reverse exchange
RubicBrookfield Corporation208/19/23
Re: DG on sale today
RubicBerkshire Hathaway-08/17/23
Re: Hoping for the longest possible answer from Jim
RubicBerkshire Hathaway607/25/23
Re: Value Fund
RubicBerkshire Hathaway705/17/23
Cloud price reductions
RubicAlibaba205/03/23
Re: OT: chatGPT: My mind is blown!
RubicBerkshire Hathaway103/06/23
Re: ChatGPT
RubicAlphabet201/30/23
Re: SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
RubicBoard Removed312/31/22
SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
RubicBoard Removed312/31/22
SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
RubicRetirement Investing312/31/22
Re: LBYM travel
RubicLiving Below Your Means212/31/22
Post Private Email
RubicShrewdsmith-12/30/22
Fear & Greed Index
RubicIndex Investing612/28/22
Re: LBYM travel
RubicLiving Below Your Means1312/18/22
Re: LBYM travel
RubicLiving Below Your Means412/18/22
BABA & Tencent
RubicAny Missing Board Requested Here112/18/22
Re: Hello
RubicBerkshire Hathaway212/17/22



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